Rope like border -- how to do it? Help!

[MJ]

Thanks so much to Jerome! I talked to him and he gave me the tip to save the rope border (the one he made manually), once I have it the way I want it, as a .dst or .exp file. Then bring that in and then I can duplicate it and add the text and DS won't be so slow!
So once again, the manual way turns out better than the automated way!

[Rod or Sharon]

I am going to put in a plug for Mama Kass on this thread....

Did anyone pick up on the "free motion embroidery pieces" she mentioned?

Sharon and I had the distinct pleasure of being able to tour the facility she is at and the ladies there are nothing short of fantastic . Mama Kass has an older "Big Red" Amaya and still uses Version 5 series software. We had to do some work on her tired old machine. This lady creates robes with some extremely ornate designs on them....they are gorgeous !!! There are basically two types of embroidery, corporate logo stuff and artistic that varies in levels of complexity. What Mama creates would have to be classed pretty close to the top of the ladder.

The free motion embroidery we were shown was done by another lady at the facility and it was just amazing. Often embroidery is described as "painting with thread". Free motion is done one a 1 needle sewing machine....What this lady can do is awesome. You just have to stand there and gaze at the portraits, because you feel like you are in an art museum...Sharon and I could only say "Wow"....

When she mentioned the free motion and described how to create the rope look, it brought back some memories....Wow..... just needed to share..

Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer


When this lady gives advice on how she can do things , based on her experience, you can take it to the bank, she knows what she is talking about

[Mama Kass]

Good grief, Rod, my face is very red because I feel like the new kid on the block when it comes to embroidery, but thank you for your kind words. I guess we have formed a mutual admiration society.

Now back to the thread... MJ, I'm glad Jerome's rope worked for you. I thought it might be helpful for the future to know that you can control the spacing on decorative stitches that you create by adding a manual stitch or short walk stitch after the element in Create Decorative Stitches. The point where the manual or walk stitch ends will be the point where the next element begins. Unless you do this, the next element will automatically begin at the extreme right end of the first element. So in the example of Jerome's rope, you would digitize one twist of the rope, then add a manual stitch about 1/3 of the way back along the element where you want the next twist to begin.

[MJ]

Thanks again to everyone for their help! I really learned a lot of new things by doing this little project! One thing I learned is how to edit the distance between elements in a decorative stitch -- just the regular Property Box! Not that I often have any reason to use decorative stitches--but good to know.
Thanks, Mama Cass too!

[Greenwing]

When you set the decorative stitch or pattern fill the original digitized points and placement handles show up you can adjust the repeat, line spacing, kerning & overlap there. also the size of the element.
and for decorative stitch you adjust it in the properties box. by space or size..