Janome DigitizerPro - Compensating for fabric stretch

JANOME Embroidery Software Instruction Book
Chapter 18 Object Details, Fabrics and Templates
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3 Select Zigzag from the Underlay Type list.
4 Adjust Stitch Length and Stitch Spacing settings as
required:
5 Click OK.
Adjusting Weave underlay settings
Weave underlay is used to stabilize large, filled
shapes. It resembles an extremely open Weave fill
stitch, where rows of stitches are placed across the
object to create the underlay.
To adjust Weave underlay settings
1 Select and double-click a fill object.
The Object Details dialog opens.
2 Select the Underlay tab.
3 Select Weave from the Underlay Type list.
4 Adjust Stitch Length and Stitch Spacing settings as
required:
5 Click OK.
Compensating for fabric stretch
Embroidery stitches tend to pull fabric inwards
where the needle penetrates. This can cause fabric
to pucker, and gaps to appear in the embroidery.
Experienced digitizers can manually compensate
for pull by overlapping objects as they digitize. The
Stretchiness Allowance setting in JANOME
Embroidery Software, however, counters the pull
effect by ‘overstitching’ outlines of filled shapes on
the sides where the needle penetrates.
Adjust the amount of overstitching you need by
varying the stretchiness allowance. This is handy if
you want to stitch a design on fabrics with varying
degrees of stretch. See also Working with fabrics.
Appropriate pull compensation settings vary with
the type of fabric – stretchy, pile, etc – hooping
method – tight or loosely hooped – and size of
embroidery object – wide or narrow columns. Use
the following table as a guideline.
Enter required
stitch length
and spacing
Stitch length:
2.0 mm
Stitch length:
4.0 mm
Enter required
stitch length
and spacing
Fabric Stretchiness allowance (mm)
Drills, cotton 0.20
T-shirt 0.35
Fleece, jumper 0.40
Lettering 0.2 - 0.3
Stitch length:
2.0 mm
Stitch length:
4.0 mm
Stretchiness
allowance
Digitized outline
Calculated outline