[amayausers] Re: I am pathetically lame
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:22:45 -0500
To get the lineup for the jackets where you hoop 'inside' the lining-lay the
jacket flat on a table and use seamstress chalk to mark your center and
perpendicular lines (only a small 'tic' is enough) out near where the edge
of the hoop will end up. Use the same point on the sleeve seam, measure up
from the bottom hem, any place that is going to give you a 'straight' or
consistant measurement on every jacket. Jackets with the 'yoke' shoulder
pads are easy to line up to, but the yoke is hard to hoop over and usually
your embroidery ends up right under the yoke. Experiment with how you can
get the hoop to work. We take 'adhesive' backing and cut 1" wide strips and
then wrap it around both sections of the hoop (like a candy cane). This
gives the hoop a 'texture' that will grab the hard to hold fabrics so the
hoop doesn't pop off. With the larger hoops we also use the 'wedge' type of
paper clamps-just do a trace before sewing to make sure the wedge doesn't
hit the needle bar and pop off.
On your hoop (top piece) mark off perpendicular marks for top and sides in
the centers. Now you can line up any jacket easily-just line up the chalk
and marks on the top hoop-and reach up inside to move the other hoop to the
right spot. A little practice and it works great.
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