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Pimp My Lab Coat best stabilizer for hand embroidery on synthetic?
bessiemae Intermediate OH USA Member since 4/15/06 Posts: 230	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/21/13 5:00 PM DS1 requested I " pimp" his lab coat for polymer and chem finals. It's a standard issue white number made of some wicked coarse synthetic impervious to stains, acids, bases, and fire. His idea is a for assorted flasks /beakers bubbling on the back...the chemical structure for caffeine...."maybe a snarky name tag" on the pocket. Nerdy "biker" jacket. Those funny, funny chemists. :rolleyes: What is the best stabilizer for the task? ------ Brother Innovis NX650Q; Brother Nouvelle 1500; Brother CS6000i; Brother 1034D
Jennifer Hill Advanced AB CANADA Member since 4/11/02 Posts: 1482	Login to reply to this post In reply to bessiemae << Like this post Date: 3/21/13 7:41 PM For hand embroidery, I wouldn't bother with any stabilizer. It will only make it that much more difficult to needle. I know some pattern designers recommend very thin iron-ons, but the experience of my embroidery-accomplished friends is that it ain't worth the bother. I would hoop the work though, as best you can, to avoid distortion, and bury the thread tails by intertwining them into the backs of the stitches. Jennifer in Calgary
AminaHijabi Advanced Beginner Member since 10/22/10 Posts: 813	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/21/13 8:21 PM those lab coats aren't really impervious. In the course of my undergrad and MS mine got pretty ugly looking
bessiemae Intermediate OH USA Member since 4/15/06 Posts: 230	Login to reply to this post In reply to AminaHijabi << 3 members like this. Date: 3/22/13 7:53 AM Awesome! What area of chem??? Chem is his most favoritest subject, ever.Graduating from a STEM Pre- Engineering program and admitted to Chem Eng: Polymer program. Wants an MS. Asked for a periodic table on his grad. cake. Wore lab coat in one of his Sr. portraits. OTOH: it is sooooo cool to see your kid super excited about learning and loving a potential career so much! <3 ------ Brother Innovis NX650Q; Brother Nouvelle 1500; Brother CS6000i; Brother 1034D
bessiemae Intermediate OH USA Member since 4/15/06 Posts: 230	Login to reply to this post In reply to Jennifer Hill << Like this post Date: 3/22/13 7:55 AM Thank you, so much! Will post pics when finished! ------ Brother Innovis NX650Q; Brother Nouvelle 1500; Brother CS6000i; Brother 1034D
grey ann   Intermediate NY USA Member since 4/25/09 Posts: 81	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 3/22/13 9:25 AM Urban Threads has chemical, funky designs. You can get the artwork, hand emb. or machine emb. designs - very reasonable prices. I do believe they have a caffeine chemical! Check them out.
nitsel   Intermediate AR Member since 12/25/11 Posts: 96	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 3/22/13 4:59 PM Please post pictures when you're done-it sounds like a wonderful, fun project! Edited to add: Love your subject/title line! -- Edited on 3/22/13 5:00 PM --
RMJ   Intermediate CA USA Member since 12/14/06 Posts: 422	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/22/13 6:16 PM I have a tshirt with the name of a lab on it, the letters look like peaks in a chromatogram (hard to describe, but looks great). Maybe you could do his name like that. I could take a picture if you'd like to see it. (It also has the chemical structure of valium on the back - it is an old t-shirt from when valium was a best seller).
bessiemae Intermediate OH USA Member since 4/15/06 Posts: 230	Login to reply to this post In reply to RMJ << Like this post Date: 3/22/13 8:36 PM Quote: RMJ I have a tshirt with the name of a lab on it, the letters look like peaks in a chromatogram (hard to describe, but looks great). Maybe you could do his name like that. I could take a picture if you'd like to see it. (It also has the chemical structure of valium on the back - it is an old t-shirt from when valium was a best seller). OMGosh! That would would be great! Thanks you, to all for the great ideas! Boy made a 3-d sphere w/ in a sphere thingie ( similar to an electron orbit) on a super duper high tech CAD and 3-D printer, today. Very cheerful pretty colors. School is fun. ------ Brother Innovis NX650Q; Brother Nouvelle 1500; Brother CS6000i; Brother 1034D
AminaHijabi Advanced Beginner Member since 10/22/10 Posts: 813	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 3/22/13 9:39 PM I did undergrad research and half of my MS in synthetic inorganic chemistry. I'm now attempting to do a PhD in computational chemistry

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