Thursday 23 March 2017

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Growing up I use to imagine my wedding day and what type of ring I would be receiving. I loved the sparkle of a diamond ring back then and to be perfectly honest with you, have continued to love the look of a gorgeous diamond ring on my fingers.
Throughout my lifetime, I've been blessed to receive some exquisite pieces of jewelry. Diamond earring have a way of making my face simply shine, and the focus of my ears is never an issue when I have a larger pair of diamond earrings in my ears.
My gorgeous friend has a husband that is extremely generous with jewelry giving. He often has bought her a new ring or set of earrings or diamond necklace for her birthday, anniversaries or special occasion. The novelty isn't over for him, as he sees this type of gift as a gift from his heart, that will simply last forever. Kind of romantic, isn't it?
I bought a small bracelet for my daughter that had little diamonds embedded into it, and as she's grown she continues to wear it. So, giving a gift with diamonds, doesn't necessarily have to be for adults either.
Some cultures will pride themselves on giving the gift of a single diamond earring for their young males. I think this is such a classy look,shop diamond necklaces and gives these young men a bit of shine and beauty. Some cultures will even have their babies' ears pierced earlier on in life with diamond jewelry.
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Sunday 19 March 2017

embroidery digitizing

An important part of custom embroidery is digitizing. Digitizing is the process of converting artwork into a stitch file that can be read by an embroidery machine and interpreted as different stitch types. So what are the steps that lead to a perfectly digitized design?
Preparing Artwork for Embroidery Digitizing
The digitizer has to analyze the design to find out if it needs to be edited for embroidery. Artwork designed for print media can not always be embroidered properly; they have to be simplified first. Other changes that may need to done are resizing the image, eliminating outlines and enlarging small text.
Pathing
Once a design has been modified using a graphics software,embroidery digitizing the file is used as a template for an embroidery program to create a stitch file. The digitizer will then have to decide how the pathing in the logo will run. The sequence of stitches in a design is known as pathing. The execution of the design is greatly determined by the pathing. If the sequence in the embroidery isn't correct, the design might have gaps and turn out to be uneven. The pathing also effects the length of running time of a design on the machine. Though this might not seem important, a design with a shorter run time will be less costly.
Assigning Embroidery Stitch Types
Next, each section of the design is assigned stitch types based on what stitches will best represent the artwork. First, the digitizer adds the underlay stitches. Although underlay stitches are not visible in a finished logo, having the correct underlay stitches is necessary for creating a great looking logo. Underlay helps stabilize the fabric to the backing, lay down the nap of the fabric so that the remaining stitches have a smooth surface to embroider on and also add density to the design. Stitches tend to sink into the fabric or the fabric shows through the design if the underlay isn't proper.Although there are only three basic stitch types: run, satin and fill stitches, there are variations of these stitch types. For example, fill stitches are used to cover large areas; but, the digitizer must decide what type of fill stitch to use, the direction of the fill and where the fill should start and stop in the design. The type of fabric the logo will be embroidered on must be considered when the stitches are being decided and appropriate adjustments should be made. Stitches will sink into fabrics such as polar fleece and lay on the surface of denser fabrics such as nylon. A logo that was originally digitized for denim won't look as good when embroidered on a pique knit where the stitches sink into the fabric.
The Push and Pull Factor
"Push and Pull" is another important aspect of embroidery. While being embroidered, it is possible that a design may move. This will cause shifting in some stitches. There is higher chance of shifting when using long stitches, heavy fabric, tightly wound bobbin thread and large areas of thread. The digitizer should rectify the effects of "push and pull" and make adjustments.

