I am very new to embroidery. Could you all tell me why some people use 2 stabilizers at one time? (one on top and one ont he bottom)

Wow so much information. Thanks

When using Tulle as a topper on towels choose a color similar to the color of your towel. After embroidering your design you can easily tear the excess tulle away from around the design and any little bits left around the design will disappear into the nap of the fabric.

Any tulle that is left in the small areas of the design that may be hard to remove can be left as it will blend in to the color of the fabric.

Some like to place a layer of tulle on the top of the towel and then a layer of light weight water soluble stabilizer (film type) on top of the tulle as this helps when you have to cut away the jump stitches of a design. The jump stitches sit right on top of the water soluble so you can snip them very easily and the water soluble will rip off easily too.

You can buy rolls of different colors of Tulle in shops like Michaels in the Wedding Section as it is used to make wedding favors.
This is the fine tulle with small holes.

EastWitch2

Here is the best place to read about the Dry Cover Up to use as a Topper on Towels or any high napped fabric that you want to make sure the nap will not show through the embroidery.

It can also be used to block out color such as when stitching on a black towel or fabric and using white thread it would block out the black from showing through or changing the white thread color.

When you go to the link below click on the Instruction tab and the More Information Tab near the top of the page to read more information and how to use it.
Here is the link.
http://www.hoopitall.com/product/...

EastWitch2

Thankd you all for the great advice. I will be trying it soon.

Welcome!
You will find so many useful and helpful tips here.

I use sometimes stabilizer also to make sure, that if i have to delete stitches I will not damage the fabric. It's more easy to delete with a stabilizer on it, especielly if it is on towels, I have it often that the underlines are not completely under the outstitiching, so this helps.
And of course what the others wrote to fasten the fabric in the hoop
If I do no need to fasten it, I use only a piece in the size of the design and use temporary spry adhesive
to keep it on place.

Good success by your challenges!
God bless your work

Baerbel

I see you have all your answers. However, I wanted to say I love the name you have for our site, as he gives, and forgives. H&*.

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by jesus4gives 01 Jul 2010

Yes He does.

Welcome, I'm happy that you have joined us!;)

Welcome to the CUTE family.

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For towels or fabric with a high pile or nap you would use a Topper stabilizer to hold the nap down under the design.

The Topper Stabilizer could be a water soluble topper or you can use Dry Cover up which is a type of plastic topper made especially for this purpose or you could use Tulle which is a fine netting fabric.

The Water Soluble Topper will eventually wash out from uner the stitches and the nap may show through the design after several washings.

The Dry Cover topper up will stay under the stitches and will not wash out so it will hold the nap down for the life of the embroidered item.
It is washer safe and dryer safe.

The Tulle as a Topper will stay under the stitches and also hold the nap down and will not wash out.

The stabilizer you use under the fabric is to stabilize the fabric and the design stitches.
This ensures the stitches of a design form right when stitched on your fabric or item.

Hope this helps answer your question.
EastWitch2

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by quiltingqueen 30 Jun 2010

I've never heard of Dry Cover for a topper. What is it, can you describe it for me? Also, does it tear away from the design (on top) once you complete it, or how does it 'disappear'? Same question for tulle...I never thought of using it before on towels...does it remove easily from the surface?

I'm working on a large beach towel for the young man across the street from me. Using the Frog Font for his name. It's very hard to hoop with two stablizers but that's how i'm doing it. It's going to be very cute!

You have the answer, so I will just say welcome to the Cute family. Keep asking questions, we love to answer.

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by jesus4gives 29 Jun 2010

I am sure there will be many more inthe future. :)

Thanks for the Welcome

The one on top is always a water soluble stabilizer. It's used with fabrics with a high pile, like towels, so that the stitches are not buried. The stabilizer on bottom stabilizes the fabric.

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by jesus4gives 29 Jun 2010

Thanks for the answer. Now I know why my towels aren't coming out as nice as they ought to. :)

by nhsmith55 29 Jun 2010

The top WSS does not have to be hooped. It can be placed on top or floated and will stay in place as soon as you start stitching.