[amayausers.com] Re: Letterman's Jacket Help!
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I do well over 200 jackets a year....they are very easy as the fabric is
extremely stable (I never use any backing). The hooping is most important. If
you have a jacket with a hidden zipper you can use it to only have to stitch
through the top layer but if not that's ok. Loosen your hoop so you can hoop
the back pretty easily. I use a small kitchen/microwave table I bought at IKEA
just for this (thanks to Jan!). It's just the right size and I can use my whole
body to hold the bottom of the hoop down as I finish hooping the top. After the
initial hooping, I flip the jacket over and slightly unhoop so I can pull the
lining taut; first on one side then the other; flip the whole thing over again
and pull the outside a tad to make sure it's still taut. Then I tighten the
heck out of it. You do NOT want the hoop to pop out and it won't if you follow
this method.
I usually chalk mark the jacket and have the hoops marked as well to help with
getting the hoop both staight and center (I use the laser beam for final
adjustments).
For stitch settings (for lined), I set my lower thread limit at 8 and use auto.
The lower limit may need increasing if the design uses a lot of stitching on
top of stitching.
As for the design, it's possible to enlarge but it made need some editing.
You're welcome to send it to me to take a look at it. What size are you looking
to enlarge it to (fitting which wood hoop)? You can give me a call either at
home tonight or on my cell phone this afternoon.
Hope this helps. Good Luck
Dorothy Compton, Owner
Bee Embroidered
www.BeeEmbroidered.com (http://www.BeeEmbroidered.com)
(916) 635-7467 (h)
(916) 204-9938 (c)
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