06 April 2013: Have any of you fine ladies had experience in the use of the 3D foam products used for creating 3d effects in embroidery designs? Am I correct in believing that the digitising of the design has to take account of the foam by using larger stitches to compensate?
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Embroidery library has a number of tutorials on several techniques including one on puff foam. Stitches flatten the foam so leaving out underlay when digitizing is essential to get good results. And using foam matching the thread colour is a wise thing to do.
www.emblibrary.com
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145304Dennis,
I have only used foam one time under a design. It turned out well, and at the time, I was not aware of designs specially digitized for foam. The design was fairly dense, of an antique corvette for my husbands shirt. He is a member of a classic car club. The foam slightly raised the corvette making it look nice on the fabric. I bought a few squares of different colors of the thin foam at Micheal's Crafts to match whichever color of thread I was going to use the foam under. That way if a bit of the foam doesn't cover, it is not so noticeable.
Angel
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12500I used puffy foam under the land areas, on a world globe design, to make them stand out and it turned out fabulously.
I digitised the design and the fill stitch I used was quite fancy and dense but I did not alter the stitch length though neither did I add any underlay. I had no problems stitching it out and I would definitely use it again.
Have fun!
Hugs n blessings, Meg
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122864Looks great when completed, but I do have to say my machine hated it. Yes you need to use the right designs.
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11814I would say yes, also not too many stitches, and the correct support underneath. I have only stitched once on foam using a loose FSL design. It is fun!
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by dennis999
06 Apr 2013
Many thanks for your advice and, of course, a bouquet of flowers for your kindness.
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