[amayausers] Re: Metallic Thread
- From: "Shuffletown Embroidery" <shuffemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:34:32 -0400
David,
I haven't done hats, so I am certainly not an expert, but I have had
excellent results using a metallic needle from Madeira. The eye is bigger
than the regular embroidery needles. Maybe the polos, tees and sweats are
more forgiving than the caps, so the needle could be the solution.
Mary
Mary Buckle
Shuffletown Embroidery
Charlotte, NC
704-398-1273
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Subject: [amayausers] Metallic Thread
I recently had a job with 8 caps (unstructured), polos, tees, and sweats.
All used the same logo. Parts of the logo were stitched using metallic
thread. Everything went fine except for the hats. It took several hours to
get the hats done. There was a thread break every few rows. It seemed to
make no difference whether it was stitching the underlay (density
irrelevent) or the actual fill. The polos, tees sweats sewed without
problem using a 75/11BP. For the unstructured caps I used two layers of
medium tearaway backing. I started with a 75/11 sharp went up to 80/12
sharp (don't have bigger), changed needles (to new ones and location on the
machine), but could not make any difference. The problem area is not on or
near a seam. I played with the material thickness as well. The cap was on
a WACF. I have done plenty of caps. I have done some metallic before. But
this is the first metallic on caps. Any thoughts on what the problem was?
Thanks.
David Sklar
Ballyhoo!
Arlington, VA
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