re: towel embroidery

I never hoop towels. I use a cut away stabilizer, hoop it, and spray baste. Put tulle the color of the towel on top, fix baste, and embroider. Gen

You can do it either way Depending on your stitch count & stitch density and the weight and stretch of your fleece Most towels are fairly stable Use a non directional wet laid non woven tearaway stabilizer - one layer about 1.5 ozs

via hoopless methodTry WET N ' SET light a topping - any water soluble topping or use tulle as a topping Pls email me off list for samples for your own tests.

Sincerely Fred

Use a sticky stablizer in the hoop.......press your towel onto the sticky and then place bridal tulle on the top. The tulle will hold down the towel loops forever. Do not hoop the towel.

I wouldn't hoop the towel, it's thick and you will probably end up with a hoop imprint. Instead, hoop your stabilizer and try lightly coating it with temporary spray adhesive, then put your towel on top. That's my suggestion. Happy embroidering!

Try Wet N' Set light as a "sticky" stabilizer

only a little bit of water - No residue on hoops , needles, machineparts or the planet - a natural starch adhesiveEasily repositionablePls e-mail me off list for samples Use a water soluble topping or tulle on top

Sincerely Fred "Use a sticky stablizer in the hoop.......press your towel onto the sticky" "Instead, hoop your stabilizer and try lightly coating it with temporary spray adhesive"

HMMM -- I am more lazy than most of you I think :-)! I don't actualy trim the tulle, I tear it away. Now that I think about it, I don't use the regular petticoat tulle that is stiff, I use bridal veiling tulle. It's much finer and tears away a lot easier. If I was using the heavier petticoat tulle, I would have to trim it too. CiaoMeow >^;;^< .

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