Here's the stitchout of the FSL Angel from http://www.designsandbearstoo.com... that just about made me pull my hair out and almost gave my poor ole Brother PC-8500 a heart attack! He clanged and banged the entire time while stitching this Angel. She is verrrrrrrrry dense and stitches on top of stitches to the point I was so frustrated by the time she finished I highly doubt if I'll ever stitch her again.The long jump stitches and short jump stitches made me crazy and I had to keep stopping to clip'em so they wouldn't show and distort the design. I know FSL needs to be fairly dense, but she was overkill! She has almost 38,000 stitches and is about 5x5, emboidery time 84 minutes that was over 2 hours due to jumps and thread breaks. I didn't do the writing because I just couldn't take anymore, and neither could my machine. Whew what a strangely digitized design!! I've contacted the digitizer with my findings and questions about the design. The set she is part of has the same Angel with different sayings, that I thought might be nice for different occasions, and was thinking about purchasing the entire set. But after stitching this one, I don't think my Brother or I could handle any more!! After I took her picture, I just had to giggle at the grief she caused to be an Angel and came to the conclusion, she's wearing a bra of roses! LOL
If anyone else stitches her, I would love to hear about your stitching experience with her.
8944HC ole sister
it look great but i understand it was hard to emb right
hugs your baby sister
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by maryanns66
22 May 2011
HC is right, Sister!! LOL She made me crazier than I already am! Yikes!! My machine was very tired after he stitched her...and so was your ole sister. But I have finish what I have started and will keep her for me.
Love and hugs!!!
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15874she is very pretty but not the time or the effort....
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15874She is beautiful but no t worth the time
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by maryanns66
22 May 2011
Thank you and I leaned a good lesson with her and not worth my time, thread or a repair bill to try again.
119791I have one that does that ans she is a lovely angel but will never do it again don't like broken needles one scared my bobbin race and had to spend 54 dollars for another one.
Lena
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by maryanns66
22 May 2011
I certainly learned a lesson with this one for sure. I have other FLS designs that are high count stitches and the person digitizing did a fantastic job!!
Sorry you had to repair your machine and it's not worth a repair bill for me to try this design again.
32767Well i think that after everything you sewed through she is a keep sake for yourself!!She does look lovely .What would happen if you enlarged her and not the stitch count???Just a thought!!hugs carolyn
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by maryanns66
22 May 2011
Yep, I'm gonna keep her for me. As a reminder of how hard me and my Brother had to work!! LOL
I'm happy your stitchin' her and anxious to see how she stitches for you since you enlarged her. In the set there is a smaller than the 5x5, but if it's as dense and the one I stitched, I wouldn't even try it!
Good luck and hope you still have your hair when you're finished! LOL
Huggs!! and *4u
360660She is lovely but I would not try her now that you have told us how much work etc it was. My machine would surly act up.
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48168maryann, so sorry you had so much trouble with such a cute angel - but anything that is that dense and takes that long to stitch out with that many jump stitches - isn't worth the time - even though she is cute. Thanks for the info on the design and designer.
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by maryanns66
22 May 2011
I agree, she's not worth the time and frustration to try again!! I just think of how many goodies I could have been stitchin' while I was messing with her! LOL
And your welcome, I just don't want to hurt the digitizer, but wanted to share what happened to me with the design.
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