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Posted by Kirsten on September 5, 2008, 3:00 am
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> wrote:
> Consider jump stitches. How are you going to neatly cut/join these
> when they happen. Not all redwork designs are a single line.
> Quilting redwork may have some options, but you would have to check
> the stitching sequence with an editing program first.
> Consider the foot is not designed for the embroidery mode. If
> something goes wrong, you risk damaging the entire shank.
> I would use the foot pedal control only, if you are going to try it.
> If you use the start/stop button you will have no control.
> I wouldn't do it at all - in embroidery mode.
> It would be safer to transfer a design to the fabric and do it free
> motion as you have been doing. It's not worth breaking the shank
> (worst case scenario) just to try it.
> Just my thoughts about it. The jump stitches would be the biggest
> annoyance.
> There is also a lot of what I call backtracking in redwork.
> The design stitches over where it has been to get to where it wants to
> be without having to jump. This would wreck your couching.
> What if the design starts to stitch backwards over itself?
> I would still do it manually.
> -- D
>>Today I tried out my new couching attachments on the Designer SE. It is
>>really quite simple: 2 thread guides that go on the back of the machine
>>and
>>a presser foot with a hole in it which you thread the yarn through. I
>>tried
>>it with free-motion and some sparkly varigated yarn.
>>I would like to try it with the embroidery unit but I only have one design
>>(and it is not that great). Does anyone know if I can use redwork designs
>>or
>>any sort of outline design with this attachment? I know you have to
>>reduce
>>the speed.
>>Kirsten
Thanks for your input Dotty. I didn'y consider the jump stitches or the
backtracking. Viking has a set of designs for sale to use with this
attachment so it can be used for embroidery but as with all their
accessories, it is expensive. I will take a look at my quilting desings
though.
Kirsten
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>really quite simple: 2 thread guides that go on the back of the machine and
>a presser foot with a hole in it which you thread the yarn through. I tried
>it with free-motion and some sparkly varigated yarn.
>I would like to try it with the embroidery unit but I only have one design
>(and it is not that great). Does anyone know if I can use redwork designs or
>any sort of outline design with this attachment? I know you have to reduce
>the speed.
>Kirsten