Tuesday 14 March 2017

embroidery digitizing

PE-Design is an embroidery digitizing software system available from Brother dealers and though the 'PE' stands for Personal Embroidery, don't let that fool you. It's a robust system that allows for some pretty advanced digitizing and embroidery and is an excellent program to begin learning the art of embroidery digitizing. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) or What-You-See/Interact-With-On-The-Screen is colorful with large, intuitive buttons and fly-outs. It's also organized very well with no clutter for a large workspace.
PE-Design allows the digitizer to convert a digital picture to stitches and save it in a format that can be read by the computer in your embroidery machine. The image can be one you've hand drawn and scanned, one created in another imaging program such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, or JASC Paint Shop Pro, one you've captured (legally, of course) from the Internet, a CD or floppy, or a digital snapshot from your digital camera. Whatever the case, the original image must be in .jpg, .gif or .bmp format.
The PE-Design full product package includes a card reader/writer.embroidery digitizing It must be plugged into a USB port in order for the program to run. Though you can install the program on any machine, it can only function on the machine where the reader/writer is installed.
Once you've created your design, you can save it in Brother (*.PES), Husqvarna/Viking (*.HUS), Melo (*.EXP), Tajima (*.DST) and Pfaff (*.PCS) formats. It is a Brother product, so its native format is PES.
What Does It Cost?
The program will probably run you somewhere between $1,000.00 and $1,200.00, but if you are purchasing an embroidery machine or are a good customer of the shop and don't mind a little dickering, you might be able to negotiate a substantial savings. It never hurts to try. Here's a tip: Before you buy ask your dealer if any major upgrades to the software have been announced. If a major upgrade is forthcoming and you are in no hurry, you may want to postpone your purchase. Major upgrades come with a price, usually in the range of $250.00 to $300.00, and must be purchased from a Brother dealer. Though a major upgrade is usually worth the investment, you don't want to purchase the software one month just to have to shell out more money a few months later. Minor upgrades, from the current version 6.0 to version 6.03 for instance, are free, and are downloaded from the Brother web site.
Commercial or Home-based?
PE-Design is designed with the home-based digitizer and personal embroiderer in mind. That means that many functions or settings are automatic with limited manual control available to the digitizer. Commercial digitizing software is just the opposite: Functions and settings are in the hands of the digitizer and automatic settings can be adjusted and saved. Of course, commercial digitizing software will cost five to twenty times more than PE-Design. Still, in the hands of a skilled and creative digitizer, PE-Design produces excellent embroidery designs.
Beginning to Digitize
As with any sophisticated software be prepared to practice, practice, practice and use your creativity to explore and push the program to its limits. Learn the fundamentals of what makes a design sew out perfectly, then look at the designs you like with an analytical eye. Ask, "How did they do that?" and try to recreate the technique. With time you'll develop your own style and find your digitizing niche.
Many shops offer digitizing classes. Ask to sit in for free on a few before making a time or financial commitment. If all the instructor does is follow the booklet that came with the software, save your money. You'll probably teach yourself quicker.
Speaking of the manual: It is 262 pages and was obviously written by a team very familiar with PE-Design and the English language. It is well organized with plenty of images and screenshots, is very easy to read and covers the basic use of every tool in depth. It is not a digitizing teacher. Use it to learn the tools, it won't take long, then practice, practice, practice.

