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There are two primary ways to save the stabilizer. The first is the initial planning, slightly different positioning of the stabilizer than usual, and the second is using the rest of the stabilizer after using it for embroidery.
The way you cut and hang the stabilizer can increase the number of embroideries you can embroider, saving you money. When cutting out the original piece cut off or torn off to fit into the rim, trim it to the desired size in one dimension, length, or width, but much longer in the other dimension. For example, if you are cutting an 8 “wide piece for a 4×4 hoop, you can cut an 8” x 24 “stabilizer. Embroider the first pattern on one end. After the stabilizer has been carefully cut or detached from the finished design, re-hoop on the same end for the next design, starting just after the torn section. You may need to press down the stabilizer with a dry iron at low temperature between the hoops if it is wrinkled. Now you can reuse more stabilizer, you may be able to sew four (4) embroideries, depending on their size, from one piece, instead of the three (3) embroideries you’ll get by cutting three 8 “x 8” pieces. Take this idea to the extreme and don’t shorten your length at all. Rotate the stabilizer, leaving the roller attached to the top of the rim. Place the roll behind the machine, away from the hoop, embroidery arm, or other threads. After embroidering is finished, tear off the stabilizer, push out the creases, and then re-emboss the hoop on the front edge.
After embroidering with most of the detachable stabilizers, the remaining stabilizer still has more uses. It is useful to cut the remnants of the strips that will be used for buttonholes, for decorative stitches, along the edges that do not want to work together, or along the edge where the decorative stitches will be sewn from the edge of the fabric and require stabilizer support.
Larger pieces that are too small to be hooped are good to float under other embroidery to support more stitches. Be sure to place the smaller piece under the embroidered area.
I often use Sulky’s Totally Stable, hot-melt peel off, partly because it’s so easy to reuse. It is also a universal and useful stabilizer. Totally Stable can be lightly blended into the back of the fabric, and after tearing off the excess from the finished embroidery, it can be melted into the back of a new piece of fabric. The smaller pieces can be detached from the other pieces of the stabilizer and attached to the hole, or the strips can be joined side by side, slightly overlapping each other.
After the cut stabilizer is cut off the back of the embroidered pattern, cut off a wide strip from each of the four (4) sides of the remainder. A rotary knife and a ruler are helpful in this. This effectively trims uneven edges surrounding the center hole. After collecting a few of these strips, lightly overlap the edges and sew them together, both lengthwise and sometimes across, depending on the relative lengths of the strips, using a 4-5mm basting stitch. Any thread is fine as it can be trimmed if needed. When the piece is large enough for the hoop to fit, this stabilizer patchwork can be reused. This new piece is not as safe as a solid piece and should be used for lighter applications or covered with a nylon organza for embroidered decoupage techniques.
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Source by Sherilyn Roach