by mariahail 17 Jul 2010

when doing washcloth or small designs, I start from the bottom working my way up, when do the first one, just fold it foward and get it out of the way, do the next one and mosst of the time even a third designs, on a hoop like mine 5x7 i can easely do 6 washcloth, I had cut the stabilizer about 1 inch wider that what I need after doing my six washcloths I removed de stabilizer from the hoop, then put it back on the hoop and do another 3...will show you some pictures, it is hard to understand, but if you try it it will save you lots of time, stabilizer and mainly $$$$.

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by barbara68 01 Aug 2010

very good.

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by robinbird 01 Aug 2010

What a great economizing embroidery tip. Thanks for sharing your helpful idea on using stabilizer Maria.:~D

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by judybell 19 Jul 2010

Great idea, thanks for sharing. Judy

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by jofrog2000 19 Jul 2010

I bought the 59" (I think) wide and cut strips to fit my hoops, then I don't cut it into pieces, just hoop the free end and let the main bulk off to the side on the table. And move whatever I'm doing as far right as I can, saving a lot.

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by tippi 19 Jul 2010

Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

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by castelyn 19 Jul 2010

Maria, thanks for sharing *4u

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by noah 18 Jul 2010

I love it when you can come up with a way to save money like you just did!!!I will give it a try Carolyn

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by holly12 18 Jul 2010

Very good idea & we're all looking to save some money. Thanks. Arlene

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by dlonnahawkins 18 Jul 2010

We all need to economize when we can. When I have several things to do like this, I will move my design to the very bottom of the field, and that allows me to do move the designs up and work with them that way, and uses less stablizer. Thanks for sharing Maria.

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by clawton 18 Jul 2010

Good use of stabilizer and hooping time.

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by dilceia 18 Jul 2010

Beautiful!

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by katydid 18 Jul 2010

Good idea. I always save my left over pieces to reuse if possible. Sometimes to float under the hoop when needed, but I am a pack rat by nature so keeping everything comes easy. The hard part is throwing stuff away. Kay

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by daisy530 18 Jul 2010

Great method!

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by lenamae 18 Jul 2010

what a great idea

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by gayle950 18 Jul 2010

good idea

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by marthie 18 Jul 2010

Good idea and if you move your design more to the one side, you safe even more

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