April 3rd, 2009, 03:08 PM
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Polyester Shirts
Not been on for a long while as everything was going smoothly....until I had to do some formal shirts 65% polyester 35% cotton. I thought that shirts would be a doddle....ha....Its a large design for the back, writing on top with disabled sign in middle and writing underneath. I did this on some polos and they came out brilliant, but on these shirts, there was a lot of puckering especially between each letter. I played with the density, the compensation, tried cutaway stabilizer, tearaway stablizer, iron on stabilizer, even used some felt as stabilizer! I got the best results and least puckering from the iron on, BUT, once washed, the stabilizer no longer was fixed to the shirt, and the parts that were still stuck went all bubbly. I've been stitching this out for the past 3 days now using the shirts as practice runs. I've run out of ideas now and have no idea what to try next. Can someone please tell me what is the best way to embroider on polyester. I would be so grateful for any ideas.
Thanks in advance.
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