Stabilizers
Digging out that tear away stabilizer!
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Tear away stabilizer is one of my most widely used stabilizers when I’m stitching embroidery designs. As long as the fabric is appropriate for this stabilizer, I love using it! But sometime it can be a challenge to get out all the little pieces of stabilizer on the back on the design after the stitching [...]
Save Time with a Second Hoop
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008If you are embroidering many designs at one time, whether they are the same or different designs, you can save lots of time by using two hoops in the stitching process.
Let’s say you are making a baby quilt with sixteen 10″ blocks that each have a design that takes around one hour to stitch. But [...]
Stitch Multiple Designs in One Hoop
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Many times we try to save as much stabilizer as we can and stitch as many designs as we can out of one piece. One way you can do that is to hoop the stabilizer and stitch multiple designs in that one hooping of stabilizer. Depending on the size of your designs and your hoop [...]
Clean Embroidery Hoops & Grids!
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Does such a thing exist as a clean, sticky-free embroidery hoop not covered with overspray and embroidery threads stuck to it? What about your embroidery hoop grid? I don’t know about yours, but mine gets so clogged up with overspray and fingerprints that I can see nothing beyond the foggy gridlines.
Spray adhesive is notorious for [...]
Spray Adhesive: How much to spray?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007How do you know how much spray adhesive it too much or too little? There are two factors to consider when using spray adhesive: (1) the fabric being used (2) the design being stitched.
Some fabrics will stick better than others. Flannel and fleece grip the stabilizer very well with just a little bit of spray [...]
Spray Adhesive: Spray the fabric or the stabilizer?
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Spray adhesive is great to use for machine embroidery and decorative stitches! My favorite brand to use is 505 Spray Adhesive because it holds the fabric to the stabilizer while I’m stitching, but is not stuck so tight that I can’t peel off the stabilizer after I’m finished. But what is the best to spray [...]
Preventing Puckered Satin Stitches
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Satin stitching is a fun and easy stitch to sew! It is a multi-purpose stitch that can be used for applique, decorative stitching and covering raw edges. But have you ever had puckers in your fabric from satin stitching? Or maybe the fabric folds under and bunches up in the satin stitches? Read on to [...]