Best way to press out these puckers on satin, around hand embroidery?

4 years ago

I gave this project to my daughter to do, as she is better at it now than I am at present. It is stem stitch. Much as she endeavored to avoid puckering, it still happened. She did have it stretched very tightly on her hoop. I think it’s just the nature of satin.

The floss is all cotton, and the satin is all polyester. When I pressed the satin in the first place before giving it to her, I sprayed it with water, since I assume my iron steam setting might be too hot for polyester.

What do you think - spray til pretty damp, then try stretching the stitching?

Or do you think puckers will press out without that?

I could iron interfacing on, but I’m not sure that will flatten it.

The ultimate plan is for me to cut it out as a rectangle, then hand stitch it onto my granddaughter’s Christmas stocking.

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Comments (5)

shadylady2u
4 years ago
I think using interfacing first before embroidering would have helped, and a stiffer one at that.. Won't help now. I don't think there's any way to get the puckering out now.
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago) thanked shadylady2u
kathyg_in_mi
4 years ago
It's made with love, that is all that counts!
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colleenoz
4 years ago
If the puckering had been slight, I think you could have steam and stretched it out, but I suspect you're stuck with those puckers.
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago) thanked colleenoz
Mariam Wolin
4 years ago
Some machines do this. The problem may be in your embroidery machine. What's yours? I had Juki a few years ago, it puckered fabric all the time. I tried to solve the problem by myself, I even asked specialists. No one could help. I've just changed it to Janome 9850 https://www.craftyhangouts.com/best-embroidery-machine-for-hats/#product3 and didn't have problems like this.

If you need to press out the existing puckers, did you try to iron it on low power?
nancyjane_gardener
4 years ago
Maybe you could embroider some little things around the name to make the whole thing look puckered?