[amayausers.com] Re: Stich Saver
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Stitch saver is great stuff, BUT PRICEY AS HELLO!
Don't think you can use it 'cheap' to fill in large areas...what you are saving
is the 'time' to stitch in that big an area! Use it just like an applique...AND
to save more money or for special effects-get to your nearest 'fabric outlet'
and find all kinds of fabric you can use as 'stitch saver' to save sewing time.
I've used a dark 'forest print' as a perfect background for a Tree Surgeon,
bought some 'soccer', golf ball, tennis ball, football colored and textured
material...you never know what you can find.
Create an 'outline' of your 'applique' area, single stitch, hoop up the stitch
saver in your biggest hoop, and sew out as many outlines as you can-put them
all over to fill up space.
Now here's a trick-BEFORE you cut out the 'patch' you just made, run the Fray
Check around your stitch line-keeps the real stitch saver from shredding all
over on you.
Cut the patches out, remove the backing you had it on in the hoop.
This 'outline' should also be the first thing in your design now...with a
'pause' between two duplicates. Second duplicate you want a zigzag instead of
straight stitch, wide zigzag, and make it a matching color to the stitch saver.
Hoop your jacket, sew the 'outline' and pause...spray the back of the 'patch'
with adhesive lightly, and place it perfectly in the outline you see. Sew the
zigzag, and now sew all your detail on top, etc.
I do a 12" wide limosine-the entire car is white stitch saver-and then sew the
doors, windows, lights, tires, etc. on top of it. You DO want to sew a 'detail'
line starting in the center, and go out from there-in white thread-so it
disappears. IF you don't do this-as soon as you start sewing detail areas the
stitch saver puckers and bunches up ahead of the foot and it is terrible. Tie
it down with the 'detail' single line thread and cover that with your detail.
Also, the white stitch saver is GREAT when under a black light-we did a huge
white tiger on a jacket, and it lit right up when he wore it at school dances
and stuff.
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