I made a bobo i used the wrong stablizer on a new white sweatshirt ,The kind used for t shirt .Now i 'm stuck with a pretty butterfly and rose design on as shirt i can't use .

hugs a sharp cut and patients

I don't quite understand why a stabiliser for t shirts would not work for a sweatshirt as well. Or did you use it on top thinking it was water soluble? In that case you could try and cut around it as close as possible.
I once used cutaway stabiliser for FSL thinking it was vilene, did not notice until I soaked it. Now I always test it with a wet finger although the difference can be seen easily, but once bitten, twice shy.

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by briauna9 08 Apr 2011

yes i used it on top. i will never do that again.

I understand you used the wrong stablizer, but why is it ruined? Is the stablizer to rough or to heavy like a patch. Give your sweatshirt to the homeless or to a friend that wouldn't mind the wrong stablizer on it. Buy another white sweatshirt and start over with the right stablizer. Hugs I hope you find the right answer. Good luck.
Rhoda

Make a patchwork-design over the mess

Sorry to hear this. I thought a sweatshirt and T shirt were both knit fabrics. I do not understand the problem.......

Sorry about your booboo with the sweatshirt. I have done the same thing myself and been frustrated. One way that I saved one shirt was by doing another embroidery but as an applique patch over the area where I goofed up. I had unpicked the previous embroidery but did not like how the shirt came out for me. Good luck :)

Contact flebow@lebowconsulting.com
He will save your day. Ask him to send you some stabilizer samples too. If anybody can give you the right answer is Fred. He Manufactures backings. The best in the field, and always eager to help. Hope this will help you. Rachel

Contact flebow@lebowconsulting.com
He will save your day. Ask him to send you some stabilizer samples too. If anybody can give you the right answer is Fred. He Manufactures backings. The best in the field, and always eager to help. Hope this will help you. Rachel

Contact flebow@lebowconsulting.com
He will save your day. Ask him to send you some stabilizer samples too. If anybody can give you the right answer is Fred. He Manufactures backings. The best in the field, and always eager to help. Hope this will help you. Rachel

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by sukiray 06 Apr 2011

Sorry for the triple post. Rachel

by briauna9 06 Apr 2011

thank you for your help

I have done this too. I took my time and slowly cut away around the design. Just take your time and it will turn out ok. The design sure stays well. hugs. Helen

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by briauna9 06 Apr 2011

thank you .i could have just kicked my self. it is good to have someone to talk to that did the same thing.

How are you sure you can't use it? Have you washed it - do you know it will not hold up?

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by briauna9 06 Apr 2011

yes i have wash it. it is not tear away or wash away. all i can do is just try to cut around the design. And with my luck i would cut the shirt