wrinkles

[apcguam]

Hi,

I am stitching on a linen shirt and after stitching, The surroundings are tightening on itself and showing wrinkles all around it. What is causing it and how can i prevent it from wrinkling up. A previous stitch i did that was washed showed more wrinkles. I need some help. Thanks in advance.

[YDCustom]

Maybe these aren't the "right" answers, but they're working for me on similar material (linen tablecloths).

First, check your stitch density. I generally use the Fabric Adjust settings in Design Shop.
Second, UNDERLAY! I usually use an edge walk if I'm worried about puckering, as it seems to stabilize the fabric best.
Third, Hooping/Stabilizing. Make sure that you're hooping nice and tight with no wrinkles. You may need to experiment with backing. We've been using 2.5oz tearaway but I'm not completely happy with it. I like sticky backing a bit better but I've heard that it can be not so great for the machine.
Fourth, check the width of your stitches. I find I have a worse problem with wrinkles if my satin stitches get longer than .4 inches.

I still have to iron the bejeebers out of it but those things help. I've also found that our iron doesn't make enough steam to really flatten out those wrinkles. I got a spray bottle and give the area a light spritz (not soaking but definitely damp) and then iron it.

[signman]

Use MESH backing under there and tearaway, holler for FRED here and he'll tell you what is recommended and he knows what he is talking about. Thanks to him we have mesh to throw under anything we are worried about wrinkles, even plain cheap teeshirts-no pucker!
And lighten up on density settings-even lettering-instead of 4 for example, go to 5 or 5.5. It's the tight density settings on letters and fill that make the puckers. And a hand held steamer is great for flattening out a sewout after cutting off the backing-it flattens it and removes hoop marks fast.

[apcguam]

Thanks for the reply. Greatly appreciate the wonderful members here. For newbies like me, this forum and members are great.