Was wondering if anyone has used the puffy foam under any of their embroidery designs. I found a pack that I bought quite some years ago and haven't tried it yet. Imagine that! LOL Any suggestions as to which designs work best or do I just avoid it!

I use it to back " paper" dolls clothes, works well and gives them a bit ,ore body...wendy

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by stork 19 Jan 2017

What a great idea!!! Been wanting to make some up for the grands.....THank you

I use it on fleece when doing eyes, or noses or other small embroidery things on terry cloth. I have also used for numbers on t-shirts. I found that I was having a hard time getting the tension right and the foam helped. I also use it when I want the design to stand out a little, I try to match the color of foam to thread. Picked up a package at Dollar tree with many colors in the craft section. Play with it and have fun, it tears away easy and any tiny pieces outside of the threads use a little heat from your iron and they shrink inside. Hope this helps.

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by stork 19 Jan 2017

Great advice! Thank you

I was WRONG, it was APEX designs. They have the dolphin for free in 3D designs so you can try it. I also have some of their 3D fonts and I love them. So easy.

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by stork 19 Jan 2017

Will check it out. Thanks

I used it for dolphin bag but it was digitized for foam. I can't think of the site I got it from. It was not Apex but site that has a lot of alphas and freebies and is well known. If that helps.

It will work under lots of applique designs and I have heard of folk who use it under trapunto designs.

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by stork 19 Jan 2017

Great to hear!

I have never used it, but if memory serves me (which often it doesn't) use of puffy foam requires that the design be digitized specifically for it's use. Here is a link to the Sulky site which discusses the foam. It may be helpful.

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by stork 19 Jan 2017

Thank you