Silk Dupioni

[Guest]

What do I need to know about sewing on silk dupioni? I want the thread to just lay on the fabric and can't seem to get the right settings. The design is digitized professionally so it's not that. It sews on other fabric fine. I tried a fast-frame, but that resulted poorly. The hoop seems to be the only way to go. Fused stabilizer a definite to keep fabric from moving (silk is slippery). I know it's in the threadfeed settings, but can't seem to get them right. Lowering the auto-actifeed limit to 6 really helped, but I need to adjust the column and run/fill feed settings. Playing around with these really changes the results and hopefully someone has already figured this out??? The settings so far that work best are 50/103/8/6 except when it gets to the outline, I get false bobbin breaks. Can someone help?

GF

[Juli in Kona]

Try Solvy on top

Juli in Kona

[Barbara Bunker]

My best luck with silk dupioni was fusing a light-weight batting to the back of the fabric.
Barb

[flebow]

We originally made our Cloud Vover Stitch for silks and satins to arrest any fraying
It does not affect the drapability as it is soft , sheer and non directional

http://www.lebowconsulting.com/stabilizer-reviews.htm

You wull still need a stabilizer - probably a tearaway
If you want samples - easy enough Pls just email me direct

Fred

[satinstitchery]

Fred, Will the SuperSoft 305S that's been discussed recently on BFC group work well with dupioni, in conjection with the Cloud Cover? I've also been struggling with getting the correct combo of tension/stabilizer on my XT...what worked fine on my home machine doesn't work as well on the XT.
Thanks,
Toni
www.SatinStitchery.com