Removing the stabilizer

I cannot answer you question, but I see I shall have to read the destructions VERY carefully...

Use a soluble stabilizer if the final product (and the thread) is washable.

Got it, Herb. The aqua you suggested arrived this morning. I guess I was asking for Kate who hasn't even gotten started yet - but I cannot imagine her spending precious stitching hours tweezering bits of stabilizer. Hardly anything I sew is not washable - but Kate is very likely to take on fabrics (and things) that are not. Polly

All the time! Especially with wedding stuff!

I might not want soluble for that, but the stuff you iron off into little balls and then brush away sounds perfect for sheer and delicate fabrics...

Polly, You've mentioned the "Swamp" several times and I think you also said where you live; I am curious as to which state in which you live. I love the study of geopgraphy and keep my atlas handy to get to know where my sewing friends live. I grew up in South-Central MS, lived in many parts of several states, but have been in TX almost continually since 1961, except for a short time in the New Orleans area in the late 60s and a time in Torrance, CA when I first retired from teaching in 1996. My children live in FL, SC, TN and the eldest DS with me in the Houston, TX area.

-- Emily

The Swamp is Black Creek Swamp - on the MS / AL line: population, mostly moonshiners and 8,500 alligators, more or less. Nobody who goes out to count the gators ever comes back. Polly

"Emily Bengston" > Polly,

I googlemapped it and looked at the satellite pix. I can see why!

Doing the same for my house doesn't reveal such interesting terrain...