Hope it is clear enough for you all

It is light to heavy and heavy under light. But there is an extensive list Jrob posted a long time ago. I'll search for it and add the link.

I don't put anything under heavy jeans. I often starch cottons before applying a medium tear away stabiliser, then stitch the two together in the ring to make sure nothing shifts.
And we all have had results like this at one time or another.

I agree with Mops about the stabilizer. I also only like to use cotton when I am sewing. I either hoop the cotton and float medium tearaway underneath or if I am embroidering on a collar or something small I hoop the tearaway and stick the collar down on the tearaway with spray adhesive. Is perhaps your tension a little tight? It must be really frustrating for you. Hope you come right Sarah.

Good morning,
Here are some things to try. Put in a new needle. I can't tell from the pic but if this is a knit, don't stretch the fabric when hooping, pulling will allow the fabric to become stretched out and wonky. This can happen with fine cotton, linen or silk fabrics. Also there are needles for knits and fine fabrics. you might decrease the density on your lettering or designs, if you have that
capability, if not a good rule of thumb is select designs that are light and airy for light and airy fabrics and dense designs for dense or heavy fabrics.Keep smiling it is all a learning process. :)

The simple answer is the less stable the fabric is (if it is a knit or very light) the more stable the stabilizer should be. After that it is a judgement call. you need to play with it and see what works. here is a very basic blog post that I wrote ages ago, I hope it helps.

for cotton or cotton mix you need a fusible cutaway stablizier and maybe a tearaway under the hoop (not hooped)

You don't want a real heavy stabilizer because it will show through. As with knits, I would use an iron-on stabilizer (I have a mesh one from terradon embroidery) after using spray starch or sizing to firm up your cotton. Both sides, really make it stiff. Then I'd hoop some tear away, use some kk2000 sprayed on that, and put my material on top. Either use a basting stitch around the area, or pin it down. Other than the starching,I do this with t shirts, which can move and stretch all over, and have great results. Do a google search for Fred Lebow embroidery. He has been working with stabilizers for umpteen years, and you will find a bunch of articles from him.
Jo

Are you sure it's secure and tight in the hoop? I did an umbrella (don't even go there!) and found that I had to add thickness to the sides, around the hoop, then cut out the center where I did the embroidery. It worked for me. Did the same thing with a light weight cotton and it was fine.

Okay then, lots of advice here. I am now going to work my way through the list and try everything which has been suggested. I have never tried floating the stabilizer, so this may work. I have used spray adhesive, but not with any better results. I have never tried iron on, so I will do that in a moment. I have neither doubled the stabilizer, so I will try hooping one and floating the other and any other combinations I can.

Alice my dear, thank you for the link, someone posted this a few weeks back and I have it stuck to my wall. I am clearly useless! But I will not quit.

Re tension, my machine is supposed to self adjust tension, but I will make a note of the current setting and and alter the top tension. I have no way of altering the bobbin, it does that itself, so Brother tell me. I assume the lower the number the looser the tension. At present I am stitching on number 4.

It is unlikely that I will use any other fabric than light weight cotton or cotton mix. I am using med tear away at the moment. I have tried the wash away but find this is worse. Okay then, off I go.
Thank you for all your answers and sorry for the few spelling mistakes I made in the original post. Only just noticed them. It is so difficult typing and with a toddler.

Oh Dear, well now I'm going to throw a spanner in the works and tell you that I don't like tearaway unless it is absolutely necessary to the specifics of the project.

I always use a medium weight good quality fabric type cutaway stabiliser under cotton fabric as it gives more support. There are special "no show" stabilsers that work really well under thinner cottons but still I use cut away.

Looking at your stitch out I would say that it is pulling, which is usually caused by the top tension being too tight and pulling the fabric in with each stitch. Make sure you use a new needle 75/11 is recommended for thin fabric. And I have just discovered my Designer Diamond very much dislikes Madeira bobbin thread, when I changed to Brother bobbin thread the stitch out improved dramatically. just a thought.

I do hope this helps.
HUgs and roses, Meganne

There is one fabric from Joanne's that used to be called Symphony but is also there generically. It has 60% cotton 40% polyester approximately. It is great for costumes and barely needs ironing but for the life of me I can't embroider on it. It looks just like your picture. Is that the fabric you are using?

I have stitched designs that looked like this when completed on cotton/poly blend fabric. I began using the fusible stablilizer back of the area to be stitched, hooping a lightweight cut-away, then lightly spraying the fusible stablilizer with fabric adhesive. I align and gently press the item to the hooped cut-away. After stitching, I trim to approx 1/8 inch, both the fusible and cut-away. This seems to work best for me on lightweight fabrics.
On your stitchout, it appears that the fabric pulled a bit with the slightly dense design used. The fusible, when pressed on carefully without stretching the fabric at all, seems to help tremendously to keep the fabric from puckering during stitching.
Angel

Okay stitching as I type. I starched both fabric and stabilizer, hooped both and have floated a piece of stabilizer underneath. I forgot to adjust tension, toddler so demanding brain no functioning. It is LOOKING GOOD so far....watch this space

Here is the final stitch out:

I see you've re-done your project and it looks great. I will also say that I use Kona Cotton fabric for my quilts and labels. Kona has a higher stitch count and is more stable, at least to me. Always had good luck with it. I would think your Egyptian would be just as stable. I also use a medium tear-a-way stabilizer. Glad to see, with your other post, that you were able to make adjustments you needed to get your project to work! Lots of great Cuties here who are so helpful. Glad you brought this up as I learned alot too.