Hi Cuties !!! Can anyone tell me what the term "float a extra piece of stabilizer under the hoop"? means.. Please and Thank you !!

No way is that a silly Question and I have since used the same idea when I applique designs by floating fabric underneath you get a design on both sides the same Hugs Shazells

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by obaachan 01 Feb 2011

Thanks... HUGS TO YOU !!!

Not a dumb question. I had never heard the term in my classes, only on the Internet. Sometimes when you start a design and realize immediately that you should have hooped a heavier stabilizer, this is the answer. I remember seeing the initials ITH and I though what is that? Yes, I knew what a in the hoop design was but i had never seen it as initials. Just like we say WSS. when someone uses a term you don't understand , just ask. You probably are not the only one wondering. Kay

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by obaachan 31 Jan 2011

Thanks so much Kay !!! AND... here I go again...WSS ???? LOL..hehehehe.. I am so out of all this !!! BUT.. Thanks to Cuties like you I am becoming in the know !!! HUGS to you !!!!

by pcteddyb 01 Feb 2011

Water Soluble Stabilizer - aka WashAway stabilizer - it "washes away" when you get it wet. It can be something you hoop, something you float under, and in a thinner version something you put on top of things with a nap (like fleece, towels, etc.). It is used for free-standing lace (FSL) and lots of other things. Welcome.

You have your answers and remember that no question is dumb. That is how we learn.

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by obaachan 31 Jan 2011

Thank you !!!

by windsong1 01 Feb 2011

Personally I think a truly dumb question is the one that is never ask.

The extra pieve of stabilizer that you float will help your design stitch out better - if it is a high density design. Isn't it great when you can get an answer - by just asking a question. Hehehe! *4U

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by obaachan 31 Jan 2011

Thank you... and I know I LOVE it here !!!

Thanks.. I feel like such a dummy !!! Does the floating piece move when the hoop moves ? I'm sure another dumb question !! I am so new to all this and it seems that everything I do is by the seat of my pants ! LOL.. But I am great-full that a dear friend has loaned me her Designer 1 and I am great full for all the CUTIES !! I'm so lucky to have found this site ! 8-)

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by dw16 31 Jan 2011

Yes the floating piece moves with the hoop. When the machine embroiders, it stitches the floating piece to the bottom of the hooped piece, creating essentially one piece of backing. Don in TX

by obaachan 31 Jan 2011

I can't believe I even asked that !! LOL.. After I thought about it, I realized how stupid that was to ask ! I was like DAH.. SORRY !! And THANKS !

by dw16 31 Jan 2011

Never apologize for asking a question. It's what we're here for! Don in TX

by pattyannwig 31 Jan 2011

Never feel bad or apologize for asking a question. Everyone has to start somewhere and that's how we learn. Good luck!!! Pat

by obaachan 31 Jan 2011

Thanks Pat and Don.... 8-)

You can float a tear away or the regular stabilizar, just make sure it covers your design area and is laying flat.

It means to slide a piece of stabilizer beneath the bottom of the hoop, but not actually hooped. Don in TX

you cut another piece of your stabilizer and place it under your hoop before you start your stitching.
it is easy to float another piece rather than trying to hoop another.