tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post2911481925085986161..comments2024-03-16T10:55:36.539-04:00Comments on Rebecca Grace Quilting: Pernicious Puckers and Detestable Thread Loopies: Trouble-Shooting in Machine EmbroideryRebecca Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-9172784631304118432020-04-25T11:46:33.522-04:002020-04-25T11:46:33.522-04:00Thanks for linking this up. I have a fine croche...Thanks for linking this up. I have a fine crochet hook somewhere that is similar to the tool you are using....now I will look for it so I know when I need it!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621591443896350515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-85117934808295236422013-06-11T12:04:49.273-04:002013-06-11T12:04:49.273-04:00Wow -- thank you! I am so grateful to the many ot...Wow -- thank you! I am so grateful to the many others who have helped me. It's nice to know that I've been able to pay a little of that forward. :-)Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-15567736062509481192013-06-11T09:48:32.451-04:002013-06-11T09:48:32.451-04:00Thank you Rebecca Grace! Your website is becoming ...Thank you Rebecca Grace! Your website is becoming this newbie embroider's bible. Your explanations are so thorough. And your work is so beautiful!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11332991785391135451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-9224985193587752932013-04-06T21:42:04.253-04:002013-04-06T21:42:04.253-04:00Thanks, Elli. I will keep that in mind. I know I...Thanks, Elli. I will keep that in mind. I know I could remove underlay with my software, but I would have to read up on how to do it in the Bible-length user manual. I am not very confident about making those kinds of changes to designs. But the main reason I feel like I should be able to get this design to sew out nicely as-is is that it came on a project collection CD where the directions spedifically called for silk dupioni interfaced with the ultra welft, a layer of cotton muslin, and one layer of midweight tearaway. I used the same fabric and stabilizers as the digitizer's sample, only difference is that my silk was hooped rather than basted in place. To be continued...Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-67980977389518912382013-04-06T21:17:03.987-04:002013-04-06T21:17:03.987-04:00You are right, you can't blame the digitizing.... You are right, you can't blame the digitizing. I have found that it is not just Anita Goodesign but other designs as well like you are speaking of. I evaluate each design I work with. If it has many layers and especially dense underlay, I take it to the program to be tweaked. You said that you had not been embroidering for any length of time. I taught the very first Artista program that came out years and years (LOL) ago. There was no information like now and I had to figure everything out for myself. You may not agree with me but just think about it. Think about all those stitches in that really beautiful design and the layers and layers the birds have on the light weight fabric you have chosen. So in a way it is the digitizing. If you embroidered one of those birds on felt you would have little or no puckering. Each stitch and layer you put into the fabric that is light weight takes up space and pulls in. I will bet if you looked the designer in the eye and said "did you mean this design to go on light weight fabric. If he or she were honest they would say no. I tweak, lower density, take out underlay if the design (bird) has more than two layers and never hoop the fabric and I never get a pucker. If I do I tweak some more and they turn out beautiful. Also why are so many new artists designing with only one layer and no underlay? The consumer has less problem and fewer complaints. I wish you so much good luck and few tears. elli Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-29400638870321484192013-04-05T09:38:19.026-04:002013-04-05T09:38:19.026-04:006:08 PM Anonymous: I can't blame the digitizin...6:08 PM Anonymous: I can't blame the digitizing, because I have wrestled with puckering and upper thread loops on every design from every source: Viking, Bernina, Cactus Punch, Amazing Threads, you name it. I had these problems on my first embroidery machine, a Viking Rose, and on each of the Berninas I've owned since then. And I've seen these designs stitched by others on the same domestic machines and they come out beautifully. <br /><br />10:55 PM Anonymous: You know, I did use one Superior Threads brand embroidery thread, the variegated purple, in this design, and when I bought it I remember the saleslady telling me that Superior Threads recommends a 90/14 Topstitch needle. A topstitch needle does have a sharper point than a ballpoint embroidery needle, so that would explain why it's working so much better for you, but I think that would be more like the Organ 90/14 Embroidery Sharp. I'm pretty sure that the Microtex 90/14, which has an acute sharp point, is the right solution for the fine, very densely woven silk shantung I was using for this project.Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-64726639221200594652013-04-04T22:55:32.239-04:002013-04-04T22:55:32.239-04:00Rebecca Grace - You really wrote an excellent diss...Rebecca Grace - You really wrote an excellent dissertation on embroidery! The one thing I have done to totally eliminate loopies is that I switched to Superior Threads Titanium Topstitching needles for all my sewing and embroidery. No loopies ever! Highly recommend. I keep them in 70's, 80's and 90's. I use mostly the 90's for machine embroidery with Isacord. Claudia W cwade1211@sbcglobal.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-39826055771501287822013-04-04T18:08:13.881-04:002013-04-04T18:08:13.881-04:00It is too much to explain but something you might ...It is too much to explain but something you might look into adequately but I will try. Anita Goodesign's have too much underlay stitches. Too many layers to get the affect and too dense. This alone will make you have all the problems you are talking about.<br /><br />I work with the density. If a design has layers and layers of color I totally take out the underlay stitches and sometime I even take out some of the layers of colors that don't have too many stitches and won't ruin the overall affect. No puckering and no loopy. <br /><br />They design these things and then embroider them out on commercial machines which is a different animal. I got stuck with more designs than I will ever use because I joined their club. So I had to take some serious time to make them workable. Wish I help personally. Gave a class once. elli<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-12448326959563916662013-04-04T07:20:43.852-04:002013-04-04T07:20:43.852-04:00Excellent post! I spent the entire day yesterday w...Excellent post! I spent the entire day yesterday with loopies and tension issues while free motion quilting so I know the feeling. I love how you worked through each problem one-by-one which is the only way to do it.Jenny K. Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753408773390742356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-61769519985849606782013-04-03T19:36:52.624-04:002013-04-03T19:36:52.624-04:00Very informative! I'm brand spanking new to e...Very informative! I'm brand spanking new to embroidery - actually newer than that. I'm pretty sure I followed everything you experienced and resolved. Love your determination!Jackie's Stitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728521317964661942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-85627505644652265532013-04-03T13:03:48.741-04:002013-04-03T13:03:48.741-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I h...Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I have a brand new embroidery machine and I'm sooo chicken to try it out (despite the fact I downloaded some awesome designs). I'm so scared I'll break it and mess things up. LOL!<br /><br />I know. The machine does it all itself. It's just going to take practice, as well as trial and error. <br /><br />Thanks so much for the tips!!!!!!Jean(ie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15896800216435689040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-25639717654424339032013-04-03T12:52:30.942-04:002013-04-03T12:52:30.942-04:00I'm impressed with how thorough you were in tr...I'm impressed with how thorough you were in troubleshooting the puckers and loops! It's such a pretty design -- well worth the effort.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02877123433849558528noreply@blogger.com