[amayausers] Re: amayausers] Foam

Here are a few other ideas that I use for foam

Most embroidery supplu houses carry black or whit in a few different thicknesses
and look really good if you sew the black foam over with black thread and the
white foam over with white...but what about when you are sewing with colored 
thread?

Walmart craft sections carry a craft foam that is the same idea and usually
cheaper than the embroidery supply houses.  They also carry a wide range of
colors.  If I am using red thread, then I use red foam and even though the shade
of the foam is not wuite the same as the thread...you do not see the odd bit of
show through you would if you were using white.  The Walmart foam is about half
as thick as most you can buy through a supplier but less than half the cost so I
just spray glue two pieces together to achieve the nice height.  With the
thinner foam you can achieve some neat effects by doing a design in multiple
heights of puff and flat.

Dana @ Threadworks




Digitizing as everyone has spoke about needs to be super dense and the edges
need to be capped off to cut properly.

As for cleanup I simply use a good bbq lighter and pass the lighter quickly over
 the area and it melts all that is left off.  Be careful though and remember to
be using poy thread...rayon will melt as soon as the flame or heat hits it.

This flaming technique is how a lot of the factories in the orient are dealing
with residue of puff designs.
and it Quoting Jeff Banks <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Melissa,
> 
>  I played with foam a bit here at Melco. The digitizing techniques
> mentioned
> help, but there are still areas where the foam will stick through. The
> little edges left where the perforation is etc. I used a heat gun we use
> for
> shrink tubing on wiring. It definitely did the job and causes the foam to
> shrink back into the thread. But watch out you do not get the garment too
> hot and scorch the threads or material. I have seen posts from other lists
> doing the same thing and they recommended getting a heat gun from a hobby
> store. Perhaps the one I used gets too hot, but if I was careful with how I
> used it, things worked pretty well.
> 
>  Jeff Banks
>  Melco Embroidery Systems
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MDallumCO@xxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:00 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] amayausers] Foam
> 
> 
> > Good Afternoon-
> >
> > Does anyone running Amayas have tips on digitizing and running foam
> designs?
> > I have my first request and it is looking pretty good, but when I pull
> the
> > foam off, it is not a clean cut - there are jagged edges and pieces that
> stick
> > up through the column or fill.
> >
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated - I need to have a sample and
> quote
> > together by tomorrow.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Melissa Dallum
> >
> 
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