Do u already have the batting on.? If u r embroidering on 1 layer of fabric yes u must have stabalizer, I prefer the tear away so u can tear it all away before adding the batting & back. there r other quilters here so wait & see what they have 2 say. We all have our own opinions & there r a lot more expert quilters than I am. Welcome to Cutes les, we're glad to have u & this kinda gives u an idea of what we r like. there will b many willing to help u. again welcome & a*4U

Yes, you do need stabilizer, but the tear away is the optimal choice for redwork, otherwise you would use the lightest cut away you could get by with. Be sure to remove all of the tear away once you have finished your design. Welcome to "Cute". Hurray back now, ya hear?

Hi, Les, welcome to Cute and our wonderful community!! Are you decorating a quilt that's already finished, or are you making one from squares you're going to embroider first? Personally, I think the size of a finished quilt, even a little one, makes it hard to embroider on because of all the excess material, and the hoop has to move freely to get good embroidery. I've done a thin lap quilt with redwork, but it is a lot of work. You still have to pin it to stabilizer in the hoop, because it's pretty hard to hoop all those layers of material. I would use tearaway. But don't get caught like I did, hee hee hee. There were some prety small areas in that redwork, and I was picking out tearaway with tweezers for hours!! If you are doing squares to make a quilt with, do them with either tearaway and get rid of the stabilizer, or a light cutaway, the mesh kind you back t-shirts with sometimes. I might think about using a light fusible cutaway, and then just leave it on the fabric, not cut any of it off. That way you wouldn't have any 'shadow' of stabilizer showing through on light-colored fabric. But your quilt would be 1 layer thicker, so consider that. I hope I've helped, there are certainly more savvy quilters on here that I'm sure could give you even better tips. Hang around, they'll be here to help!! Again, Welcome!! Marji

Hi, Les, welcome to Cute and our wonderful community!! Are you decorating a quilt that's already finished, or are you making one from squares you're going to embroider first? Personally, I think the size of a finished quilt, even a little one, makes it hard to embroider on because of all the excess material, and the hoop has to move freely to get good embroidery. I've done a thin lap quilt with redwork, but it is a lot of work. You still have to pin it to stabilizer in the hoop, because it's pretty hard to hoop all those layers of material. I would use tearaway. But don't get caught like I did, hee hee hee. There were some prety small areas in that redwork, and I was picking out tearaway with tweezers for hours!! If you are doing squares to make a quilt with, do them with either tearaway and get rid of the stabilizer, or a light cutaway, the mesh kind you back t-shirts with sometimes. I might think about using a light fusible cutaway, and then just leave it on the fabric, not cut any of it off. That way you wouldn't have any 'shadow' of stabilizer showing through on light-colored fabric. But your quilt would be 1 layer thicker, so consider that. I hope I've helped, there are certainly more savvy quilters on here that I'm sure could give you even better tips. Hang around, they'll be here to help!! Again, Welcome!! Marji

Well - you all ready have good answers, so hope that all of the info helps - and welcome to Cute.

thank you everyone for your advice. it is good to get answers to questions i don,t know. the quilt top is not on batting yet it is a churn dash with blank squares single bed size now that i know to use stabilizer i shall get on with it as i have twin g/boys i have my work cut out for me doing two
once again all thank you all

Thanks for a very good question.

You have good answers so I just want to give you a big Welcome to Cute. Flower and XoXo

Welcome to the cute family!