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Pin Those Corners!
By Serena Smith | June 24, 2009
Yes, it happens. You are embroidering a design and suddenly you discover that the extra fabric extending past the hoop is getting caught in the stitches. The larger the piece of fabric on which you are stitching the design, the easier it is for that fabric to get caught in the needle.
See how easy that fabric can slip into the path of the needle?
To help prevent extra fabric from slipping in between the needle and the design, try pinning back the corners or excess fabric close to the hoop. Keep in mind that it is easy for corners or pieces of the fabric to get caught underneath the hoop as it is stitching as well as on top. The hoop is constantly moving as the design is stitching and the fabric works its way underneath or on top of the hoop. Pinning those corners back with a straight pin can easily hold the extra fabric out of the way!
Pinned and out of the way!
Topics: Embroidery, Helpful Lessons | 2 Comments »
June 25th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Pinning is a great idea and it’s also a good one for pre-washing fabrics too – to keep them from raveling!
June 28th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Great tip – like all the best ideas it seems obvious once someone else points it out!