The two samples worked out great.
Will be using standard cotton Embroidery thread for the bobbin.
I don't like using the metal thread, I don't want to wear out the pathways
on my machine. I think I will just use a nice Sulky thread. It will look
just as good but not shiny.
I tried using "Origins" to due the design but it could not tell the
difference between the red "blackbird" and the green X. My hands are too
shaky to be able to due much with "painting' new colors.
I appreciate the help.
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> "StitchingDaddy"
> <fishingfool775@REMOVETHIScomcast.net>wrote:
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>>> "StitchingDaddy"
>>> <fishingfool775@REMOVETHIScomcast.net>wrote:
> ummmm..
> OK.. help me out here.
> Basics.
> What thread do you intend to use in the bobbin????
> And...
> Looking at comments in these links I am thinking the
> stitch length is going to be a "suck it and see" type
> exercise. Note what the lady says about "couching"
> in that second link.
> http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/28127/sewing_tips_metallic_thread_techniques.html
> http://www.masterstech-home.com/the_sewing_room/Articles/MetallicThread.html
>
> What's the chance of grabbing a piece of salvage and
> doing some test sews so as to see how "corners"
> behave?
> I have attached a sample for testing.
> The settings are just "what I reckon could work".
> I was an engineer in a past life so what you see
> (sewing) may not be anything like what I am thinking.
>
> mheh.. it is what us tech types do.. envisage a lot,
> sew nothing <g>
>
> To explain the two samples?
> I reckon the least sewing asked of the metallic the
> better - this from what I have read and heard in the
> past. So what I am thinking is to lay down a sew first
> as an underlay, using a basic "invisible colour" for
> the jacket/base material.
> Next run the finishing metallic over that, as a
> separate job of sewing. Same hooping, just change out
> the thread and load the newer design to the machine..
> this is doo-a-bull {duu-ah-booll}?
> Hence the _two_ 'designs' attached.
> I used striking colour samples so you can see if the
> underlay is going to pull through the finished layer on
> sewing out the top layer. The top layer is widely
> spaced.. it will have to be, for metallic.. I reckon.
> Like I said.. I am thinking engineering here so
> anything could happen on an actual sewout.
> Best test be done first methinks.
>
> And the JPEG?
> I reckon those "raggy bits" aren't going to be handled
> well by ,metallic.
> In fact I don't reckon normal thread would handle the
> shift changes. So is it ok by you to have those 'bits'
> "straightened"???
>
> .. back to you
>
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