Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics

jalcumbrack — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:48:18 GMT

I can not stress enough the fact ALWAYS,ALWAYS ,ALWAYS do test sew outs for any type of fabric. It is the best way to tell what stabilizers you need for that particular item.Some may need two,three even more .I never do any embroidery without WSS on the top.It just makes every project come out nicer and better.lets see what other's have to say as well on this subject.I am guessing there will be a lot of feed back on this one. did you see Pat's blog on Stabilizer's? It has a lot of information in it .

Hope I could be of some assitance to you . Have a wonderful day ! Happy Sewing!

Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics

jalcumbrack — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:39:08 GMT

My goodness,I just realized you had two types of fabric you are using here.Silly me !I would say again for the cotton,what are you using for stabilizer's? Cotton is a very light weight fabric,so dense stitches are likely to pucker it.

I just thought of something else as well,did you re-size the design? If you re-size a design smaller. you may have to remove some of the stitches to make it less dense.

Once again I would use a heavier weight lower tack sticky on the hoop,an iron on low tack tear away,and again a water soluable on top. The reason I do use both the sticky and the iron on is, it is easier to remove the stabilizer and I think it adhears to the sticky better.You don't want it to move around in the hoop while stitching.Same method of hooping is appropriate as well or you can hoop it but be careful not to stretch the fabric. It needs to be taught but not stretched.That is why I prefer not to hoop it,that way I know I don't have it too tight.The whole idea of a stabilizer is to make the fabric more stable and suitable for embroidering. By using a WSS on top it will also help the cotton take the stitches better,but again I would consider maybe a less dense design. I always make sure I have a new needle in the machine as well for anything that may be dense. Because of the cotton,I am assuming here,that you are using it for a quilt project, because of that right there I would leave some stabilizer in it to help hold the design in place after the laundry process.You are not going to see it on the quilt as long as you trim the stabilizer back(being careful not to trim any embroidery stitches of course) far enough to not show through the cotton fabric. I do this,as it not only serves as a stabilizer for your stitches but also for your quilt.

Lets see who has better idea's as well again, if there is a better way to do this,enquiring minds want to know.LOL.I love hearing how every one does things ! I have learned a few new tricks myself !

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Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics

Re: Stitch Density and Fabrics