I'm not sure what others do, but this is what I have done. When making 'mug rugs' like dragonflyer gave us, I use tearaway, because it is fully lined with a fabric, after it is quilted to the top fabric and batting. On felt coasters I use cutaway. I hoop the cutaway, lay the felt on top and stitch the design, all but the satin edge. Then I take the hoop off of the machine and tape felt to back to cover the back stitching. Using a bobbin thread to match the top,I stitch the straight line stitching, then trim the felt both front and back without cutting or pulling on the stabilizer. I then put it back on the machine and stitch the satin stitch. You may still have a little white show, but just trim carefully as close as you can, without cutting your satin stitches! These have been well used, so pardon how they look. Nora's little not quiet yet 2 year old hands, uses them to 'dust' my tables with-lol-you can see on the quilted one I have left the tearaway in and never sewed my opening up-shame on me! The purple one hardly shows any cut-a-way edge. Like I said this is good for me. -Toogie