Embroidery Q & A
Embroidery Design Puckering |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on May 09 2008 at 11:34 AM |
Polo shirts (or sports shirts as they are often called in the USA) are not too difficult to embroider, but you have to make sure that all your ducks are in a row first. We have sewn out over 1000 on our PR-600 and I'd suggest the following to you:
1) Stabiliser
You should only need two leaves of cutaway hooped up with the shirt. This will give a good finish and provide adequate support for the stitches in most cases.
2) Hooping up
Beware of pulling the shirt material too tight. This can cause the fabric to stretch, and when you remove the embroidered item from the hoop after sewing it will want to go back to its original shape. Drum tight could be a little too tight.
3) Thread tension
On your machine you should be able to sew out a test pattern to check tension. Have a look in your manual and test on the same material you are trying to sew this design onto. (sounds like you may have a little scrap to test sew!). This is unlikely to be your problem here. If the tension too tight you would see the white bobbin thread coming though the front.
4) The design
Try a simple design and get that right first. Could you problem a shirt that is too lightweight and a design that has a high density of stitches? This will be helped by using cutaway to support the fabric.
I hope this helps you, and the many people who are trying to get started but hit brick walls like this. Keep trying and keep sewing!
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