low. (new needle in). Any suggestions for this problem? Can I use something else in place of the wss on the top of the towel?? Don't want to keep wrecking the towels I am trying to get done for a baby shower. Thanks cuties!

And here is a picture tutorial on how to make the bath apron. I should make one for myself to use whilst cooking !

Here is a link to what you can use that towel for if you wish !

Sorry you wrecked a towel, but look on the bright side you may have learned a lesson. You can always cut the towel up into fingertip towels and try again. Hopefully you now can replace that towel to match the others. Quck go to the store merchandise changes every week.

corinney, any time that you work with a very thick towel or anything else for that matter - you might have to use more stabilizer than usual - a very thick or dense design isn't a good idea, either for towels - but you don't want your embroidery to sink into your toweling. If your WSS is breaking away from your embroidery - make sure that you use more of it - I have used regular WSS (the fiberous white material looking one - two layers) on the front and back of my towels before and just popped them in the washer & dryer before using them and it worked great.

I use Badgemater and never have a problem. You could use tuel (netting) and see if that is better.You have to trim it after but it's not that difficult. Most of the time you can just rip it off. Save that towel for practice. I wonder if your needle had a burr on it even though it was new.
I wouldn't try hooping the towel. Use a cut away, hoop it and pin the towel to the cut away with the badgemaster on the top pinned as well. Did you wash the towel before you stitched it? Don't know if that is the problem but at this point I'd try anything.
Good luck, I know how maddening it is when you can't figure out the problem.

I will not give you any advice - I just feel so sorry for you. I am sure that you will come right with all the help from the Cuties.

If your wws is dried out, it will shred. It will last a lot longer if you keep in a sealed container. Especially it is the clear type. Some brands get dried out faster than others.

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by sewbadly 06 Oct 2010

Okay, I'm new here...

What is this wws that everyone is talking about?

by leenova54 06 Oct 2010

Water Soluble Stabilizer. It comes in what looks like plastic and in a more white fiber type. When you are done you can dampen the item and rub your finger gently on it and it vanishes. For free standing lace you can leave a bit in it because it also acts like starch.

by sewbadly 06 Oct 2010

Thanks, Leenova54. Again, congrats on your good news.

Either baste or pin your wss and you shouldn't have any problems...just make sure pins are not in the way of your needle.

Maybe the towel is just too thick to float the wss on top, maybe you need to hoop it to push the towel down thinner so the needle doesn't catch on it. Might even have to use the thicker wss hooped on top to flatten it good.

I always use tearaway on towels, and I use supersol which I imagine is the same as wss. I have never had a problem. That sounds very strange to me, what sort of machine do you have? the only thing I can think of is that if when you replaced the needle you may not have pushed it up far enough before tightening it and therefore it is dragging through the towel without lifting up properly thus tearing through the towel. Although I would have thought that would have resulted in a broken needle. hope that makes sense.
Alice.

You might need thicker wss or more than 2 layers of the thin type.

I just finished a set of towels, however they were not really thick. I used the plastic wrap type wss on top and nothing under the towels. Next time I think I will use the woven type wss or go with something thicker like Badge Master. My stitches just sunk in too much. And that type of stabilizer didn't stay flat.
You might try 2 or more layers of what you have. Good luck! I hope you get this resolved!

I use cut away on the back and a medium wss on top. I've heard of using a vinyl on top but have not tried it. What type of design are you using?

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by corinney 05 Oct 2010

I am using the plastic type wss (like food wrap) on the top and the design I am doing is a embroidery design from cute, a hippo with a 7080 stitch count.

by corinney 05 Oct 2010

Forgot to tell you, I put a tear away on the back.