Question On Stitch Type to Use

minimalist · December 8th, 2016, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cwheelock

So mimimalist, you are thinking it would be okay to use a fill, or split satin even since it is not such a tight circle? Since I didn't want to add the satin borders on it because of the very reason you stated ( now to fit in the micro text after a border added). It is a left crest size. They also simplified things to change it up for their use. Apparently this was a former badge they had used. This is what I ended up doing, since I would have had to add a border in my opinion if I used a one directional fill for the outer circle. I needed to keep it a nice left crest size along with reduced stitch count if at all possible. Therefore, no borders in the interior either.

Occam's razor.

Robert Young · December 8th, 2016, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cwheelock

. This is what I ended up doing, since I would have had to add a border in my opinion if I used a one directional fill for the outer circle. I needed to keep it a nice left crest size along with reduced stitch count if at all possible. Therefore, no borders in the interior either.

Hi,

Yours seems to look fine on the screen capture.. maybe change the direction of the center white fill to avoid the stair stepping on the top?

My concern with doing it the way you have is the lettering pulling the circular fill apart and the fabric showing through. Have you noticed any of that? the I in HILL for example... the left and right stitches of the I are going in a 90 degree angle from the fill... do the I stitches pull those fill stitches apart? ALL the vertical lines of all the letters are in the same boat.

That is why we stopped doing it this way years ago... too many clients were seeing too much of the fabric. So we do as suggested if lettering is on top.. an angled fill (10 degrees either way off horizontal) and then a satin border inside and out to smooth the edges. I agree it does add stitchcount though! But no client complaints on quality.

Hope this makes sense? thanks!

cwheelock · December 12th, 2016, 08:47 AM

Thank you Robert. I do understand what you are stating about the lettering and angle of the fill. Normally I would place the fill 10 degrees off to accommodate the lettering atop. I guess the underlay I used must have helped me to luck out as far as material not really showing enough to receive any complaints anyway. Now I know better and this is yet another piece of digitizing info learned. Thanks again to all for the great advice!