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by kharriman 18 Dec 2008 ( edited Dec 19'08 18:52 )
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When stitching on sweatshirt material, how do I get the design on the material to not have a sinking look to it

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by blhamblen 18 Dec 2008
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Cut away stabalizer on the back and a piece of water soluable on top (water soluable not hooped)That way the stitches don't sink:)
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by kharriman 18 Dec 2008
Ok thank you!!! ***4U
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by michelej 18 Dec 2008
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I have never done a sweatshirt before, but I am sure someone will come along with a great answer for you soon. *4u anyway...
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by kharriman 18 Dec 2008
***4U
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by claudenicolas 18 Dec 2008
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I stick on the wrong side of the sweatshirt a tear away selfsticking stabilizer and a water soluble on the top. I do not know well the words to explain that, some one of you can translate. I have never had trouble with this method
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by claudenicolas 18 Dec 2008
and I put all in the hoop
by blhamblen 19 Dec 2008
You did great on the explaination!
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by jrob 19 Dec 2008
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Use as claude says a selfsticking tear away if the design isn't too dense. Otherwise I use a cut-away (like Barb)on the inside and pin down a WSS on top. It will stop the sinking design. I do TONS of sweatshirts (18 this year)near Christmas and those are the methods I use.;)
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by elaine45 19 Dec 2008
When you do the sweat shirts do you hoop them?
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by elaine45 19 Dec 2008
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Thanks for the question...
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by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
your welcome!!! ***4U
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by relaxsew 19 Dec 2008
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Thanks for asking the question. I learned a lot!
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by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
your welcome!!!***4U
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by lbrow 19 Dec 2008
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I like using the cut-away stabilizer on back(the soft kind since it is usually next to skin) & WSS pinned on top after I hoop stabilizer & sweat. This has always given me good results.
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by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
Thank you
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by adelmarie 19 Dec 2008
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I use cutaway stabilizer on the back and also WWS on the top to prevent stitches from sinking. I do hoop both stabilizers with the fabric (sandwich the fabric)
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by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
Thank you ***4U
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by bikermomfl 19 Dec 2008
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I just did a sweatshirt with the 'divas' from our xmas sprite site and I hooped regular stablizer, then put the hoop in the machine, then laid the sweatshirt on top with wss on top of that and did the 'outline' stitch to hold it down, then stitched away, it came out great and I didn't overstretch the sweatshirt, added a few hot fix swaroski's for bling - looks pretty good.
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by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
wss is the kind with or with out the fibers in it?
by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
I guess my question should've been, Which kind of wss? The kind with the fibers, or the kink that is like saran wrap?
by mops 19 Dec 2008
On top I use the see-through stuff.
by kharriman 19 Dec 2008
Thank you VERY MUCH!!!
by bikermomfl 19 Dec 2008
the woven kind, I don't like the plastic looking stuff.
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by asterixsew 19 Dec 2008
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Thanks for this useful info. Have not sewn a sweatshirt yet