Re: Embroidery on Fleece

I've embroidered on about 100 fleece blankets so far and tear away stabilizer works very well. If your tear away stabilizer is thin you can also double it up. Also, use the spray adhesive on the tear away. It's personal preference whether you want to hoop the fleece together with the tear away or just hoop the tear away and then stick the fleece blanket over the top of the hoop.

The use of the water soluble stabilizer over the top is a definite must. It will keep your stitches on top of the fleece and well defined. Without it your stitches will become lost in the nap/pile of the fleece.

Happy stitching!

Depending on how stretchy your fleece is, my first recommendation would be a couple of layers of tear away. If your fleece is really stretchy, then cut away. After a while the stitching will buckle the design if tear away is used. This is a general rule of thumb with regards to any knit fabric. I don't use tear away at all on knits for this reason.

Use Solvy on the top. This is a clear filmy like plastic that easily tears away from your design. It keeps the pile down on your fleece and makes a nice smooth finish to your embroidery.

You can hoop just the fleece and then slip the backing underneath and the solvy on top, holding it in place with a few pins just outside the hoop. I've been told to stay away from spray adhesives. It's been known to build up and interfere with the electronic sensors over time.

Hope this helps! Addie

TIA, My recommendation, if it is a blanket that will not be lined, is to use Badgemaster soluble stabilizer. For fleece, I find that hooping the material is not a good idea -- it is too easily damaged. Hoop whatever stabilizer you are going to use, then using a temporary spray adhesive, spray the stabilizer in the hoop, then attach the fleece to stitch. Best luck!

-Doug

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Oh yeah, and don't forget a soluble top stabilizer! I just lay mine across the top, sometimes pinning on big projects.

-Doug

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