Hi Cuties, I am hoping someone may be able to help me. I want to put a design with writing in the centre of a friendship quilt. I used a free download of an applique circle. I added words in a curve to the top and bottom of the circle and added an animal and needles to the centre. When I sewed it out, it looked good but sewed out as an ovel not a circle. I use Bernina software. Hopefully someone will have some words of wisdom as to how I can solve this. Thank you in advance. G
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Meganne has taught me this. If the work area is not calibrated the design can stich differently than we plan. Can you send me the wording and I will try to 'circle'it for you. hugs Helen
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by ethan
12 Sep 2012
The computed that I had the design on shows size in Inches but the computer that I hook up to my sewing machine shows the designs in metric. I am wondering if this would make a difference. I don't know how to change it. G
by mops
12 Sep 2012
That does not make any difference at all to the design only to the grid you see in the software. If the measurements in height and width are equal, whether in inches or mm, the outcome should be a perfect circle.
I don't understand why the patch should be oval; filled circles are affected by push/pull especially when small, but when it's only a satin outline it should still be a circle.
39739Did the lettering so out as an oval or the main shape? Or both?
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463407I'm not so terrific at putting words into circles either, but tend to do better when I do the words one at a time and put them where I want, rather than do all or half of the writing together. Mine tend to stretch, otherwise. I use Janome software.
23163Did you alter the size? It may have not been an .ART grade design to start with OR perhaps you didn't change both the length and width equally? You can "grab" one of the corners and pull, but I have found that oftentimes with applique, I have to resize each stitch line individually. Meaning that I have to break apart the design, enlarge the die line, enlarge the fabric stitch down line, then enlarge by the same amount the final satin stitch line. Hope this makes sense.;)
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