I would have to agree with Kushnerick. A 3" circle is 4800 stitches, 14,500 stitches in a 2.7 diameter design sounds like an awful lot. Even with a circle and the design going over it, I would say maybe double the stitch count to 10,000 (And even that is a little high.) Sounds to me like the design keeps sewing over itself several times so you have 4 or 5 colors overlapping which will cause thread breaks with the thread buildup. It will sometimes cause needles to break on thicker materials also.
Steve From: "Kushnerick" <bkushner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: Thread fraying and breaking problem Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:49:54 -0600 JerryI don't know the design you are working with but boy that sounds like an awful lot of stitches in a design that size and I suspect that excessive stitch count is what is causing your problems.
The design may have stitched out alright on pique but I suspect a design with that many stitches on material like pique will lead to some wild puckering down the road.
Perhaps the reason you are seeing more stitching problems on your 14 oz. fleece is that the material is adding additional stitching resistance to an already hard to stitch overly dense design.
One of the first things I learned about a quality embroidery design ..... it should flow with the garment, not bullet proof it.
One question ....... was this design auto-digitized ? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: JerryNiez@xxxxxxx To: AMAYAUSERS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: [amayausers.com] Thread fraying and breaking problemCan anyone offer an explanation of why I am breaking thread? I have a design with 14,500 stitches in a 2.7 diameter design. I have run the design on pique shirts without many problems. I also ran the design on a 3 season jacket with a fleece lining. I had an occasional thread break but completed 36 garments. I then tried running on a 14 oz fleece pull over and had nothing but trouble. I have 2 Amayas and both experienced the same thread breaking problem. I tried material thickness from 8 to 12, changed needles several times and tried speeds from 700 to 1,100. I could only stitch 50-75 stitches before the thread frayed and then broke. The fleece was covered with solvy and backed with 2 layers of stabilizer.
What do you think is the problem and how do I solve the fraying thread problem? I have 15 pullovers to complete.
Jerry Artistic Embroidery & More Traverse City, MI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. << NetscapeBrowser.lnk >> _________________________________________________________________Gear up for Halo® 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_MSNHMTxt_1
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