Brother BES-100E Workbook page 110

Fabric/Garment
Coated or water-
proofed fabrics
Corduroy
Lingerie or silk
Lycra (or spandex)
Headwear
Leather and vinyl
Taken from Stitches Magazine
No. of Back-
Needle
ing Pieces
80/12 sharp or
light ball point 1 tearaway
Teflon
75/11 light ball
1 tearaway
point
1 or 2 light-
70/10 light ball
weight tear-
point
away
70/10 medium
1 cutaway
ball point
75/11 or 80/12 Optional
75/11 or 80/12
light ball point
on stiff or
1 gummed-
spongy leather.
down Kraft
70/10 or 80/12
paper tape
sharp on soft,
supple gar-
ment leathers
No. of Top-
ping Pieces
Tightly woven or heavy fabrics may
No
need a lighter backing or none at all.
A higher stitch density or more
1 water-solu- understitches, as well as the top-
ble topping ping, may be necessary to prevent
stitches from sinking into the fabric.
Reduce sewing speed. Tensions
should be light. Use topping for
designs with high detail or small let-
tering. For very fine fabrics, use a
thinner thread and a smaller needle.
Optional Avoid extremely narrow column
stitching on letters or details; instead
increase column width or use a
bean stitch. Gently remove (don't
pull) backing and topping from gar-
ment.
Stretch garment to wearing size in
hoop so finished embroidery will not
be distorted when garment is worn;
Optional
embroidery will look puckered when
garment is not being worn. Use top-
ping with fine detail or small letters.
Change needles more often than
usual because the buckram backing
dulls needles faster. A lightweight
Optional tearaway backing helps reduce
thread breaks and regulates ten-
sions. Use a topping on corduroy or
foam cap fronts.
Reduce sewing speed. Use the
smallest needle possible for the
weight of the fabric to avoid the for-
mation of large holes that could
No cause the embroidery to tear out of
the garment. Hoop marks can be a
problem, so hoop the backing and
adhere the garment to it with dou-
ble-sided tape.
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