"Pixie" <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid> wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:34:49 -0500, M&M Chocolate <M&M@chocolate.com>
wrote:
>I told a guy at work that I am learning how to do those Crimson Tide lace
>bowl, He said he would clean up his desk and make sure have a spot for my
>creation of crimson tide lace bowl. I made the Big A in lace and stitched
>out fine. So I am going to incorporate the big A to the lace bowl side
>that will save me some work.
>
Good, you are understanding the principals of recycling!
>Last two days, I had no internet and those 2 days sure were rough. How
>could people live in the old day without internet?
>
Think about your reasoning... people live without proper housing and
food...
Try ONE hour without electricity and see how that works for
ya.../grin!
I am determined to die not knowing how to text on a mobile. I didn't
buy the damn thing to be annoyed all day with useless calls from ppl
with no life!!
I bought it in case I get a flat tyre!
/grin
>I went back and listened to the digitizing tutorial. I understood my own
>mistakes. Like you mentioned in the other post. The outside of the star
>were the problem. The center big star was fine. So what I need to do is
>find a way to connect the tiny stars and re-enforce them.
>
You can't with those stars. Physics won't allow it.
Buuuut... you can have your star pattern!.... read on...
>Well, before I do anything, I need to go through all Pixie posting first.
>
That would be good. It will save you heaps of wasted thread. That bowl
is humungous and something you don't want to be doing a "test run" on
until you are pretty sure it's good.
Ok. You understand why the A and the Star are staying stable??
They have crosshashed stabilising stitches that create a "wall like"
panel that could support itself with a bit of stiffening. A bowl that
size is gonna need a lot of stiffening.
I am assuming here that Dallas Cowboys colours are red/white and blue,
based on your initial offering. (I am not American, Dallas is where JR
was shot! The rest of the world is oblivious to anything else!).
Do the bowl white. Do the stabilising stitches as you did the Star.
Crosshatched. And do it more than once. This size bowl needs it.
You could even do 45 degrees both ways, then do 90 degrees both ways,
giving you a four way crosshatch. (And tiny starlike stitches!)
Since the stabilising is white, bring in your beloved Star pattern
(that will never hold anything together by itself) on top, in red or a
blue that will show up nicely.
Now you have a stable base of stitches together with your stars on top
as decoration.
If white is out of the question, pick two colours that will show
obvious contrast. Lt Blue/Dk Blue etc.
Does that help with your star quest??
You gotta think Physics with lace. You are basically building
something that will have to stand up by itself, and not be supported
by fabric like the 2D embroidery you are used to.
Support stitches FIRST, decoration stitches on top.
If you reply to this, please address the text as Hopper suggested and
not stick it all at the top. It helps with seeing what you understand
and what I haven't explained well enough.
>>[..]
Good Luck!
Pixie :-))
But nobody here ever listens to me anyway.
--
hopper
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