digitizing embroidery

Denim is a twill weave and runs diagonally and any diagonal weave is difficult to control, whether you are attempting construction sewing or machine embroidery. Twills are designed to give the wearer ultimate wearing comfort by the natural "give" it has. That's why we all love our chinos & jeans! However, this comfort quality presents a real problem for machine embroidery enthusiasts.
It is essential to keep fabric "blocked" while cutting, assembling, and stitching either regular seaming or machine embroidery. From cutting out pattern pieces to hooping denim for embroidery, you will experience a challenge of keeping the fabric "blocked" squarely. If you're a quilter, you know exactly what blocking is. If you're not a quilter it simply means keeping the grain of the weave, in both cross & straight directions, straight or square.
Denim is difficult to block because of the diagonal weave and, generally, denim is a heavier weight than most other fabrics are. I recently stitched an ankle length, heavy, denim duster coat using a very large design down the front edge of the coat opening, near the hemline. This meant I had to keep the design running straight in 2 directions at once.digitizing embroidery The outcome could have been quite unsightly if I hadn't taken extra precautions to make sure the design was placed squarely and that the stabilizing was adequate to prevent the puckers and warping that result from the pull of a machine embroidery design while it is stitching.
Since I had chosen a rather dense assortment of designs to combine for a scene, I knew that I had a difficult, but not impossible, task. First I had to determine what would keep the twill from becoming distorted during the stitching. Second, I knew it would be next to impossible to hoop the coat - the denim was as heavy as any work jeans I've seen.
I immediately knew that I wouldn't be able to hoop the coat, therefore it was a matter of first stabilizing the denim then finding a way to create a method of hooping a backing that would hold up under a high stitch count design and remove easily when the stitching was completed. Given the factors I couldn't change - the weight of the fabric & the heaviness of the group of designs - I wanted to use a "formula" of layers which wouldn't create a stiff effect when all was done. The front edge of a coat does flip open - this could be considered a lethal weapon if one is not careful!
~ DESIGN PLACEMENT ~
The first problem to overcome - can you imagine the bulk of all this fabric when attaching the hoop to the machine! Since the bulk of the fabric must be to the left of the machine so as not to constrict the movement of the embroidery "arm" and hoop, the design had to stitched upside down! To accomplish this you simply flip the design/s first vertically then horizontally.
Using a printed image of the design and the plastic grid for the hoop, I decided exactly where I wanted to place the design. (Always stand about 3 feet away from the garment to make sure the design is where you want it! It's usually best to try it on & look in the mirror.) Since this was for my daughter I had to wing it!
~ PREPARING THE FABRIC OR GARMENT ~
I laundered the coat to shrink it to prevent any warping or puckering which would have happened after it was laundered the first time. Next I steam pressed the front of the jacket to its original flat state by applying Magic Sizing and heavy steam. Now the key here is the word press - not iron! If you iron (move the iron in any direction while bearing down) denim will be stretched and distorted.
After allowing the coat to dry completely after this process, and making sure of the design placement previously decided, I then applied the fusible medium tear away backing to the back side, using a dry iron set at the polyester setting, making sure that the backing straight grain was running with the coat cross grain. Again - press the backing not iron it. To avoid an armor look, I chose the soft tear away backing as the second layer which was placed straight grain to straight grain. A light spraying of 505 temporary adhesive was applied to keep it from shifting.
~ STABILIZING ~
My choice for the "hooping" backing was wonder solv - a water soluble, fabric-like stabilizer, which will support any number of stitches. I hooped a piece in my Brother jumbo hoop, which has a 5 X 12 inch stitch area. I then sprayed the wonder solv with a heavy coat of 505 spray.
I set the jumbo hoop on my Hoop Mate to insure that I could get the front edge of the coat straight with the curved edge of the hoop. Then, making sure that the hem edge was kept straight as well, I pressed the entire backed portion of the coat to the hooped wonder solv. I placed the plastic grid template over the "hooped" fabric to double-check the placement Whew - the worst part of the project was accomplished!
~ FINALLY! READY TO STITCH ~
After locking the hoop to the embroidery arm, I placed a sheet of web solvy on top to prevent the stitches from sinking into the denim. The first thing I stitched was the basting outlines in all three areas of the jumbo hoop. It takes a bit of time, but is well worth the effort. This secures the fabric/garment to the hooped backing helping to insure the least amount of movement during the actual design stitching.
I proceeded by stitching the top design first, then the bottom design and finally the center design. By moving around the hoop in this fashion you are preventing excessive pull in any one area, which can cause distortion of the fabric and unsightly puckering.

