Re: Stupid lettering - why is it not working


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I wanted to use the built in lettering on a shirt
I appliqued, but the lettering doesn't seem to
work on jersey, even with stabilizer on the back
- the jersey gets stuffed down into the hole in
the footplate. Can i change something? Use a
hoop? Or just
forget it?

This is a familiar problem. I would use a hoop,
use 2 layers of stabilizer, the first one being
iron on or use a spray adhesive (one for this
purpose- not the Elmers variety). You can even use
3 layes of thin stabilizer which seems to help more
than 1 layer of thick. Good luck!


Ok, I have two different kinds of stabilizers - one
stick on and one iron on. I'll try some spray
adhesive. I Love SPRAY ADHESIVE. And hoops. Do I need
to know anything about hoops? Do I just go buy a hoop?


My machine comes with a special hoop. If yours has no
place to put one, try to find a square one to hold the
fabric tight while you sew. WalMart has alot of that
kind of stuff.

I'd better go to the sewing machine store. I'll bet mine
has a special hoop too.

From the other things you've written in this thread, I am
guessing your machine is a regular sewing machine (with
built-in alphabets and maybe other designs) not an
*embroidery machine*, right? In that case, it may be
helpful to hoop the stabilized fabric in an embroidery hoop,
but that will limit your sewing field. And since this sort
of machine depends on swinging the needle back and forth (as
opposed to an embroidery machine which moves the *fabric*),
you may still have a problem with the fabric being shoved
down the needle plate hole, as it (the hole) has to be large
enough to accommodate the movement of the needle. Have you
tried Solvy Water Soluble Stabilizer on *top* of the work?
That's the product I finally found worked when I was doing
dense embroidery designs on T-shirt knits.

Beverly


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  • Re: Stupid lettering - why is it not working
    ... I would use a hoop, ... use 2 layers of stabilizer, ... embroidery hoop, but that will limit your sewing field. ... Solvy Water Soluble Stabilizer on *top* of the work? ...
    (alt.sewing)
  • Re: Stupid lettering - why is it not working
    ... lettering doesn't seem to work on jersey, even with stabilizer on the ... back - the jersey gets stuffed down into the hole in the footplate. ... I would use a hoop, ... I have two different kinds of stabilizers - one stick on and one iron ...
    (alt.sewing)
  • Re: Stupid lettering - why is it not working
    ... even with stabilizer on the back ... I would use a hoop, ... I'd better go to the sewing machine store. ... swinging the needle back and forth (as opposed to an embroidery machine ...
    (alt.sewing)
  • Re: Stupid lettering - why is it not working
    ... lettering doesn't seem to work on jersey, even with stabilizer on the back - the jersey gets stuffed down into the hole in the footplate. ... I would use a hoop, use 2 layers of stabilizer, the first one being iron on or use a spray adhesive. ...
    (alt.sewing)
  • Re: Machine embroidery stabilizer problem
    ... PS - What kind of embroidery machine do you have? ... It's the kind you hoop it then you make a little ... I spread the cloth over the sticky part. ... should have taken the time and used the right stabilizer and change it on ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.quilting)