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it looked initially like a contour underlay peaking out from under the satin but there is no underlay here!
It's a very angled satin stitch on a curved segment and with it stitching from left to right the needle was catching the previous satin stitch and pulling it over to the right so that it runs down the outside of the satin, then it flips across underneath the other satin stitches. It was only happening on the inside of the curve where the density was higher, here the needle holes along the edge are about 0.5mm apart but the needle to previous stitch spacing is down to 0.2mm due to the angle of the stitches. The thread is approx 0.4mm thick . . . oops!
Theoretically the Pulse embroidery software has a short stitch feature to allow you to reduce density on the inside of a corner. Despite trying lots of different parameters the software refused to acknowledge the problem area. We suspect the software in the short stitch feature calculates density based on needle hole spacing rather than thread spacing. Both long satin stitches and heavily angled satin stitches appear to be frowned upon in commercial embroidery, so we're probably pushing the software beyond the limits of what is considered normal use, again, but we like the effects we get with long stitches that turn, they catch the light beautifully and give a lot of 3-dimensionality to the design.
Solution used was to reverse the direction of stitching, in this case to right to left, so that on the inside of bends it places the next stitch away from the previous stitch rather than placing the needle alongside the previous stitch's thread. Sounds simple but took a bit of thinking to get right as the satin segments were already sequenced to stitch in a certain order with other segments. Luckily easily arranged for most problem areas on this design, but one segment on this design has curves going both ways and needed to be split so that it could be stitched from the middle out in both directions.
The fault was spotted on version 107 (left) and version 106 (right), and then fixed on version 108 (centre) here:

Feel free to download the image for personal use (eg desktop, screensaver, pinterest, facebook, tumblr, etc) as is, but no derivative works or commercial use please.

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Fancy Togs is a small dressmaking and embroidery business run by Clare & Lawrence in Shepshed, Leicestershire, UK. Together we make our range of original art wear, made to measure clothing, custom embroidery and Irish Dance Costumes.
Website: fancytogs.co.uk
Shop: fancytogs.etsy.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FancyTogs

Description

it looked initially like a contour underlay peaking out from under the satin but there is no underlay here!
It's a very angled satin stitch on a curved segment and with it stitching from left to right the needle was catching the previous satin stitch and pulling it over to the right so that it runs down the outside of the satin, then it flips across underneath the other satin stitches. It was only happening on the inside of the curve where the density was higher, here the needle holes along the edge are about 0.5mm apart but the needle to previous stitch spacing is down to 0.2mm due to the angle of the stitches. The thread is approx 0.4mm thick . . . oops!
Theoretically the Pulse embroidery software has a short stitch feature to allow you to reduce density on the inside of a corner. Despite trying lots of different parameters the software refused to acknowledge the problem area. We suspect the software in the short stitch feature calculates density based on needle hole spacing rather than thread spacing. Both long satin stitches and heavily angled satin stitches appear to be frowned upon in commercial embroidery, so we're probably pushing the software beyond the limits of what is considered normal use, again, but we like the effects we get with long stitches that turn, they catch the light beautifully and give a lot of 3-dimensionality to the design.
Solution used was to reverse the direction of stitching, in this case to right to left, so that on the inside of bends it places the next stitch away from the previous stitch rather than placing the needle alongside the previous stitch's thread. Sounds simple but took a bit of thinking to get right as the satin segments were already sequenced to stitch in a certain order with other segments. Luckily easily arranged for most problem areas on this design, but one segment on this design has curves going both ways and needed to be split so that it could be stitched from the middle out in both directions.
The fault was spotted on version 107 (left) and version 106 (right), and then fixed on version 108 (centre) here:

Feel free to download the image for personal use (eg desktop, screensaver, pinterest, facebook, tumblr, etc) as is, but no derivative works or commercial use please.

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Fancy Togs is a small dressmaking and embroidery business run by Clare & Lawrence in Shepshed, Leicestershire, UK. Together we make our range of original art wear, made to measure clothing, custom embroidery and Irish Dance Costumes.
Website: fancytogs.co.uk
Shop: fancytogs.etsy.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FancyTogs