Download Filtire.zip (Contains Filtire2 and Filtire3).
A note from Jan....
A while back I found some neat things at the Pfabulous Pfree Pfaff Phantasy site (http://www.SewDesigns.Com/derosia/)
At the bottom there is a page for Suzanne Sawko's designs, some featured in the Creative Needle magazine. The one that interested me the most was the baby carriage applique.
She has a embroidery file for the fil tiré stitch (which is rows and rows and rows of rhodes hemstitch) Now I know that using a wing needle any zig zag machine can do this technique and that the newer machines can do it better with the double and triple zig zag stitch, but you still have to line them up just right, to get all the holes pierced correctly.
Well I converted this file (filtre) and using our Husqy CD Editor program cut the design to fit our hoop (as converted it is too large for us) Suzanne's instructions call for 100 weight thread and lightweight heirloom cotton. But I wanted to do this on muslin for applique. I had to enlarge the design even more to get a more open gridwork. So after some trial and error and tweaking the file I succeeded. I used the largest wing needle and plain muslin in the hoop, no stabilizers (not even starching, tested better without it, and I did both) and using 40 weight quilting thread.
Suzanne had given me permission to pass on my .hus file for anyone who would like to try this technique.
And do go and check out all the great stuff on this site (http://www.SewDesigns.Com/derosia/). I know it has to be converted and some may need to be split, but there is some good stuff here. (by the way I would like a Pfaff machine now myself ... along with my Husqy and my old Bernina ... my treadle sewing machine, my hand crank sewing machine ... I love sewing machines and a girl can never have TOO many, right?)