Sunday 12 March 2017

embroidery digitizing

Clothing is important as a commodity because it has worldwide appeal and plays a substantial role in the world economy. Fashion trends are a global phenomenon so wearing the right kind of attire plays an important role in everybody's life. With this view several embroidery digitizing companies have come up all around the globe to meet the current standards and vast range of fashion wear.
Digitizing embroidery simply means creating fashionable and varied forms of embroidery by utilizing computer generated software and applications. The digitizing application is fed several stitch patterns or image files, which it stores, and processes into several files which are then read by embroidery machines to be sewn into perfect embroidered fabric. Embroidery digitizing has vastly simplified the process of designing fashionable clothes, as the process employed is simple and requires minimum human intervention. The whole idea of creating your line of clothes seems much easier, faster and cost-effective than it used to be before. Today, people are actually thinking about designing their own clothes since the advent of digitizing software and machines.
The simple requirements of embroidery digitizing are a computer-operated system, digitizing machine and software, and design patterns. The designs employed can be self created or you can download the designs online or further manipulate them to give it your own personal touch. Embroidery digitizing software can also be downloaded from the internet to help you in creating your own patterns. This way you can also boost your embroidery skills and come up with unique stitches that will never have common designs. With the simple instructions anyone can learn the digitizing techniques and it is far simpler than the complex hand embroidery techniques.
Computerized embroidery has become popular over the years due to the low labor that is placed in its work and the high supply of quality clothes that are made out of it. Perfecting the art of embroidery manually is quite difficult but the digitized embroidery is almost always minutely perfect. Less effort and lack of wastage of time are added advantages. Manual embroidery requires an embroidery machine that is costly and but the cost of embroidery digitizing is far less as anyone can easily buy the embroidery software and install them in their computer systems to create amazing embroidery patterns. The economics of selling your self- designed clothes are also promising. Besides, one can also opt to sell their embroidery techniques, as there are several individuals and companies who seek quality embroidery designs and patterns.

Thursday 16 February 2017

embroidery digitizing

Embroidery digitizing is definitely the normal following action that you simply wish to choose, for those who are already into embroidery for a reasonable amount of your time. In case you are now monetizing your embroidery techniques, then it tends to make sense to move to digitizing embroidery to supply much more expert services for your customer. In this post we're going to search at some of the staple items that you ought to find out about tailor made embroidery layout utilizing an embroidery digitizer.

Cash Required: Beginning an embroidery digitizing service is not an exceptionally funds intensive exercising. The good news for yourself is usually that the devices and also the software package desired for embroidery digitizing have become much more plus much more inexpensive about the decades. Regardless of whether you will be starting from scratch you can not have to have a lot more than the usual pair of thousand pounds as an preliminary investment decision. On the other hand, mastering the art of embroidery digitizing might be fairly a problem so you could must perform actually really hard so that you can impress your clientele.

Service Choices: The moment you start the business enterprise, there are numerous parts in which you can supply your products and services. You may offer tailor made embroidery style and design on your clientele. You'll be able to also present to digitize logo and taglines to be able to help capturing them as embroidery in different marketing media for example t-shirts or banners. This field is catching up these days and also you might have a successful business doing this.

Instruments Desired: You would need an embroidery digitizing software in order to have interaction in embroidery digitizing. This can be a design plan that assists the consumer to transform an embroidery design and style into a electronic file. You would also require an embroidery equipment that may examine this file and convert it into embroidery with your cloth.

Techniques Wanted: You must be considered a grasp embroider if you prefer to taste achievements from the field of digitized embroidery. Currently you will discover computer system packages that enable you to digitize embroidery, but nonetheless the process requires some human intervention. You will need to use a performing expertise on desktops as well as embroidery machines, not to mention the usage of digitizing computer software. For anyone who is scheduling to provide digitize logo providers then you certainly would also need the power to prepare and spot the brand within an ideal size and location. The final end result from the embroidery is especially dependent on the standard of the digitized file and for that reason this method is a crucial step in symbol embroidery.

Bear in mind that this field has hard levels of competition - both equally from set up gamers in addition as freelancers who do the job from your home. The normal problem then is whether or not you can make money as a result of embroidery digitizing. The answer to which is that it depends on the expertise and skill to supply intricate digitized information along with your capability to give it at a competitive cost. You need to help keep in mind the reality that you happen to be not simply competing domestically, but alternatively with the whole world as entry to technological innovation and expertise isn't any for a longer time an issue as a result of the net. This have to have not discourage you however, while you can thrive in embroidery digitizing through hard work.