zeke Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Here's a robot that I digitized a couple of months ago. I couldn't find one the digitizing sites, so I made one myself. What do you think. Regards, zeke......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Cool robot! How does it stitch out? Does it run smoothly in the detailed areas? I like the way you filled in between the figures. My experience with my nuts and bolts is that the little screw and bolt threads are so close together that it tends to make puckers around that area. If I put too much detail in my tools, I have to compensate in other areas to even out the quilting and eliminate the puckers. The detail in your robots looks pretty uniform so it shouldn't cause a problem. I also have problems with too much detail; the herky jerky motion will cause the thread to snap when it hits a corner or has to change direction abruptly. If you have a sample with it stitched out, I'd love to see it. Good Job! Some young man will love that on his quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 That turned out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Danger Will Rogers! Danger Danger! That is way cool Zeke. All of those outer space enthusiats will dig on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 How cool is that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IQ'd Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Danger Will ROBINSON, Danger, Danger!! Had to do it Shana!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Yes, the program stitches out very nice. I actually digitized itfrom a photograph that the client had sent me. After getting rid of the picture, it took about an hour and a half to get it all cleaned up to look good. Regards, zeke............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Julia! Wll Rogers...Will Robinson. I don't remember that far back exactly his last name. Yes you are right it is Will Robinson ... I was probably 10 years old in the early 70's last time I watched that TV show with the robot flailing his arms about being a drama queen! Zeke, is it possible to make this a pantograph, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IQ'd Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Shana, How nice of you to point out how much older I am than you!! I WASN'T 10 years old in the early 70's. Too funny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Zeke, That's a great design! I'm curious about panto possibilities, too. That would be great on a border. What size is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 going back to my Jr. High School days, to say "Kool" is pretty Cool. I like. ritaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi kenna, As it stands it's at about 10" tall. I also have a border program too. It's just the robot going around the quilt. Right now it's just all going the same direction, but I'm thinking of making it alternating up/down. I was thinking of taking a bunch of my old paper panto's that I made many years back and revamping them into programs. The first one that I did is called "echoing hawaiian flowers". It came out quite nice, but totally different that the paper panto. Here it is. I hope you like it. Regards, zeke.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewbobby Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Terrific love the Robot. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hi Zeke, I noticed that your "first" and "last" points are centered on the sides. I have found that having them either at the bottom or top works well for me. That way I can advance the quilt to the next section and get more quilting done in one pass. Now if the design in nested heavily, then the centered position is a good idea--you can position the pattern off the edge of the quilt top and bottom to avoid empty places. I usually flip the pattern so that the beginning and end are on the bottom, that way after I advance the quilt I can see them and use them as registration points when I start a new section. If the design is one way, I plan the quilting ahead and either put the top on right side up or upside down. (Got that picture?) Give me some feedback on this detail and see if we see eye to eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hi Bonnie, I got the Picture. When I made the "Echoing Hawaiian Flowers", I was in the first stages of my digiting training. Didn't really know what I was doing. Had to redo a couple of times. Having it start in the middle doesn't really matter to me. I could start anywhere on the left-hand side, it doesn't really matter. I usually flip the "x" and "y" all the time that I'm quilting. If I design the program with it to be seen one way, than I will start at the bottom or top so it can be flipped all ways. I know it's kind of hard to explain, but most of the time it's how you were trained or the way your mind has fixed itself to to workout thinking. Regards, zeke................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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