sewsandy <sewsandy@here.com>:sayed
>On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:08 +1000, hopper
><Troll5layer@acting.invalid> wrote:
>
>>sewsandy <sewsandy@here.com>, wrote
>>>Sorry I vanished without warning , had major computer problems and am
>>>now back up and running with many lessons learnt! lol.
>>
>>Positives in all of it, eh ? :)
>>
>>>will be sending
>>>a photo asap of the bsa logo , the gentleman loved it !
>>>
>>I do hope it wears well :-)
>>
>>As you can see I am no sewer and thus my 'engineering' is
>>largely based on what others (who do know) produce and
>>recommend. There is then always the risk of something
>>"undoing". It is only my mistakes that will assist me in
>>growing. As devout are my efforts I am aware they
>>are not like the rest of me... perfect :-^
>Hopper ,Good Morning.
> Please see the attached photo , I changed your design slightly (hope
>you don't mind)
>
... no worries.
That is the idea of the exercise :-)
>photo A was the design as you digitised it (minus the
>ROO..lol)
awwwww.. no one wants me "roo"... shucks :-^
>but it stitched out too dense
>
It pulled a lot ..eh?
Like "walked all over the shop"?
I am generally using a stitch spacing of .4mm maybe I should be out at
.47/9mm??
>so I enlarged it (PHOTO B) in
>PE Design but didn't press the button that maintains the density and
>fill . I felt that the lettering needed to be a bit bolder so removed
>your lettering and then made a jpg of what I wanted in photodraw and
>digitized it, then added it to your design. Photo c was the design I
>went with and it looked great ,
>
That's all good, from a novice POV, I guess.. but I aint too happy
with the detail on the rifles. Seems very "raggedy" to me. in all
sewouts.
You think?
.. and if it actually looks as the graphic shows in that it didn't
"settle down" in the final sewout on the fleece... what do I do about
trimming those edges neater???
>sorry I didn't get a photo of the
>fleece but I was a bit rushed at the end.I hope this makes sense and
>as I have confessed before I'm very new at this but learnt loads just
>by looking a your design and the different sections.
>
heh.. Being the first "public viewing" I have had I reckon there is
lots to learn yet..!
>Please let me know your thoughts on the stich out (I was also
>experimenting with the colours of the guns and text).The photo's are
>not to good as I had to take them in artificial light as it's night
>here.
>
I reckon the pix are great.. and excellent work in setting out
the display.. you should be building me tutes..!!!!
/sits on hands
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