Hi, was just wondering if it is wise to shrink fsl to a smaller size or will it ruin the lace, as someone told me it`s not a good idea!!! Thanks....

Michele I wouldn't shrink FSL designs . Just my thought. A flower for you

Thankyou everyone fo your tips. I really appreciate them.. Thanks again... *4 all

Michele, I really wouldn't attempt it - if you need something sized smaller or larger - why don't you request it of the designer - lots of times - they will do something like that just to see how it looks - offer to be the tester for them - it surely couldn't hurt to ask - I did that once and got a lovely bowl from a nutcup - I am the only one that has it - as I have never seen it offered on their site. Hehehe!

If your software adjusts the # of stitches when you resize it might work out OK. I have resized FSL and not had a problem. Don't go up or down more than about 10%.

Can't be sure but seems to me I read somewhere that it was not a good idea to change the size of FSL, have only ever used them in the size they were made in, but as others have said nothing ventured nothing gained, loss of thread and time perhaps but it could be a learning experience...your choice.. good luck whichever way you decide to go.. Hugs

You can try it....some designs look fine others not so fine. Guess it's a case of trial and error.

U have excellent answers michele. I do a lot of FSL but have never had to resize any so really do not know how it would work *

I have nerver done FSL, bur shirlene has done more than we all together, mabey she can give you a good answer. *4U

Shirlene has done more lace than I've ever seen...I'm sure she'll be coming along later today and will see your post. :-)

Well, you never know unless you try. I haven't done FSL, but I reduce things all the time in the Digitizer Pro, or on the machine. I have Janome's 300E. If I'm reducing something a lot, I do it in increments in Digitizer, like 25% at a time to get down 75%. Seems not to confuse the program that way, & designs usually turn out good. Uhhh, sometimes not. That's what test sews are for, hee hee hee. If you don't play with it, you'll never know. Best of luck, let us know how it goes!! Marji

The only FSL designs I resized did not look as good as the original design, when they were stitched out. I found that certain segments lost their lovely definition, and other segments were missing whole rows of stitches and looked wonky. I only resized by 10% and opted to allow the program to adjust the stitches accordingly, I even tried the reduction without stitch reduction, but it was far too dense.
I do not recommend it, unless you have the original digitising software and can take the design back to the creation stage, which is, in reality, the only safe place to resize such designs.

I truly believe though, that it doesn't hurt to try something once, just for your own learning experience.
hugs n roses, M

If it were me, I would take in consideration how much time, color/thread changes, simplicity/difficulty of the design and thread was involved in the design.
Now say it's a simple design one color 30-45 minute project, I would go for it and reduce the size in my software. You won't know unless you try.

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by michelej 20 Oct 2008

Hmm, thankyou heaps for that!!!

Hi Michele,do you mean shrink as in washing or reducing the size in your software or machine.I don't think I would shrink it, but you should be able to reduce the size with your software. I can reduce any designs in my machine by 10%(Janome MC300E)or more in my digitizer.I can also reduce in the customiser.

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by michelej 20 Oct 2008

Oh, I meant reduce in my machine by 10 per cent. I didn`t know I can reduce it in customizer either. Well I certainly have alot to learn... I have the Janome 350e.... Hmm thankyou so much.....

by mpo14011 20 Oct 2008

I have a Janome 300E. If you have any questions just ask. I also have Digitizer Pro.

Michele, I have heard that it is not such a good idea to resize FSL designs. Because of their delicate nature. I personally would not do it.
Someone more experienced with FSL may know for certain.

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by michelej 20 Oct 2008

Thankyou for that! Yes haven`t done it yet and definatley won`t now....