[amayausers] Re: cleaning up 'stock' designs
- From: "Itchin To Stitch" <itchin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:44:53 -0500
Now that was some valuable information!! Thanks for taking the time to type
it all. Do you use Design Shop for this and if so what level and version?
Wendy Solomonson
Itchin' To Stitch
Arlington, MN
(507)964-2224
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: [amayausers] cleaning up 'stock' designs
> Cleaning up stock designs has been the best 'training' tool for me so
> far...I deconstruct the designs color by color to figure out why a
> certain underlayment was used, or how the design was setup to avoid
> constant thread cuts, etc.
> In the process I have figured out how to delete unused stitching, got
> better at setting up 'automatic' fill and underlayment, density, etc.
> I can now go through a design 'from the bottom up' and figure out the
> most economical way to set up the color sequence for fewest thread
> changes.
> Even to using a stitch running from one area to another as an
> underlayment for a different color going above it.
> Example: 'flesh' hands and face on a figure-start with left hand,
> stitch that out, thread runs up the arm and makes a centerline and/or
> underlayment there, moves to face-does face, then down other arm, and
> does the other hand.
> When the next color sews, for a 'jacket' or something-the
> underlayment is already there.
> And I find setting up designs like this I no longer get fabric shift
> or puckering because of the 'tack down' created by a running stitch
> between color areas as I get rid of thread cuts/color changes. And
> with each color change taking 15-20 seconds- one design I went from
> around 18 color changes to 6...without deleting any colors-just
> setting up a logical color sew sequence. Cut the time to sew in half!
> I am always taking dakota designs apart now-mostly just to steal part
> of a design and add it to something else!
> Not being a creative 'artist' this saves me a lot of $$ I'd have to
> pay someone else to make up the artwork.
>
> Roland
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