Anyone know how to dizitize your own patterns in FSL?
by shirlener88
16 Mar 2008
If you do - let us know? Hehehe! I have seen some tutorials, but can't think where - will look and check back, if I find them. *4U
46153I made my first FSL today. Was fun watching them stitch out. Then it took me an hour to get up the courage to rinse out the stablizer. Pictures of jrob kept going through my mind :) They are drying now. I think I took enough out. Thanks for watching over my shoulder jrob. :)
by shirlener88
16 Mar 2008
dkjack, CONGRATULATIONS for stitching out your first FSL design. That is wonderful - can't wait to see it posted in the projects. Hehehe! Sorry you were worried about rinsing it, however. If you want to hurry FSL drying time - make sure to blot it between a towel and then place it flat or hold it in your hand and use a blow dryer on it - if it appears to be too stiff - you can still see stabilzer in it - make sure to rinse it some more - if it has the body you want - keep it flat and dry to almost dry then lay flat on the counter top. Have fun, it is just thread and stablizer. Hehehe!
by dkjack
16 Mar 2008
Non of the stablizer shows. No time to blow dry--had to blow dry my hair to get to a wedding. hee hee. Look great this morning. Thanks
46153jrob, you got a bouquet of flowers out of this one, didn't you? HaHa. I love LACE, even though I have had trouble with one or two of them, but usually in the long run, it was a learning experience and I was a winner. "CUTE" family, don't let the stories stop you, can you remember how many rags you have from other projects, LACE is no different, embroidery has it bad times, no matter what sort of design there is, so don't BLAME it on the LACE, only. HaHa
7151Oh, I have plenty of screw up stories, I may just start a blog, since you all have enjoyed my mishap so much. hehehe ;)
158553Jrob, loved your story! And if you don't mind my saying so, it makes me feel better to know that you have had major boo boo's too! Hee hee hee. FSL is not in my immediate future, guys. Organza, maybe. I'll just look at all your projects and be jealous. Or else I'll kidnap Shirlene & bring her here, hee hee hee. Luv y'all. Marji
by shirlener88
16 Mar 2008
Marji, I would gladly come and help you out. Hehehe! When do I get the ticket or are you still coming for me? *4U
33451I just posted a pic of an FSL baby carriage I did for a shower last year(my identical triplet GDs) . They came out great, but as I said before I used a permanent stabilizer so they would be more stable. We put little party bags of pastel M&Ms tied to a helium balloon in them and used them as table decorations. We had a list of special guests who got to take them home. Like the grammas, great grammas..etc. I made 16 of them for the tables and one for each of the triplets in their primary color for Mom to take home.
by shirlener88
16 Mar 2008
maryjo, there are lovely, I saw them - I think that they way you made them - for your use of them - was wonderful. Great job. *4U
6832save all your scraps in a jar because it makes great use for other craft projects later on..also works when you want to fix a hole in something..chop up a piece of fabric from the hem into very minute pieces, dip in a little goo mixture and place it over wax paper in the hole of the garment, let it dry and stitch over it..it holds great..I fix blue jeans that way all the time and its great!!
3895suggestion: now if I do an ornament I just dip it quickly then pat it dry, you can also just leave the water soluable in it if you want, it gives it a glimmery look, that is if you use it on an ornament or something that doesnt show much..I hate goooo!! lol
3895I have done alot of freestanding lace projects most came out ok but I find ornaments to be a real challenge, they never seem to be stiff enough and they never hold shape and look right..frustrating enough I just dont bother anymore..especially those 3-d ones..they look so perfect in the picture but never put together right..mine are always flopsy or not flat or something even when i starch them to death, dip them twice..I just gave up!!
3895I'm glad you all are preparing me for the worst. T he only lace I stitched out are cocktail glass charms. I put them on Badge master. I haven't wet them out yet. badge master cost so much, I thought I would fill up every little space before I soaked them. Now you all have me spooked!!!
