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I'm happy to share with you Emily, but this is slightly off topic for this group. I'll send you an e-mail.

Beverly

I love mine, too (I have three !) - but so far I haven't tried embroiderying on sweat shirts yet, though. Mainly on cottons, terrycloth, towels, etc.

But...believe it or not, my DS called me today about embroidering a logo on his sweatshirt....!

Can you share any tips for sweatshirt embroidery?

-Irene

My best results come from using a good *fusible* *cut-away* (NOT tear away) stabilizer on the bottom, and on top, Sulky Solvy water soluble stabilizer, either light or heavy depending on how dense the design is. The sweatshirt fabric will tend to "spread" as you sew, so the cut-away stabilizer is essential or the design will distort.

After I'm done, I cut away the bottom stabilizer, leaving about 1/4" all around the design, then dip it in warm water to completely dissolve the Solvy. Once the Solvy is all gone, I lightly press the design area to re-fuse the bottom stabilizer edges. If the design has left rough bobbin threads, and the wearer is going to have it next to his/her skin, I add an additional layer of fusible over the bobbin stitches for comfort.

HTH,

Beverly

Excellent...thanks fo much for the info, Beverly. Much appreciated!!

-Irene

You're welcome, good luck!

Beverly

I appreciate the directions for embroidering on a sweat shirt, Beverly. With your directions, I feel more confident embroidering a horse on one for DGD for Valentine's Day. I have a pretty one, a friend digitized for the two of us last year. Thanks again. Emily

You're welcome, Emily. Just a couple of additional cautions: Be sure to hoop the stabilizer-fabric-soluble sandwich *very* tautly. Also, I don't like embroidering knits of any kind, which includes sweatshirt fabric, if the design is very dense or has several passes over the same area. I learned the hard way that knits just do not tolerate that very well.

And it goes without saying: Use a NEW stretch/ballpoint needle. ;-}

Beverly, feeling very upbeat tonight, I finished my tax returns today!

I read all the comments as well but couldn't see the pictures. :-(

Kirsten

You have mail. ;-)

Beverly

i also have good luck hooping the stabilizer and using a spray adhesive to adhere the sweatshirt to the stabilizer....and placing the solvy on top. but like Beverly, i am careful about what designs i choose to embroider on a knit shirt or sweatshirt!

betsey

Just out of curiosity, would you be Betsey at Tahoe who digitizes? Probably the world isn't quite that small, I know. Just had to ask.

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Joanne...i wish i digitized!! but, no, not that talented or smart!

betsey

singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.comhttp://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/> > Joanne...i wish i digitized!! but, no, not that talented or smart! > > betsey

A fair number of years ago, Lou Childs from Down Home Dreams gave a seminar in the Bay Area, and I met a Betsey from around Lake Tahoe, who took the seminar, too. She digitized absolutely gorgeous stuff already, sort of made me wonder why she came to the seminar, but as she said, she could always learn something new, and she liked to meet people with a similar interest. It was a wild thought that she and you might be the same person.

You _can_ learn to digitize, though. It's kind of finicky, detail work (which I am horrible at!) but you can also set your own level. Outlines with automatic fills, perhaps? hehe I like redwork and blackwork designs anyway.

Amen!

Beverly