I am trying to sort through my designs on my new computer. Is there a way to work out if embroidery designs are fsl?
When I first started buying and downloading designs I renamed file names and knew nothing about fsl at the time. I am fairly certain some designs are free standing but I don't want to assume or have to test each one to find out they are not.At the moment I have janome digitiser mb and my editor on this computer if that helps
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One way, although not foolproof, is look at the stitch count. FSL has many more stitches than regular embroidery. Hugs. Nan W
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11927It can be tricky...some digitizers "think" that their designs are FSL, but do not stitch out well...when I am in doubt, I usually stitch over Organza to be sure it will hold together...
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by PeggyJ
12 Dec 2015
Quite a job you are undertaking. Also you may notice there will be repeating of the outline stitches, stitches will be filled in a cross hatch manner (left, right, diagonal, etc.)An organza overlay would be a good idea if you are in doubt. Have been successful using organza on designs not specifically designed as FSL and on towels with great success. Good sorting.
318500In my Floriani Total Control Universe, I can load a design in and view it in 3-D. That usually confirms that it has enough cross hatching to be FSL. However, I've decided that only a very few digitizers do FSL well. I have had so many stitchout failures in this area!
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