85867You get two types of lace. Regular lace which requires a fabric backing, usually organza or the like and Free standing (FSL) which can be done on wash away stabilizer. Shoulds you had an encounter of the worst kind with regular lace. Usually the digitizers will note if it is FSL or not and most will give instructions for that design in the zip file.
3468jrob, thank for the story, it had me ROLFLOL, I too have had a time or two that I thought that I was going to loose it, when I got all the way through the whole process and rinsed it out and had nothng but a bunch of thread. I did some test stitching for a designer that I will not reveal and one I think is no longer selling - but I had a couple really pretty bowls and doilies that just fell apart and I still wanted that bowl and doily so bad that eventually I stitched it out on organzia - because I really loved the look of it while it was stitching out. Hehehe! I have thrown away alot of things. You can't have a perfect LACE piece every time - but once you find a designer that you like and you know does wonderful LACE and you are happy with the price - stitch your heart out and love doing it for others and your heart will sing. Hehehe! Thanks! *4U
by tanuja
16 Mar 2008
hi shirlener ,as u do a lot of fsl ,u will be able to ans me , if i have a corner of fsl on a napkin will it fall apart with regular washing?
by shirlener88
16 Mar 2008
tanuja, if your fsl is stitched out properly and is a good design that is tried and true, it will not fall apart - when you wash yor napkin. Good luck and happy stitching. Hehehe!
211078Everyone has their bad stories of mistakes but there are so many more good ones. And it is so much fun to to talk about all of them . It helps us to share. Flower for you.
16513thought you might like to know I am trying my laptop to see if I get logged out
76409158553Ladies, if you want your FSL to have some *body*, don't rinse all the stabiliser out of it, just rinse until your item is how you want it. Hugs and flowers.
by shirlener88
15 Mar 2008
Ruthie, not to say this is wrong, but when you are rinsing out bookmarks - the more that you rinse it - the more like real lace it becomes. I guess - the body that you are taking about depends on what the lace is and what you are making, sorry. Pretend I didn't submit this. Hehehe! By all means, don't rinse all the stablizer out of a bowl, you need it in there to keep it's shape. *4U Hehehe!
by ruthie
15 Mar 2008
Shirlene, I'm not going to pretend you didn't submit that, haha!!! Thanks for correcting me, you've done heaps more FSL then me, thanks for teaching me something. Hugs and flowers sweetie.
13558I am still to try doing free standing lace. After you discrition I don't know if I want to now LOL
by 4lghoward
14 Mar 2008
I did it for the first time and fell in love with it. Everything is worth trying.
A* 4 U
by shirlener88
15 Mar 2008
we all have the thing that we like to do in embroidery work - you will never know if it is LACE, if you don't try it. Hehehe!
by maryjo
15 Mar 2008
I almost always use a permanent stabilizer with FSL. Then cut it out very carefully. WSS is so expensive, and I hate to see my design fall apart after 40,000 stitches. Lace uses too much thread for that. I actually do most of it on a very lt. weight soil seperator I got from Lowes. It is even lighter than organza hardly shows through the design, but keeps them intact. Once I got one to come out right I was HOOKED>
76409Thanks for the good advice. I do not think I would of used the sprayer (haha) but you made the point of not soaking tooooooooooooooooooo long. *4U
46153I have seen that lots of you like free standing lace, and I do too. Shirlene certainly does a beautiful job with it. Seeing her projects made me think about the first one I did. I was so proud of myself, I got all done after about 45 minutes of my machine going wide open and took it into the kitchen and laid it in the sink and turned the water on high and used my sprayer (oh, yes, I did) and sprayed all that excess water soluable stabilizer right out. Oh, and by the way my design blew into about a 3 ft round mound of goo and string. It still makes me laugh! ;)
by ruthie
14 Mar 2008
Wow, jrob, you really have learnt a lot since then. I guess we all have stories like that, including some we'd rather forget, and definitely not mention, haha!!! Hugs and flowers to you sweetie.
by clawton
15 Mar 2008
I had one do that also and I did not use the sprayer. It was beautiful before removing the stabilizer. I think it was the quality of design. I have noticed that some tell you to use on organza or something but this one did not.
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