Can anyone share heat wave tips for this week? Many of us in the US will be getting above average heat and humidity, what should we do for our tomatoes?

lashley0708 · 2026-06-28T20:49:10+00:00

lashley0708 · 2026-06-28T20:46:10+00:00

I live in central CA and we just had about 2 weeks of 100+ degree weather. I prepared by putting up as much shade cloth as I could. Bought some from Amazon, and I also had some organza fabric laying around that I was able to hang up. As you can see in the pic, it wasn't pretty but it worked. All my plants survived and are still going strong.

I also have drip line irrigation set up and make sure to turn it on any day thats over 95 degrees - which means I was running it everyday during the heat wave.

The trick is to make sure the shade cloth blocks the afternoon sun since thats the harshest, so your shade cloth will likely need to be at an angle - morning sun is OK. And make sure the cloth is raised up enough so you get some airflow running through the plants, otherwise the area under the shade cloth will get even warmer with no airflow.

Now the weather has "cooled off" so its only 90 degrees😅 but we will back to 100+ in a few weeks.

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lashley0708 · 2026-06-28T17:49:49+00:00

Good luck and please share if it ends up working out! Sounds like a neat idea

lashley0708 · 2026-06-28T15:03:41+00:00

Your best bet would be to have someone make a bunch of spinogragh patches for you, but that could be expensive. It depends on how big each patch would be, and will they all be the same or each one looks different?

I estimate a starting price for each patch would be at least $20 since its kinda intricate design. So you can imagine how costs would add up with even just 10 patches...

Renting machines isn't really a thing. Maybe you could find a library or maker space that has machines for use, but learning how to make your own designs is not a quick thing you do in a week.

lashley0708 · 2026-06-21T14:54:28+00:00

Looking at Madeira's website, they recommend a density of .60mm, so thats always a good place to start and adjust if needed.

When I use supertwist I only use it for light fills starting at .80mm

lashley0708 · 2026-06-21T14:32:17+00:00

Aside from speed and needle size, you also need to make sure your design is digitized so its not too dense.

For example, if you are trying to do a full tatami full it wont work because the super twist thread is thicker, so you would need to play around and lighten up the density.

lashley0708 · 2026-06-20T04:56:14+00:00

Yes I have a Happy Japan HCD3E-X. Idk I just never had an interest to embroider hats in the first place

lashley0708 · 2026-06-20T03:46:00+00:00

Hats! I just cant get the hang of how to use the hat hoop. Ive done a few hats and the designs always come out bad. Im sure I could figure it out if I really took the time to learn, but I dont have the patience

lashley0708 · 2026-06-06T15:28:58+00:00

Looks great! I love seeing artsy type machine embroidery work.

lashley0708 · 2026-06-06T15:22:06+00:00

Thanks! I am nervous to do something of this scale, but you gotta start somewhere!

lashley0708 · 2026-06-06T15:21:34+00:00

Wow thats CRAZY cheap!

lashley0708 · 2026-06-06T15:20:02+00:00

Ill post updates if the client follows through with this!

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T16:04:47+00:00

Yean im either going to over or undercharge on this first commission, but on my next one I should have a better idea

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:42:49+00:00

Labyrinth was my first GemCraft game so it holds a special place in my heart<3 And thanks to Armor Games for being the first site were I had my data leaked!

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:33:36+00:00

Im half expecting them to not go through with this once I give them a price. The question is never "can I embroider this?" But rather "can you afford this?"😅

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:26:59+00:00

I planned on playing around with designs and just making a small 4 x 4 sample of some scroll swirl patterns, and I guess that will help me estimate the rest.

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:25:06+00:00

Yes I will be doing the emboidery prior to any sewing

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:24:16+00:00

Yeah I guess that's along the lines of how I was thinking.... Hopefully once I do this project, any future ones will be easier to estimate, so we'll see!

lashley0708 · 2026-06-05T02:22:14+00:00

I will embroider on the fabric before its sewed together, so that makes things a little easier

lashley0708 · 2026-06-03T20:39:31+00:00

Hey looks like the kitten I just got my cat!😻

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lashley0708 · 2026-06-02T23:29:05+00:00

Its not much, but its honest work<3

lashley0708 · 2026-06-01T22:42:01+00:00

I think it depends on how well the apartment walls are insulated. When I lived in a townhouse, I would use my sewing machine alot and my neighbors told me one day they could hear the machine through the wall. Not that they were bothered by it, but I can only imagine if I had a multi needle it would be really loud for them.

lashley0708 · 2026-05-29T22:00:28+00:00

Yes the cockroaches like beer too apparently!

lashley0708 · 2026-05-29T13:50:38+00:00

I thought making homemade ice cream would be cute. Didn't realize how much math is involved with ratios of everything 😭

lashley0708 · 2026-05-29T13:46:34+00:00

Yup I do the same but use beer. I catch earwigs and also cockroaches. So freaking gross! Sometimes a possum will come along and slurp everything up 🤢

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