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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:13

Another attempt in using #InkStitch. This time the idea was to create my own #38C3 T-shirt - with glow-in-the-dark thread. However, I am not too happy with the end result as I've made several mistakes. A learning experience for me. 🧵

[#]embroidery #merch

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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:27

My workflow:

1. download the assets from the #38c3 styleguide (https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/infos/styleguide.html)

2. rework the SVG file in #inkscape so that there's no unwanted fills and overlaps; play with stroke widths

3. use #InkStitch and its paramter dialog to tweak the values; resize the logo to fit into a 100 mm x 100 mm frame (physical limit of my machine); export a PES file

4. transfer the PES file on an old memory card (my machine reads, no USB connection) using brother's PED Basic software

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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:29

5. plug the memory card into my machine, switch it on and prepare two colored glow-in-the-dark threads

6. give it a try!

Actually several bad things happened: ⤵️

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Written by Drehumdiebolzeningenieur on 2024-12-11 at 20:18

@maehw oh, i was considering the same attempt, but are still stuck with embroidering my own outdoor clothing logo

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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:20

@drehumdiebolzen very nice! You must have more experience with embroidery, so maybe you could give me some hints how to improve. I'll continue the thread. Happy to share SVG/PES files. However, I guess, you do it better. :awesome:

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Written by Drehumdiebolzeningenieur on 2024-12-11 at 22:06

@maehw i don’t know. But sure we can see, if we could learn together!

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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:37

a) A combination of choosing (probably?) the wrong stabilizer material and using the wrong bobbin spool size with the machine. I got a hole in the T-shirt. I had just bought a new washable stabilizer.. with the right spool size maybe it would have worked, maybe it would not have. Changed two parameters at the same time - maybe not a good idea.

b) I rotated the pattern. Murphy's law: I rotated in the wrong direction - so the pattern is upside down on the shirt.

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Written by Mäh W. on 2024-12-11 at 20:39

c) Too many details. As described in the previous images, the texts "illegal" + "instructions" are barely readable. Maybe it's too small... or I should not have chosen both stroke and filling.

Quite likely, many things due to lack of experience. But sometimes you have to fail in order to improve.. that is supposably the core of "learning". -- I am open for any ideas and hints. How can my #embroidery be improved? I am actually happy that there is #FOSS such as #inkscape and #InkStitch available!

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