There are two main ways to save the stabilizer. The first is to make the stabilizer slightly different from usual by pre-planning, and the second is to use the remaining stabilizer debris after embroidery.
How you cut and hoop stabilizers can extend the amount of embroidery you can sew and save you money. Cut the original cut or cut to place it in the hoop, cut it to the size you want [length or width], but cut it longer on the other. For example, if you are cutting an 8" wide part for a 4x4 hoop, you can cut the stabilizer to 8" x 24". Embroider the first design on one end. The stabilizer is cut or removed neatly away from the finished design and then re-inserted into the next design at the same end, starting with the portion that has just been torn. If wrinkles, you may need to use a dry iron between the stirrups to press the stabilizer at low temperatures. Now you can reuse more stabilizers, depending on their size, to sew four [4] embroidery from one piece instead of three [3] embroidery by cutting three 8"x8" pieces. Take this idea to the limit and don't cut your length at all. Hoop stabilizer to attach the roll to the top of the hoop. Place the roll behind the machine, away from the hoop, embroidery arm or any thread. After the embroidery is completed, remove the stabilizer, push the wrinkles out, and hoop again at the leading edge.
After embedding with most tear stabilizers, the remaining stabilizers still have more uses. Strips are cut from the residue for the back buttonhole, and it is useful to sew the decorative stitches from the edges of the fabric along the edge of the fabric or to require stabilizer support under decorative stitching. .
If larger pins are required, larger parts that are too small to hoop can float under other embroidery. Be sure to place smaller parts under the area to be embroidered.
I often use Sulky's Totally Stable, which is a fusible tear, in part because it is easy to reuse. It is also a versatile and useful stabilizer. Completely stable, it can be gently fused to the back of your fabric, and after the excess is removed from the finished embroidery, the excess can be fused to the back of the new fabric. Smaller pieces can be torn from other stabilizer debris and fused to the holes, or the strips can be fused together adjacent to each other, slightly overlapping.
After cutting a cut stabilizer from the back of the embroidery design, cut a wide strip from each of the four [4] edges of the remaining portion. Rotating tools and gauges can help. This effectively trims the uneven edges around the center hole. When collecting a stack of these strips, the edges are slightly overlapped and stitched together, longitudinally and sometimes crossed, depending on the strip' relative length, using 4-5 mm quilting stitches. Any thread is fine, because you can trim it very close as needed. Once a large enough rectangle is available to fit the embroidery hoop, this patchwork stabilizer can be reused. This new piece is not as safe as a solid piece, it should be used for lighter applications, or layered with nylon organza for embroidery paper-cutting.
Orignal From: Think green and save money: the technique of using and reusing tears and cutting stabilizers
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