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Vest is DONE! BEI Design 04-11-2008
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Posted by BEI Design on April 11, 2008, 9:55 pm
I'm leaving right now to deliver it to DGD, she has another
competition tomorrow.

I decided to make eyelets using the embroidery machine. (Ok
Kate, I have *serious* eyelet envy ATM). I created a
several step process:

Sewed a 1" "+" at the center of the eyelet with the regular
SM to a piece of tear-away stabilizer (because it's velvet I
can't actually hoop the fabric);

Hooped just the stabilizer, started the design, first step
of which was a small circle;

Removed the hoop, used a leather punch to make a hole in the
exact center of the circle;

Replaced the hoop sewed a slightly larger circle to be sure
It was still centered;

Sewed two circles of satin stitch, second one slightly wider
than the first.

I ran into a couple of problems, apparently fuzz got into
the bobbin (hate that clunk-grind-stop thingy) and I had to
dismantle the bobbin and clean it out.
But other than that, the eyelets look great, I used
embroidery poly in the bobbin and regular SM thread on top
for a better color match. I'll make a couple of changes
next time, but SUCCESS!

Now on to the navy suit....

Beverly



Posted by Juno on April 11, 2008, 10:23 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> I'm leaving right now to deliver it to DGD, she has another
> competition tomorrow.
>
> I decided to make eyelets using the embroidery machine. (Ok
> Kate, I have *serious* eyelet envy ATM). I created a
> several step process:
>
> Sewed a 1" "+" at the center of the eyelet with the regular
> SM to a piece of tear-away stabilizer (because it's velvet I
> can't actually hoop the fabric);
>
> Hooped just the stabilizer, started the design, first step
> of which was a small circle;
>
> Removed the hoop, used a leather punch to make a hole in the
> exact center of the circle;
>
> Replaced the hoop sewed a slightly larger circle to be sure
> It was still centered;
>
> Sewed two circles of satin stitch, second one slightly wider
> than the first.
>
> I ran into a couple of problems, apparently fuzz got into
> the bobbin (hate that clunk-grind-stop thingy) and I had to
> dismantle the bobbin and clean it out.
> But other than that, the eyelets look great, I used
> embroidery poly in the bobbin and regular SM thread on top
> for a better color match. I'll make a couple of changes
> next time, but SUCCESS!
>
> Now on to the navy suit....
>
> Beverly
>
>
Yay, Beverly!!! Loud clapping ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Juno

Posted by BEI Design on April 12, 2008, 12:45 am


Juno wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
> > I'm leaving right now to deliver it to DGD, she has
> > another competition tomorrow.

> Yay, Beverly!!! Loud clapping
> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() Juno

Thanks, Juno! I had a nice visit with DD while we clipped
and pulled all the basting threads I had to use for the
embroidery. I could have done it here, but I really wanted
to get it into their hands tonight. DGD gave me a huge hug
and "Thanks Grandma" which makes it soooo worthwhile. I'll
put pictures of the vest (maybe with DGD wearing it) as soon
as I have a couple of spare minutes. Yeah, like that's
gonna happen any time soon....

Beverly



Posted by Kate XXXXXX on April 12, 2008, 8:14 am
BEI Design wrote:
> I'm leaving right now to deliver it to DGD, she has another
> competition tomorrow.
>
> I decided to make eyelets using the embroidery machine. (Ok
> Kate, I have *serious* eyelet envy ATM). I created a
> several step process:
>
> Sewed a 1" "+" at the center of the eyelet with the regular
> SM to a piece of tear-away stabilizer (because it's velvet I
> can't actually hoop the fabric);
>
> Hooped just the stabilizer, started the design, first step
> of which was a small circle;
>
> Removed the hoop, used a leather punch to make a hole in the
> exact center of the circle;
>
> Replaced the hoop sewed a slightly larger circle to be sure
> It was still centered;
>
> Sewed two circles of satin stitch, second one slightly wider
> than the first.
>
> I ran into a couple of problems, apparently fuzz got into
> the bobbin (hate that clunk-grind-stop thingy) and I had to
> dismantle the bobbin and clean it out.
> But other than that, the eyelets look great, I used
> embroidery poly in the bobbin and regular SM thread on top
> for a better color match. I'll make a couple of changes
> next time, but SUCCESS!
>
> Now on to the navy suit....
>
> Beverly
>
>
That sounds like a LOT more work than using my eyelet plate! But they
sound lovely. I tend to use embroidery thread or something like tyhe
YLI 100 weight silk for eyelets and buttonholes. Works a treat.

Pix please! :D

--
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http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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Posted by BEI Design on April 12, 2008, 8:44 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:

> That sounds like a LOT more work than using my eyelet
> plate!

I'm sure mine were much more work. The biggest difficulty
was in figuring out how to hoop the vest without damaging
the velvet.

> But they sound lovely. I tend to use embroidery
> thread or something like tyhe YLI 100 weight silk for
> eyelets and buttonholes. Works a treat.

I used the embroidery poly for the bobbin because I wasn't
sure how the machine would react to normal thread. But it
fed the standard stuff fine in the needle.

> Pix please! :D

As soon as I catch my breath. ;-}

Beverly




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