ArchaicArcane

Hey, that looks pretty good for a domestic! It's a lot harder to get a nice result when you move the paper instead of moving the pencil. My writing looks natural on the LA, but with a domestic,... ugh.

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If I lived with in 30 / 40 miles I would have at the price..

manicmike

What, mine? I thought even then it was garbage but it was just to advertise that "this is what a clueless man can do. Imagine what *you* could do!"

Ruby2shoes (I think) pointed out a pdf to me last year from Singer, over 100 years old, on embroidering on a VS, IF or 27. Can't find it ATM but it blew me away, and if I could find it, it might be another on the reading list for this Summer holidays.

Here's one I did for an actual garment, on my 320K2 last November:
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Cute ain't it? It was necessitated by the pattern (1950s, Simplicity) missing its insert (which looked almost exactly like this). I can claim this one as mine - no cats were used in excusing poor work this time
Also wrote my daughter's name on her PJs but that one wasn't so good: From that I learned to write it in pencil first, but yes free motion embroidery is like narrow hemming: Don't do it without preparation and practice or you'll spend hours unpicking!

ArchaicArcane

Legible writing is harder than you'd think when doing it with a domestic. Our brains are used to moving a pencil to draw our names. When we make the pen stationary and try to move the "paper", it takes some relearning. To be able to translate it that quickly and easily, you'd likely find with a little practice, you'd be a natural at FMQ. For a quick off the cuff try, it's really good. Honest.

Google this name for the embroidery book: singerinstructio00sing.pdf

I love the little trains!

I chalk a ton of stuff when I quilt. The other thing I find it helps a lot it that I kind of get in the zone, then I step over the line to "zoned out" and forget what I was doing. (I'm not proud of it. LOL!) Getting back on track is a lot easier with the chalk hints.

manicmike

Thanks for the book link Tammi: A lot quicker than actually finding it.

You need my little train to get you back on track

miriam

I couldn't get the link to work........

manicmike

It wasn't a link. Here's a link

ArchaicArcane

I found the ebook when I was organizing files last night. Sorry Miriam, I guess a nicer person would have googled it and posted the link. OH! I see they did! LOL!

I need a train far far bigger than that one to haul me back on track some days!

SteveH

oh sure... I'll get right on this one.... NOT.
https://maine.craigslist.org/atq/4658653347.html

crocee

That is worse than my project machine and its pretty bad.