I stitched this matched set for Melissa to carry during the wedding ceremony.
I thought they were really attractive, but neither of them stitched out as good as I thought they would... the outline at the top of both designs did not meet up with the fill and I had to put them in the machine and find a stitch wide enough to join them, hence if you look closely you'll see the fill is quite different along the tops and not well defined like the rest of them.
I did stitch these out on the Brother Innovis, which doesn't have a good slow speed, so I will try stitching them on the Diamond and see if the same thing happens. They are Sue Box Creation designs so I believe they should not have had the problem I mentioned.
Thanks for peeking, hugs n roses, Meganne
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15907I did the bell this Christmas and I had exactly the same problem, I also had to zigzag round the top edge to hold them together! They are very beautiful all the same and I would make them again and just be prepared to have to stitch them together! Love and flowers from Dianne x x x
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46645I stitched out several of the bells for Chrismas and they are beautiful. I used diffeernt colors of metalic for the center design as you did, and didn't have any trouble.
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18727Beautiful, and if you didn't tell we wouldn't know there was a problem.
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by jasanne
15 Jan 2009
Have you tried shelf liner in your hoop to help hold the stabilizer. I find this helps, but my designs still don't always stitch out as perfect as I would like. I think it is either my hoop or machine. I rubbed light sandpaper round the inside of my outer hoop because it was looking really slippery/shiny and that has also helped. (probably not recommended but I couldn't think of anything else that might work!)
8431These are both lovely Meganne, I have done the bell and the same thing happened to me in exactly the same area. I actually made 6 and strangely enough not all of them had to be doctored.I have a Janome 300E. I'm sure that Melissa will love them
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38135they are lovely I would have never noticed any thing wrong with them. thanks for sharing.
32767I wouldn't have known had you not pointed it out but thay are still, very pretty fsls Jo
4957Thanks for showing these. It's such a pity when things don't stitch out as you had expected. The designs are beautiful and only in the heart the irregularity shows. Hopefully the Diamond does a better job.
145304Thanks for sharing. I was also doing embroidery again late last night and the thread kept breaking. I then took a short break made a cup of tea. When I went back I replaced the needle rethreaded the machine and I had no problem.
I think sometimes these things happen for a reason!!!
132773My gosh Meg u r a human dynamo! Everything u do is beautiful. I would love to have attended that ceremony *
145791I,too, have stitched these designs out several times and they were flawless. What WSS were you using and a new needle?? I always use the slower speed on FSL because of such intense stitches. You will love the Madeira thread. Sue Box uses a thicker WSS, so try additional layers (Vilene is my preference). Her designs are much too stitch intensive for Solvy. Keep trying--these are such beautiful designs. Lj
643Meg, I am shocked you had trouble with these designs - I have stitched them - many times and never had a one. They are still lovely.
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by meganne
15 Jan 2009
Yes, i really think it was the machine, or maybe even the thread, I have ordered some Madeira White so look forward to trying that and using the Diamond, which has a slower speed. hnr, M
211079I didn't even see the problem til you pointed it out...Really lovely :)
31942if you didn't tell I should not have known this, because they look lovely!
743291They are very pretty, I am having the same problem with a design I am working with right now!!!!*****
60484They still look pretty. No one would notice that there was a problem.
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