[amayausers] Re: design on caps

Ok, I will talk to Herb just to make sure, never thought of that.  It didn't 
seem to bother the Husq D1, but every machine is different.
Thanks
Ruth   ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:20 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps


> Ruth,
> Be careful with the sticky spray, it can lead to gumming up the inside of
> the bobbin case area and the rotary hook...beens ome talk about this on 
> the
> group lately....talk to Herb..
>
> Rod
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ruth" <ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:01 AM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>
>
>> Rod
>> You don't hoop it, you hoop stabilizer, stray with KK2000 and stitch the
>> hat
>> on that with the bill flatted out as much as you can get it..  That's how
>> I
>> did it with my D1 Husq D1.  I think I will try it and let you know.
>> Ruth    ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:21 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>
>>
>>> Ruth,
>>> Usually if it can be hooped, it can be sewn, except, if ,and, or, but 
>>> the
>>> exception to the rule. I guess you could try it, I personally have never
>>> tried to hoop the front of a cap in a 12cm hoop....just the
>>> backs.......sounds difficult to me, guess I will have to check it out.
>>>
>>> As far as the sewing order..center out.....bottom up....a cap, if 
>>> hooped
>>> this way with a 12cm hoop, is just another flat sewing object and this
>>> rule
>>> wouldn't  matter as much. The center out--bottom up rule
>>> can/may/might/possibly/could also apply to other garments as well...not
>>> just
>>> caps. ;-))
>>>
>>> Rod
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "ruth" <ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:52 AM
>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rod
>>>> I was just wondering if maybe we could use the 12cm hoop to do the caps
>>>> instead of using the cap driver.  Have you or anyone tried doing this?
>>>> I
>>>> have done it on my Husqvarna Viking D1 and would be nice to be able to
>>>> do
>>>> it
>>>> on my Amaya.  If so, would we still keep the same sewing out order, 
>>>> from
>>>> center to side, bottom to top?
>>>> Glad to see I'm not the only one up early on Sunday morning, or have 
>>>> you
>>>> even gone to bed yet?
>>>>
>>>> Ruth
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:02 AM
>>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ruth,
>>>>> That was her quote from her last email.........I didn't understand it
>>>>> either....I too, am confused.....I think she meant that she was still
>>>>> using
>>>>> the 12cm hoop selection while using the cap driver but that is a
>>>>> guess......
>>>>>
>>>>> Rod
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "ruth" <ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:33 AM
>>>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rod
>>>>>> Please explain to me what you all are talking about when you say you
>>>>>> sew
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> cap out on the 12cm hoop and then the husband set it for the hat hoop
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> is actually still in the flat sew.  What does this all mean?  Sorry
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> me confused.
>>>>>> Ruth Williams ruthwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> L & R Embrodery
>>>>>> Clarkston, Wa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "PHYLLIS MCINTIRE" <PMCINTIRE@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:34 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rod,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you so much for that info. I absolutely forgot about the size
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> should be. I originally sewed it out on a 12cm hoop and then the
>>>>>>> husband
>>>>>>> set
>>>>>>> it for the hat hoop and so therefore it is actually still in the 
>>>>>>> flat
>>>>>>> sew.
>>>>>>> or does that really matter? I thought I saw tear in the hats, or at
>>>>>>> least
>>>>>>> where it seemed to have tore away some of the material.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Phyllis
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 7:07 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: design on caps
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Phyllis,
>>>>>>>> I will send a picture to your email address as the e-group does not
>>>>>>>> receive
>>>>>>>> attachments...too bad at times, as a picture, as they say is worth 
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> thousand words. The picture is of a design I digitized for some
>>>>>>>> Airborne
>>>>>>>> guys to put on caps. I knew when I digitized it that I was pushing
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> vertical height to the max, the picture speaks for itself and
>>>>>>>> addresses
>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>> you have described.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You have answered yourself, the lettering is too high on the cap.
>>>>>>>> What
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> happening is the top of the cap is being stretched outward by the
>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>> of the sewing arm and the front edge of the needle plate is
>>>>>>>> distorting
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> cap.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How does the inside of the cap look? Can you see where the center
>>>>>>>> seam
>>>>>>>> material is being scuffed or worn, maybe even cut clear thru?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The solutions are to:
>>>>>>>> 1. Reduce the size of the design a little.
>>>>>>>> 2. Lower the design to the bottom of the sewing field...this still
>>>>>>>> may
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> help completely,  if the design is still too large.
>>>>>>>> 3. This one you must be very careful, and I say very careful
>>>>>>>> with........you
>>>>>>>> can disable your hoop limits in "Settings" and push the design even
>>>>>>>> lower
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the sewing
>>>>>>>>    field. You can only push this by maybe 1/4 inch and no more as
>>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> presser foot is riding the slope of the center seam of the cap and
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> slip
>>>>>>>> down the
>>>>>>>>    slope of the cap on the down stroke, push itself up against the
>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>> side of the needle and bingo, needle break for sure. So don't try
>>>>>>>> pushing
>>>>>>>> this too far.
>>>>>>>>    always remember to re-enable the hoop limit feature after
>>>>>>>> completing
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> project!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The quality will always suffer on caps if the vertical height of 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> design
>>>>>>>> is pushed too far, especially with lettering. The best quality will
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> seen
>>>>>>>> if the design is kept at 2.25 in or under and even then, low or
>>>>>>>> lower
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> sewing field.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rod
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Embroidery Cottage
>>>>>>>> Rod & Sharon Springer
>>>>>>>> Melco Trained Amaya Tech/Trainer
>>>>>>>> Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Boise, ID  83713
>>>>>>>> 208-938-3038
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>>> From: "PHYLLIS MCINTIRE" <PMCINTIRE@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 11:58 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: [amayausers] design on caps
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> I put together a design for a customer and sometimes the design
>>>>>>>>> sews
>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>> great and at other times the  top of the letters (only  the top
>>>>>>>>> word)
>>>>>>>>> come
>>>>>>>>> out half  there and some not at all. I don't like wasting hats but
>>>>>>>>> husband
>>>>>>>>> pushed me to do five.
>>>>>>>>> my question is why would the this happen to some and not all? and
>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>> part of it be that it may have sewed too high on the cap?
>>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>>> Phyllis
>>>>>>>>> Crickets' Creations
>>>>>>>>>
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