design giving me trouble

[Greenwing]

Anyone here willing to give me some feed back on a design that is giving me troble (thread breaks ...??

[Judy]

Sure thing. Whasamatta?

[Greenwing]

I know I am broderind on too thin collums but I know a cometeitor it stitching this and I am having too many thread breaks. could I send it to you and you look and see if I am missing something??

[Judy]

Whenever I start having problems with columns, I slow the speed down to between 700 and 800. Thin columns are a major source of headaches. I also slip an extra free-floating layer of stabilizer under it.

And absolutely I'll take a look at the design. Please send me the particulars (type of fabric, type of backing and number of layers, and type of thread).

Judy

[Greenwing]

what spelling
I will try that again

I know I am broidering on too thin of columns but I know a competitor is stitching this, and I am having too many thread breaks. Could I send it to you and you look and see if I am missing something??

I don't have an email for you

I will try beefing up the backing. With a layer of tearaway.
I am stitching on scrub tops 50/50 broadcloth.

[Steve]

Try switching that color to a different needle and see what happens. Desity should be at 4 for column stitches unless you are using metallic thread. Make sure you are using underlay. Scrub tops should be fine with a 2.2 oz. cutaway.

[Greenwing]

I am at the stage of making the design,
So I have switched the needles around changed them and done maintance, checked the presser foot adj.
I am using a density of 4 to 4.5 on the design
the main lettering is about 1/2"
th small lettering is about .30" (density 5.5)
I have increased the column width by 3pt (about 120%) on the large lettering and 2pt on the small.

I am going to try and add another tearaway layer.

[signman]

A quick hint that works for me...turn SHORT STITCHES 'OFF'...that cures a lot of thread breaks for me whenever there are fine details in the design or small lettering.
And 'thin' columns...make the density 'less' go to 5 if it's 4.5, go to 6 if it's 5.5, etc.-and it will still look fine! Thread breaks occur when you try to cram more stitches in a smaller area than needed.

[Juli in Kona]

Have you tied to use the stitch proximity filter? That is a pretty neat tool. Make sure that you try it on a copy of your file. You find it at Tools/Filter -- I think.

Juli in Kona