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Keeping Stabilizers Under Wrap

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Keeping your stabilizers identified properly makes a big difference. Here is one way to ID them and keep them from unrolling!

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When to Use Heat-away Stabilizers

Heat-away may be one of the most under-utilized stabilizers in machine embroidery. Here are just some of the reasons you may find it useful.

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A Novel Way to Store Bolts of Stabilizer

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This non-traditional storage container is perfect for keeping bolts of stabilizer organized and protected!  I love when something that has no business in the sewing room fits a need like it should have always been there. After writing about stabilizer storage ideas a couple of weeks ago, I remembered another option.

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Embroidery Stabilizer Storage Tips 2

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Stabilizers are the basis for all that we embroider and they are so many different kinds. These storage tips will help you keep them organized!

Since we touched on sewing room organization last time, I thought we’d talk a little bit about storing stabilizer. There are so many different types of stabilizers – washaway, heataway, tearaway, cutaway - as well as different weights.

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Substitute Embroidery Stabilizer? Stick to the Good Stuff!

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Do you cringe when you see social media posts by machine embroiderers who stitch on coffee filters and dryer sheets or similar substitutes like food wrap? How about using hair spray instead of spray adhesive? 

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Using Water-Soluble Stabilizers in Embroidery

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Water-soluble stabilizers (WSS) are extremely useful in machine embroidery and necessary in certain projects. Here are the most common types and uses.

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Tips and Tricks: Using a Stabilizer Bandaid

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Here is an easy fix to patch holes in your stabilizer! We have all experienced a hole in our stabilizer at one time or another. Most of the time, you can save the project with a very simple fix.

A threading or needle malfunction can cause a thread nest or snag resulting in a hole or tear in our stabilizer. We have shown you how to use a stabilizer window. On a smaller scale, you can use adhesive or sticky stabilizers to patch smaller holes and tears.

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The Great Debate: Choosing Cutaway or Tearaway Stabilizers

Cutaway or Tearaway Stabilizer with SewInspiredByBonnie.com

How do you know when to use tearaway stabilizer versus cutaway? Like the foundation of your home, stabilizers support the stitches you place upon them. If the foundation is not good, the structure isn't either.

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Stabilizer Scraps: Save Them or Pitch Them?

What to do with stabilizer scraps with SewInspiredByBonnie.com

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Stabilizers are an essential part of machine embroidery. We all have plenty of fabric scraps but do you keep your stabilizer scraps? If so, what do you do with them?

It’s an interesting discussion, one that I recently read on social media. The results may surprise you. Of all who participated in the discussion (just under 100), about 95% said they not only saved their stabilizer scraps, they also used them.

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Four Tips for Stitching on Knits

Airplane Adventures machine embroidered applique by Sew Inspired by Bonnie
Does your t-shirt and sweatshirt embroidery pucker? These tips will help!

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