Inkstitch - Too many layers making stitching too thick? Two ways to fix that here.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Too many layers being stitched with an embroidery machine can make for a very uncomfortable finished piece, or can break threads, and even worse can break needles. Inkstitch doesn't have an automated way to fix this, but inkscape has some handy tools to help us take care of that.
This video shows two different methods of removing extra stitch fill layers.
This is perfect!! Exactly what I needed!
If you're on the newest inkscape, this might work too....
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Perfect!! Thank you!!
thank u for tackling real issues like this. u r the most helpful inkstitch channel on youtube. please keep it up
Thank you 👍😊
Super helpful thank you!!!
Thank you for taking the time to explain :)
Thank you so much. Have been struggling with overlaps a good bit. You made my designs so much easier. Have a blessed day.
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Thank you, very helpful.
Thank you
Wow, you're an amazing teacher. Im new to this thanks!
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Thank you! I had used photoshop and gone to a bit more work than this. This is much better.
Just some observations that I hope you find helpful. I have watched a few of your videos now and have noticed that you have not addressed the issue of pull compensation in the ones I have seen. All of the objects abut each other and you have no overlap to compensate for the pull of the stitching. This can result in gaps between the objects. You might like to cosider making your cutting objects (layers) using the tool that contours in and make it 1mm smaller. Then when you use the difference tool, you will be left with a slight overlap around the perimeter. I know you can add pull compensation to each of the objects in the parameters, but depending on the design this is not always enough.
Your layers did not have full opacity, so where they overlapped a blend of colors was created. When you converted it to a png it created new color areas where there was overlap. This increased the number of embroidery objects created, and being irregular shapes actually increased the number of stitches needed to stitch the design.
You are correct (the best kind of correct :) ). I have mentioned pull comp a few times in drive by manner. I will make a video detailing that exactly. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Most of my try it out stitching I do on a kitchen towel that is rather stiff and doesn't move around much.
For the opacity, I didn't notice. I don't use opacity unless it's to see underneath (like for tracing for example). Otherwise
Hi, thank you for the video. The "difference" approach adds another issue, which is new stitches running on same path and increasing the possibility your embroidery might cut the fabric. In my oppinion the shape has to ovetlap slightly where two thread meet.
Very true. However, you can remedy this most of the time with expand in params, which will make the fill slightly bigger with a simple setting.
Thank you for your response. So, if the have to overlap, what will the minimum stitch point distance of overlaping, so it does not create any issues... 0.5mm? Thank you*
A lot of that answer will vary depending on the fabric you're using, what kind of stabilizer, the size of the design itself, the size of the fill object, etc. .5 is probably a good starting point, but you'll have to do a test stitch or three to make sure it's good, preferably on the same fabric type that you'll be stitching on in production.
Thank you so much for your response and your suggestions*
I love this video. Thank you for posting! Have you tried this with Lettering? I have a project with letters and a background but would like to remove the background beneath the letters. I am having trouble doing this.
If your doing fill lettering is the exact same technique. Doesn't work for satin font, but you could find a very similar or same fill stitch font and cut away, leaving the satin font behind to take up the gap.
Hello sir hope all is well with you and your family, Im new to inkscape and i have noticed that many are using different versions, so im wondering which one should I use because its confusing when trying to follow videos.
Excellent question. The current version of inkstitch is v2.0. That is the version you should be using. It's just better, has fewer bugs and has many more built in satin stitch fonts.
Any video or tutorial that isn't v2.0 can still be followed but there will be some differences, most notably the available satin stitch fonts, and the difference between 2.0 vs earlier for the "install add-ons", whereas in v2.0 that is now 'thread color management > install thread color pallette". They effectively do the same thing but are called different things and are in different places. Once you know the difference between 2.0 and earlier versions you should be ok to follow whatever tutorial you wish and recognize the differences.
Hope that helped, let me know if you have any more questions or comments, or if you would like to request a tutorial or video.
I've tried this multiple times following directions to the letter but it's not working. I know there is something I'm not doing right but I can't figure out what it is.
If you're running inkscape 1.3 or higher, flatten is easier.
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Are there any other ways to make a fill stitch less dense? Like remove the under layer for one, would making the stitches larger help? Cannot figure it out. I do understand the difference, that helps, wondering if there is more you can do?
You can control the underlay stitching density separate from the overlay in params. I often set the under lay peak to peak to 2 mm. Try that and see if it helps