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From: MaryW
Date: 06-07-2005, 12:14 PM (1 of 8)
Do any of you pros have tips on embroidering on terry cloth? It might be nice to share with newbies so they can learn. 
MaryW
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From: bren
Date: 06-07-2005, 09:03 PM (2 of 8)
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( Susie) Mother in Law... is great a doing towels ...I seen a picture of towels she did for a gift and they looked beautiful ...white towels with Ivy on them...Susie share your knowledge...I have wanted to do some towels myself ...
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From: deb304
Date: 06-07-2005, 10:04 PM (3 of 8)
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Mary, I've done quite a few terri towels and have found that if you lay down an underlay stitch first it will keep the "pile" from peeking through where you don't want it to. If you're doing a design, just use a "fill" stitch less dense and greater step pitch for each region you're sewing(same color too). Set it the opposite direction of the final top stitch and this will compensate for push-pull too. I've used the top solvy, but once that rinses out - the pile peeks through again so I've had the best luck with an underlay. If you're doing letters; and if they're satin or column stitches; you can run a less dense zig-zag stitch first(sometimes a double zig-zag if the column stitches at very wide) - this will do the same thing and keep the pile from peeking through the stitches. If they're real thin letters, use just a running stitch to hold the pile down first. I know this seems like a lot of extra work, but in the long run, you're finished gift will look great and your embroidery will "pop"! Deb |
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From: ninifav
Date: 06-07-2005, 10:13 PM (4 of 8)
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I always use tulle on top of the terry...After the embroidery, it is so very easy to cut away; and any that is left usually just lays on the cloth and doesn't show...use the inexpensive stuff...and can usually findit in colors that match...this is better than water soluable topping because that topping washes out and allows the fabric loops to pop through...the tulle prevents the design from getting lost in the pile...and I use something very light and possibly washaway undernneath...If it is a solid design, then sewer cloth is great because it does not provide too much bulk(found in Lowe's and Home Depot as soil separator cloth for drainage and home sewerage systems...go figure!!) HTH..Paula |
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From: stitchmaniac
Date: 06-08-2005, 02:20 AM (5 of 8)
| Just wanted to add to all the good tips...I don't hoop towels. I hoop sticky and float a piece of tear away. Towels are just to bulky to hoop. In fact, I don't hoop much of anything. Ocassionally, I find something that works better hooped, but not often. |
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Member since: 11-05-2002 Total posts: 43 |
From: ninifav
Date: 06-08-2005, 10:45 PM (6 of 8)
| amen to that, Stitchmaniac...agree totally |
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From: paroper
Date: 06-09-2005, 01:02 AM (7 of 8)
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I agree..I seldom hoop towels or anything that is heavy or will mark. The heavy stuff can warp your hoops and the stuff that marks? I just don't need the grief. I pretty much use Aquamesh under my towels and Aquafilm on top with 505 between each layer. I really haven't had too much trouble with the hoops showing, but I don't know why. It just may be a difference is software? I truly don't know. The only time I use anything on top is when there is a pile that can poke through the design. I don't use it on things like sweatshirts or t-shirts.
pam
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From: Glenda B
Date: 06-26-2005, 11:45 PM (8 of 8)
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Hi MaryW, I have just found this website tonight, and I love all the tips. I have embroidered on terry cloth a lot. The best results I have had is to use a medium to heavy weight tear-away stabilizer behind the terry cloth, depending on the thickness, and a layer of Solvy on the top to keep the needle from picking the terry cloth. It doesn't really matter what weight of Solvy you use. Glenda B |
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