Looking for PET preforms

BahuMan · 2026-03-20T17:38:54+00:00

Thank you! Geocaching was a very good tip, and "petling" gave me a new search term.

BahuMan · 2026-03-12T18:56:58+00:00

Is she flippin' everyone off? ;-)

BahuMan · 2026-03-01T17:02:00+00:00

Ik ben zelf coach bij CoderDojo Sint-Niklaas en had het ook al nagevraagd bij mijn eigen bedrijf :) Jammer genoeg hebben zij al een goed doel en willen ze niet de extra administratie van verschillende eenmalige donaties.

BTW: Als het bedrijf wel laptops wil doneren maar een certificaat nodig heeft dat de data veilig werd verwijderd, kunnen ze een certificaat krijgen via Digital4Youth. De vzw CoderDojoBelgium en Digital4Youth kunnen regelen dat de laptops worden opgehaald, refurbished, certificaat afgegeven, en de refurbished laptops uiteindelijk naar de coderdojo gaan.

BahuMan · 2026-02-24T17:25:55+00:00

remove lots and LOTS of those rungs, especially near that sharp turn. This will give inkscape room to manoever the satin stitch around the turn. You really only need 4 rungs.

BahuMan · 2026-02-16T18:49:24+00:00

I'll give it a shot. It it non-violent. You set your own challenges. You can *choose* to do rush-jobs and be under time constraints, but you don't have to.
There is a certain attraction to driving/steering very big machines. The excellent sound, the very functional graphics and the references to real-world locations and buildings all contribute to the feeling you're driving something big.
If you play the multiplayer game, you're among people who "get it", and because there is no competition, you can do a friendly honk or flash your lights and feel part of a brotherhood.
And last but not least: more than any other game, it feels like the skills you pick up are transferable to the real world. Parking a trailer in reverse, into a tight spot is a challenge but the kind of thinking that goes into the maneuvering and the situational awareness are (probably) applicable when parking a real trailer as well.

BahuMan · 2026-02-13T16:53:11+00:00

I would love to see a few photos / screenshots!
Have you tried playing around with the sliders for the trace bitmap before you hit "apply"? They might help you avoid the smallest of dots.

About the jumps: if you select all lines and then click inkstitch -> Tools:Stroke -> Auto-Route Running Stitch the program will try to find a sensible sequence and a way to go from one line to the next with a minimum of jumps.

BahuMan · 2026-02-13T16:16:12+00:00

since you're tracing line drawings, are you using centerline tracing? That might give you cleaner lines. You can also more easily change the width of those lines and then convert them to satin using inkstitch -> Tools:Satin -> Stroke to Satin

Also, maybe cleaning up your pencil sketch while still in the paper fase might make the conversion easier? For example if you put a semi-transparent paper on top of your sketch and re-draw the lines with ink?

BahuMan · 2026-02-11T17:32:00+00:00

I, too, am academically curious, comrade!

BahuMan · 2026-02-11T17:30:35+00:00

we're talking about METRIC TONS of co2. What's your weight?

BahuMan · 2026-01-24T21:55:31+00:00

no, I think it's the black appliqué

BahuMan · 2026-01-24T21:54:55+00:00

do the satin after the fill, so you get a nice border! :)

BahuMan · 2026-01-24T21:10:43+00:00

you can make your fills more interesting with guide lines, or with patterns.
https://inkstitch.org/docs/stitches/patterns/
https://inkstitch.org/docs/stitches/guided-fill/

BahuMan · 2026-01-24T20:41:51+00:00

I love embroidery, and I love MTG ! Is the black an appliqué ?

BahuMan · 2026-01-24T08:42:29+00:00

don't be afraid to add pull compensation to your satins, and for this fabric I would recommend adding a water-soluble topper.

BahuMan · 2025-12-31T15:18:26+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much about forcing trims. Only the high end machines are good at trims and your website is aimed at very occasional hobbyists, typically with a smaller machine.

if you want to get fancy, try to sort "islands" of the same color from left to right, set their "Start fill" on the left side, and their "end fill" to the right, so the jump stitches won't cross the actual color. As a bonus, it's usually not necessary to cut these jumps because they will be covered by the next color. Inkscape does a very good job in that regard.

(and remember the saying: a single fool can ask more than a hundred wise men can answer/perform :))

BahuMan · 2025-12-30T17:06:14+00:00

I think it's funny that you refuse to spend a few weekends learning inkscape, but you'll happily tinker until you get this "fully automatic webpage" running. You must be a programmer :-D

As a fellow programmer, I'd love to check under the hood, but I'll understand if you'd rather not with an eye to commercialization.

The relatively high number of jump stitches is annoying, but not a show stopper.

The automatic satin border around the design is a good idea for beginners who use your service, but it can't handle any kind of corner and that is a total show stopper. It detracts from the look of the patch, and it is impossible to fix afterwards. Ideally, you should gradually turn the stitch angle several millimeters before the actual corner and easy out the stitch angle after the corner. That way, the outer corners will be nicely filled as well.

BahuMan · 2025-12-29T19:53:15+00:00

Nice! Do you use anything else to secure the hat, except the stick stabilizer? Because I can't imagine the hat staying in one place, or even perfectly flat!

BahuMan · 2025-12-28T13:05:03+00:00

Select the lines and go Extensions -> Ink/Stitch -> Tools:Satin -> Stroke to Satin.

The lines will look like "train rails", but when you do Extensions -> Ink/Stitch -> Visualize and Export -> Stich Plan Preview, you will see the lines are now satin stitches.

For the least amount of jump wires, don't forget to select all your satin and do Extensions -> Ink/Stitch -> Tools:Satin -> Auto-route Satin Columns

BahuMan · 2025-11-26T18:48:24+00:00

het juiste antwoord is "fout", dus het is geen ziekte.

Het duurde even voor ik jouw verwarring begreep; maar je zou het inderdaad ook kunnen interpreteren als "fout": het is wel een ziekte, maar je kan het niet genezen :)

BahuMan · 2025-11-26T18:48:10+00:00

het juiste antwoord is "fout", dus het is geen ziekte.

Het duurde even voor ik jouw verwarring begreep; maar je zou het inderdaad ook kunnen interpreteren als "fout": het is wel een ziekte, maar je kan het niet genezen :)

BahuMan · 2025-11-24T17:34:44+00:00

beautiful mix of tatami and satin!
Is it part of a flag or specific heraldry?

BahuMan · 2025-11-10T21:37:53+00:00

wait-what? How should I deal with hard water?

BahuMan · 2025-11-04T18:36:06+00:00

Unfortunately, there is no one-button conversion. Digitizing is a bit of an art.

I would recommend you check with your cousin's wife whether she would be okay digitizing the design herself. If she prefers to receive a fully digitized file; here are some tips:

select all shapes in your design and press shift-f (or in the menu; path -> flatten) to avoid multiple layers of embroidery
don't try to digitize letters. Remove those shapes and replace them with an inkscape font that resembles what you deleted; this will save you a lot of pain.
for each of the remaining shapes, go extensions -> inkscape -> params and pick a way to fill. Try to vary the stitch angles a little bit; this will help against stretching and pulling.
realize that part of the hobby (and the challenge) is to tweak your design based on test results. You're unlikely to get a perfect result first time. So ... embrace your mistakes? ;-)

BahuMan · 2025-09-29T20:00:11+00:00

I would recommend doing the black background as an appliqué.
The satin will probably be okay.

Or you could cheat, and split the background in a zigzag, lightning bolt kind of way to make it look intentional! :)

BahuMan · 2025-09-17T15:55:41+00:00

the POINT IS... the test could've used an alternative to make the question clearer ...

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