On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:25:59 -0500, scissorhands
<WayOutThere@home.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:04:33 +1000, Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>
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>>On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:13:26 -0500, scissorhands
>><WayOutThere@home.com> wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:32:21 +1100, "Callie" <callie@internode.on.net>
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>>><4d112afb$0$29971$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>:
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>>>>Hello, does anyone have any breast cancer awareness designs to share please.
>>>I tried this but I had some problems. The instructions are not very good.
>>>
>>Did yours look like the picture at the website??
>>http://www.sewazdesigns.com/mylar-designs/fs-mylar-snowflake-pink-ribbon/prod_900.html
>>I was surprised at the stitch coverage. There is not usually so much
>>for mylar. It is usually only a decorative stitch that allows the
>>mylar to shine through.
>>Even the sample on the website looks a bit "ratty".
>Yes, mine turned out a little ratty looking too. But it did not stay flat
>like the picture shows.
>
The picture lies!
They would not post a picture of a curly one!
Stitch Delight are good at this smoke and mirrors thing too!
A lot of 3D projects are "doctored" until they are pretty enough for
the camera.
> The moment it was hung it curled.
>
What's your weather doing?? Humid?? Snow?? Whether it be heat or cold?
To raise an old chestnut, what thread did you use? Any shrinking or
"settling" of the thread once the project is finished will cause a
shift in the stability of it. You used the same thread top and bottom?
I get better results with polyester thread for my freestanding lace
than rayon. I find the same bookmark "shrinks" when wet using the
rayon. It's a personal thing and could just be a tension thing I have
to adjust on my machine which I refuse to do... so I just use poly.
> I thought maybe
>trying a mylar "sandwich" A piece of mylar on the front and back with
>stabilizer in between so it didn't loose it's twinkle from either side.
>
If your software allows, print the stitchout in 1:1 ratio. Cut around
it to the size you want to make the die cut and use that as your
template. Your biggest problem after that is placement, as the
stitchout is not very helpful with that. This is going to be a
challenge with the cutouts that this has, but there is not much else
to be done as a fix if the solvy option isn't working for you.
>This was my first project with mylar. So I'm still experimenting. What do
>you think about the table coverings that are using the mylar? How would
>they be laundered? I wouldn't think the mylar would hold up well at all?
>
I didn't think so either. Haven't laundered mylar. Have only seen it
used as ornaments and stuff for cards etc. It's little more than
"paper" and wetting it constantly would compromise it.
You may get away with "dunking", but long term I'm not thinking it is
something to make heirloom stuff to be handed down!
If yours were free standing, you sewed these onto a disolvable
fabric??
If you did this (used the fabric type dissolving stuff), don't wash it
out at all.
Ladies at a craft group I used to go to got sick of their freestanding
stuff curling at Christmas in the 40 degree celcius heat. Humidity
will make them curl. So they didn't wash it out of the applique type
ones. They found since they didn't get it wet, it kept its shape
longer. They would just cut around it and with a wet cotton tip, just
dab away the rough edges.
Not sure what you are sewing yours onto though.
[...]
Thank goodness Christmas only comes once a year!! /grin
Pixie :-))
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