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  • 12-15-2008 9:20 PM

    Large Letters

     I am trying to make the letter G about 8 inches it sew's good until it gets to the wide area then the stitching get really loose is there anything I can do to fix it.

                                                Thank You, Cheryl

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  • 12-15-2008 10:11 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    When you enlarge a design you are stitching a larger design, but with the original number of stitches and the design can have thin spots.

    You need to add more stitches with an editing software program.

     

  • 12-17-2008 10:37 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    Are you stitching the large letter in fill or satin stitches? Depending on your software program the stitches could or not adjust with sizing. You mostly have to have a certain ext on the file for the stitches to adjust properly. They vary with different software programs. I use embird and they have to be eof to adjust. In pe design, it is pec. Melco has to be cnd and so on. They are all different. But when you do really large letters they need to be in a fill stitch. If it is not a fill, then you have to add stitches. If a satin stitch is done really large and your software program doesn't compensate with a half fill, your stitches will pull.

    bsue

  • 12-18-2008 1:18 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    Sometimes designs are not being enlarged with software but with the machine's size funtion.

    I edit designs with PE Design/Layout & Editing and with Designer's Gallery Studio Plus. 

  • 12-19-2008 12:34 AM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    If you enlarge with machine you can only go about 20% difference in size up or down. If you were to enlarge really big with machine you would loose half or more of your design.

    I also edit in Embird, but you still have to go back to digitizing extention to edit. You can't edit in the finished format ext. without it changing your design. You can, however resize in your software in the finished ext format and get by with it some, but sooner or later your design will not be the same in stitches.

    bsue

  • 12-19-2008 9:30 AM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    I add stitches to pes designs (my EM format) without digitizing/re-digitizing. 

    I can add stitches to fill in thin areas, remove stitches, redirect stitches, cut and paste new sections. All with out digitizing/re-digitizing.

    It's manual punching.

  • 12-19-2008 11:27 AM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    I did not say you have to re digitize or digitize the design. I said to edit the design, you go into the design in your digitizing program and bring the design up in the original ext., for it to adjust properly. It has been quite a while since I used PE design, and I am sure they have made changes,  cutting and pasting is more steps than I want to do. To manual punch you still have to be in digitizing program. In Embird you can bring up a design in Editor and edit in studio, but your design will not take a big change and keep the original form over time. You can go to studio and bring up the design in eof format and work your majic and all is well. When you bring it up in editor it is in whatever format ext you put the finished design in and if you edit in studio in that format it will not remain as it was. I manualy digitize all my designs, but you can't go to editor and digitize. I meant if you bring the design up in the digitizing format ext, you can resize all you want and the design will adjust in stitches. When you add stitches, that is a different conversation. In Melco you digitize in condensed form and save it in expanded form, so you cant make changes in the expanded form. You have to go to the condensed form to edit. Fancyworks is the same way. That is why when you have designs in tajima format and put them in your machine,you can't adjust more than 20%. The design is in finished format which is dst. You could bring it up on your computer in your program, and adjust, but you still could not adjust any more without going into your digitizing program.  I don't know if Cheryl digitized the letter or was trying to resize it. If she has digitizing capabilities, the best thing would be to go to original format and adjust the letter. If she is trying to do it in satin stitches, it will still have to be adjusted. If she does it in fill pattern it will sew fine.

    bsue

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  • 12-21-2008 2:29 PM In reply to

    • pat71896
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    Re: Large Letters

    This is all very good information.  I am hesitant to add something, but you might try:

    Place two layers of water soluble stabilizer (wss) and (I use Badgemaster) on top of the fabric before you begin sewing.  Many wss will leave a little stabilizer behind and that might help to hold those stitches. 

    Eight inches is a really lot for a single letter.  Good luck!

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  • 12-21-2008 4:02 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    I too am hesitant (not) Devil Wink   to say maybe it is a fat 8?????

  • 12-26-2008 5:27 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    Pattiann,

    I do not know how to digitize but do know that when I enlarge a design with Catlaog Express or Embird editing, it does increase the number of stitches.

    Barbara

  • 12-28-2008 1:53 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    These articles and blog  may shed some light on the difference between re-sizing and re-scaling a design.

     

    http://www.craftstylish.com/item/34378/how-to-rescale-a-single-embroidery-design-and-make-a-snazzy-pillow

    http://www.embroideryarts.com/resource/files/faq/resizing_designs.php

    http://blog.windstarembroidery.com/?cat=5

  • 12-30-2008 9:52 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    Pattiann and Barbara, If I can get this to go through you can see the difference between resizing in editor vers studio.  This is a simple cloud design for someone elses baby blanket. Sample 1 is original size. 2 is resized in editor in ext jef. 3 is resized in studio in original format ext, eof.

  • 12-30-2008 9:59 PM In reply to

    Re: Large Letters

    I think one was left off.

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