[amayausers] Re: converting sating stitches to fill stitches
- From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:31:51 -0600
Barbara & Beverly,
You can expect it to even more than double because instead of having two
needle penetrations at points A and B, you're now inserting several stitch
points between A and B on every original satin stitch. But just because
your stitch count will be a "Bazillion" (exactly how many is a Bazillion?),
it doesn't mean that your sew out time will be that high. The machine will
sew at faster speeds during a fill stitch than it will sew satin stitches.
So you can expect your sew out time to be higher but probably no more than
double. This will all depend on the design and/or design size.
You can reduce the number of stitches dramatically by increasing the
stitch length in the fill properties tab. By increasing the length of the
average stitch between points A and B, you will reduce the number of
stitches possible of that length to be created between points A and B.
Although some folks really like the way a tight fill stitch looks as opposed
to a longer fill stitch after you remove the fabric from the hoop and see
how the stitches move when flexing the fabric. I believe the default in
Design Shop for Fill Stitch Length is 60. I usually set mine to something
more like 35 or 40 for most fills. If you are really concerned about this,
I suggest you practice first with different stitch lengths to see what the
numbers really mean.
As for your digitizer, is this person familiar with the power of Design
Shop??? Probably not. In the past, software may not have been capable of
what it can do today. Not even two years ago did Design shop have some of
the neat features it has now. It's always changing and getting better.
Don't worry yourself about bunching of the letters. The only thing you
might notice right away is the "Push" factor when dealing with "Fills".
This will be attributed to more stitches as opposed to fewer. Since physics
tells us that no two physical things can occupy the same place in space or
time, then when you insert a piece of embroidery thread between two threads
in a piece of fabric, then naturally the two threads will push apart. Do
this about a... , how did you call it, a Bazillion times and the overall
design will look wider than you originally intended.
That is why there is what's called "Push Compensation" (similar to Pull
Compensation when dealing with columns). You may only notice issues with
this when you have outlines or adjoining elements that are detail specific.
Sure hope this helps.
Ed Orantes
Amaya, EMT & EMC Tech
New Orleans, LA
504-258-6260
emservice@xxxxxxx
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Subject: [amayausers] converting sating stitches to fill stitches
Hi All!
I was wondering if someone could give me some info. on the following. I
have a customer who needs to have some jackets done. (not nylon this time!)
She wants text only on the back of the jacket done in a "western style".
The larger letters are approx. an inch and a half tall. I just used one of
the fonts that comes with design shop (not a true type font) I noticed that
the stitch count more than doubled when I changed from satin to fill.
The person that I use for digitizing looked at it and said that the larger
letters have to be digitized. (and they are only 1 1/2" tall) He said that
the fonts that are digitized as satin stitches will still follow that same
pattern as a satin stitch when converted to fill causing the lettering to
"bunch up" on the fabric when sewing out and it would cause endless thread
breaks while sewing. (though I have changed satin to fill before for
directors chair backs to 2" and it sewed out great, just with a bazillion
stitches)
Is this really the case? I was wondering if maybe I am just converting
the satin to fill stitches incorrectly? I would just enter the font and
then go into fill and change it from satin to fill. Is there a way to
change and not have such a high stitch count? I certainly can understand an
increase in stitches, but for it to more than double?
Barbara
Avalon Embroidery
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