[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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