Hi. I was wondering if someone can offer some advice? I am trying to make the book pocket pillows seen on a you-tube video. I cannot for the life of me get the wording from the designs I purchased specifically for these pillows to not pucker despite trying medium weight cutaway stabilizers or iron on interfacing with starch. Has anyone tired to make these pillows and how did you get a nice embroidered pocket?This is the you tube link for the pillow in case anyone is interested.
https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsxZnXl2GcE
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If you have tried every stabilizer you have in the house then give this a go. Hoop 2 layers of Dressmaking interfacing (not iron on) then spray a quilting spray and lay the fabric on the top smoothing it down but keeping the grain of the fabric straight. See how that works.
Just a note to give you a smile someone once told me that she was desperate to finish something and the weather was really bad outside and she didn't want to risk taking the car out and had not spray left so she used Hair Spray and it worked. But of course there was a perfume smell.
Don't give up there are so many clever people on here someone will have a solution to your problem.
29726try iron on stablizer on pillow fabric before hooping...wendy
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by dianascrafts5
edited 02 Nov 2018
Thanks. What kind of iron on? I have an iron on tearaway stabilizer. Is there also a cutaway iron on? I haven't find one yet.
12506It is very hard to help you without knowing which designs you purchased, what material you are using, how you are stabilizing, the size of the project...so many variables...I think more information is needed....
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by dianascrafts5
02 Nov 2018
Hi. I got the reading sayings from Bows and Clothes. The words are closely placed in a satin stitch. I am embroidering on a white cotton. It is fairly lightweight and that may be the problem but even with a heavier cutaway I still had issues. I then tried ironing on interfacing to the fabric with a tearaway stabilizer and that made the puckering even worse as I think the interfacing shrank when I went to iron the project. I think I need to go with a heavier fabric for the pocket. Thanks for any other advice you may have.
by pennyhal2
03 Nov 2018
I used a fabric named "Target" at Joanns. I was using a bottom weight (like denim), but they stopped carrying it. So someone, I think on this Forum, suggested using Target (this is not the Target store!). It's 60/40 poly/cotton and the perfect weight to use and not a bottom weight. I used an iron on mesh and then hooped a cutaway stabilizer. Maybe a little over kill, but worked well. Since a book pillow will get a lot of use, I wanted to be sure that the embroidery would hold up to it.
by dianascrafts5
03 Nov 2018
Thanks for the advice. I think I have some white bottom weight fabric in my stash already and that was going to be my next trial. I will certainly try the iron on mesh. I have a non iron mesh but I think the iron on is a better idea for the stability. I wasn't even aware the no show mesh was available as an iron on and will definitely be ordering some!
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