16. Wildcard week¶
Instruction¶
Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment, documenting the requirements that your assignment meets, and including everything necessary to reproduce it. Possibilities include (but are not limited to):
What I want to make in this week¶
I’ve been presented with many options but I decided to make embroidery in this week.
I will create my original patch by digital fabrication.
What I used in this week¶
Design Process¶
- Design the image by illustration : ai.
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file
Preparation for fabrication¶
- software : Embroidery PRO NEXT
- Open the software
- select the “autopunch”
- transform the image to embroidery design
- Make the outer frame line thicker because it is thin.
Note: There are two types of stitches. : “Satin Stitch” and “Folding Stitch”
- Satin stitch：The luster of the threads looks beautiful and has a three-dimensional effect
- Folding Stitch : The fine seam like the grain of tatami mats. It is stronger and more durable than satin.
- If the figure is sewn first, it will be shifted by the amount of shrinkage, so sew the red color in the figure and then embroider the white letters.
- Export the file to janome file (.jef)
Fabrication Process¶
- Start sewing machine JANOME
- Mount the embroidery unit in the back.
- Plug in the USB and wait for it to boot. Unplug it and transfer the data to the newly created file on the USB. (EMB > embf >)
- After switching to embroidery mode, plug the USB into the sewing machine again to load data
- Set the foundation for the place stitch and fit the good punch sheet into the embroidery frame. Pin it in place by pinning it
- Set the embroidery frame on the sewing machine (so that the good punch sheet is under the sewing machine)
- Select a thread and follow the instructions to set it up.
- To know the size, select the outer frame data (002 jsp) and stitch it
- Cut the good punch sheet to fit the painted pre-sewn frame.
- Apply a fusible interlining to the inside and attach the organdie to the outside of the glue.
- Set the sewing machine and start sewing:
- Apply in the following order: red thread → black thread → white thread
- red thread
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- change thread to black thread
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change thread to white thread
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The white letters looked a little thin, so I tried sewing only the white color twice.
Cutting out threads that are not necessary for the design.
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Cut 100um Ecellent (which is a kind of hot-melt film) to the size of organdie
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Since the melting point of ecellent is 140°C, apply the iron on “medium (120-160°C)” to adhere. Do not forget to place a cookie sheet between the ironing board and the iron.
(bottom) ironing board - cooking sheet - hot-melt film - sewed patch - cloth - Iron (top)
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Remove only the sheet and iron it onto the T-shirt by heat cutter HE-30.
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Press the created patch to a T-shirt by ironing
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Hero Shot!
What I learned in this week¶
- I could learn how to load a design onto a sewing machine and then output it for embroidery.
- Unlike the 2d and 3d designs I have experienced in the past, the fabrics are very good!
- The embroidery was tactile and I found myself liking it a lot.