[amayausers] Re: thread shrinking

Hi Susan,
Rod and I just returned home from trainer "training" in Denver. For those of you who didn't get to attend ISS to see it, there is some pretty neat stuff coming in the 2006 Design Shop and they are working on a sequin attachment. It will be pretty neat when it is finished and ready for us to upgrade--it isn't ready yet so don't bombard Denver with calls!

Susan, Rod and I just finished a bunch of the polyester basketball shirts as well as warm-ups for one of the high school basketball teams here. We used the nylon poly-mesh for backing and they turned out really nice. I tried a heavier cutaway with the larger designs and wasn't happy with the test--with the weight of the stabilizer and the embroidery on the lightweight fabric, it didn't pull but seemed to hang making it look like it was pulling due to weight. The nylon poly-mesh worked pretty well. I always use two pieces and cross-hatch them. I was once told to try to keep the weight of the stabilizer the same as the garment I was sewing on--same for the "handle" of the garment. If it is soft, keep the backing "soft" as well. Does this make sense?

 I will forward you photos privately.
 Sharon

----- Original Message ----- From: <suried@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: [amayausers] thread shrinking


 > Hello everyone,
 > We have a potential customer that asked about
 > embroidery on a mesh type baseball shirt.  We showed
 > him several different styles.  Today he mentioned to
 > my husband the following:
 >
 > "We stay away from embroidering on the shirts due to
 > past experience. The uniforms are usually a polyester
 > or nylon. They hold their color better and don't
 > shrink. The embroidery thread would shrink and the
 > fabric did not and would cause pulling of the shirts."
 >
 > Has anyone ever encountered or heard of this problem??
 > I'm not actually sure what that would look like.  I
 > have seen the shirt shrinking.  Maybe if I saw it I
 > would know the difference between the shirt and thread
 > shrinking.
 >
 > I would like to be able to tell him what the other
 > place did wrong to assure him that it wouldn't happen
 > if they used us.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Susan
 >
 >
 >
 > Susan Riedlinger
 > Embroidery Station
 > Columbus, OH
 >
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