material puckering

Dec 21, 2003 2 Replies

I am having a problem when embroidering dense designs--edges pucker. I changed stabilizers--using cutaway rather than tear away. I have a Designer



  1. I want to embroider some of these designs on sweat shirts and sure don't want them to pucker! Any advice welcomed! Sandy


I had the same problem with material like that, and what I did, was put some iron on interfacing on the back of the material first, then set up for embroidery with the stabilizer in place, and it looked better. give that a try...Rose

I agree with Rose----I always use the sticky back SIA backer and just lay the shirt on it, and mash it on to the sticky sheet........Holds it just great!!

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