[Mtnview]

I saw some raised letting/print in some of the other forum areas addressing other decoration methods. I don't have picture to post right now but will get one later. I bought an embroidered hat yesterday at an amusement park to cover the ever decreasing amount of hair on my head. I don't usually like to buy things at those places as they are typically over inflated. This particular hat though had the embroidered logo raised off the surface about an eighth of an inch with a white stitched border that was flat on the material. How is this raised effect achieved? Is a filler placed underneath the raised area?

 

[tfalk]

Look up puff embroidery - it's done with foam underneath the stitching and the designs have to be specially digitized for this.

 

[sukie64]

the raised area is done using puffy foam sheets. The design is then digitized with a very high density satin stitch, after the stitching you usually have to pick out, or "melt" any extra puff foam that will be stitcking out. You can melt it off with a heat gun. If you do a search for puff foam embroidery you will find tutorials out there on how to do this.

 

[JAF]

They sewed the white area with the exception of ADVENTURE. Laid down the foam, stitched the navy, then the word adventure. The other are correct. This file was digitized for use with foam.

 

[Mtnview]

I looked up some vids and tuts on the process. It gives a nice effect.

 

[aawsumb]

Just curious, how do you digitize a design to include foam?

 

[JAF]

Don't use underlay through the middle because that will compress the foam
Use a contour or edge walk, 2-3 passes, of 1.8 mm (approx) to hold down and somewhat cut the foam
Use a satin stitch and increase the density. Approx 125 spi
Instead of increasing the density some like to sew over the lettering 2-3 times
You need to prevent the foam from sticking out at the ends
Either cap the ends of the letter by stitching in the opposite direction, then doing the satin over it or
place your stitches at an angle
Script letters will be easier to do than block letters
Try to match the foam color to your thread color
for the little bits of foam that stick out you can carefully use a heat gun. I've been told that a steamer or put the caps in a belt dryer (for screen printing) works.


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