Saving Stabiliser for Machine Embroidery
Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль
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How much stabiliser do I need to cut for my hoop?
~ by Martyn Smith - Sweet Pea Creative Design Technician ~
For many years, I worked in commercial embroidery and the waste factor with stabiliser was exceptionally low. It was all about “unit cost” and the ability to keep manufacturing stateside instead of offshore. The stabiliser was bulk cut for the different hoop sizes and I still do most of this when prepping a project.
Using the inner hoop of the chosen frame as a size guide, measure and cut a further 2cm (¾”) out from each of the sides. Depending on what you are going to embroider, 2cm (3/4”) is more than enough to cut beyond all the edges of the inner hoop.... Follow this link to continue reading swpea.me/2020/05/01/how-much-...
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Also you can sew together all your strips with washaway thread your stabilizer bits use for smaller projects like mug mats etc.
I own more Sweet Pea designs than any other design companyfor in-the-hoop embroidery. I love the complete, easy to follow instructions and videos. This one is brilliant! I too am frugal and hate the waste associated with machine embroidery. I've tried several ideas but none make as much sense as what you have laid out here. Thank you for your ongoing attention to detail and for sharing it with your subscribers.
Excellent ideas thank you. I am a miser at the best of times and I didn’t like the waste on stabiliser. So appreciate your video.
Can't wait to try these ideas out - thank you so much! You can always learn something new no matter how long you've been sewing.
Great idea for being less wasteful. Especially now with everything costing so much more these days. I will give it a try. Thanks!
Oh my goodness this was eye-opening! Thank you so much for a wonderful demonstration; it's a game changer.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Thanks Martyn, as always you are a wealth of knowledge. I thought that I was pretty good at reducing wastage but you've given me yet another way to keep materials out of the dump.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to help
@psum6537
Жыл бұрын
Less waste and more $$in your pocket!
Great video. Thank you Martyn
Great idea - thanks Martyn
Brilliant, thank you for sharing x
Thank you Martin, I have now understood the whole patch stabiliser. I had missed one step (stitch after sticking it place. One comment I would make, I use my edge joining foot when joining the wadding, so it stays side by side. Again, thank you it was worth me tearing myself away from my in the hoop. Off to be even more economical.
Thank You Martin ... I think you are amazing!!! You are so down to Earth!! Your explanations and directions are wonderful and easy to follow. You aren't afraid to give your hard earned tips away so we don't make the same mistakes ... (not that I think you would make a mistake!!!! 😏😏🙄🙄😘). Keep up the great work ... and Martin ... never change. 💖💖
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou Joy... if you love what you do, then it's easy to share the joy. Martyn
Great idea and beautifully presented.
I would never have thought to put pins in the stabilize outside the hoop! Great tip!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
This is brilliant!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so, we are passionate about saving our resources and not creating waste.
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Brilliant and a great money saver! Thank you!!!
Awesome vid. Lots of these about but this one really helped. Thanks again love Sweet Pea. Dee from Bright Victoria.
OMG you just gave me a use for my Grandma’s T-Pins that I inherited. 💜 Just discovered your videos & I love them. Thank you & keep them coming. I bought a Stellaire during Covid to learn machine embroidery & I’m hooked.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
Fabulous idea
Thank you so much!....Fantastic video, very informative. So many wonderful tips.....I especially liked the double sided tape idea, will make hooping all that much easier now... I look forward to more videos. p.s. I adore your gorgeous diamond rings ;)
Brilliant! Thank you!
Great, thank you I needed this information.
Genius! I’m all about saving but never considered doing that. You’re a man after my own heart. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to more of your ideas.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you. I do my best to save stabilizer but you have given me a great way to save even more!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
Great ideas. Thank you.
I just made my own wash away stabilizer, search on youtube diy bio plastic, its a gelatin and glycerin recipe and its easy, worked perfectly, rinsed out in less than 30 seconds, i also use paper towel as a stabilizer i separate it down to 1 or 2 ply then throw it in the wash afterwards, the cheaper the towel the easier it is to wash off ive noticed, i hope everyone can save some money using these tricks, stabilizing materials are too expensive and too much waste, hope this will help someone xx Nadine
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Those are some wonderful tips Nadine.
@marydinkel
2 жыл бұрын
Great ideas - got to try the paper towel trick
Great video, thank you!
I do this with prit stick. Works a treat.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
3 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea.
Excellent ideas on saving stabilizer & time, thanks 😊
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you so much!!
Thank you!!
Wow, that is amazing. Thank you x
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
Thank you
Great video Martin!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Great ideas! Thank You!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the video
Brilliant! I hate wasting stabilizer.
Thanks for the tips.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
We all need to try a more more but use less. :)
Great Video Thank you 👍👍
great money saving ideas that I will put into pratice thank you
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
🥰
Awesome tips thanks, appreciated for those of us home hobby machine users in countries where 1m if decent stabiliser costs the same as half a weeks grocery bills!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
We totally hear you on this. Saving resources and $$$ is crucial for many.
Excellent idea thanks for sharing
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
This is such a great waste saver...THANK YOU!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Thank ypu Martin Amazing!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I've got a real thing about waste!
Terrific! Thanks.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Your welcome.
Thanks great tips
Great idea 💡
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
Thank you!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Good idea thank you.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
4 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
Bonne idée. Merci pour votre partage.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
3 жыл бұрын
Je vous en prie.
Have you tried stickyback? Good for multi hooping fast. Use the sticky back to hoop, then you keep the picture frame space left after first block and add a 7 inch square of stabilizer for each of the next 6 inch block design. Saves rehooping every time. Dont have to pull the whole tging out just put your patch of stabilizer over top. Works for tshirts too.
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip! It's not a stabiliser we use much due to price. Thanks for suggesting this.
@cynthiapridham2885
Жыл бұрын
@@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694 i use it for shirts. I reuse it over and over to float shirts. Especially if a name logo . So you dont actually use much . I just got taight that way whrn i started 30 yrs ago. It was hard to find last year, my original roll lasted me over 20yrs.its sticky back tearaway but it has a special name . I will try to find out
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
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Genius!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
10 ай бұрын
We hate waste... :)
Awesome, Oh why has it taken so long to find this tutorial
Does this method work with tear away? I always thought that puncturing stabilizer with a needle might cause it to weaken and tear. I’ve been floating one sheet of tear away under the hoop with one layer of poly mesh in the hoop, I will definitely give this a try for the layer of tear away I’m floating under the hoop, thank you so much!
Love your $$$$ saving methods - What kind of medium weight cutaway to you use?
Is it a cut away medium weight stabilizer?
Great idea! What kind of rotary cutters are you using?
@sewmartyn
4 жыл бұрын
Outback Sue I’m using Fiskers...
Hi Martyn, Thanks for clear explanation. Where did you get the roll of double sided tape. Must get some of those pins. Did you just float the blue fabric and where do I get the design you did in your machine. I just bought the dinosaur book pillow pattern.. thanks
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Hello Viddy, the 6mm (1/4") double sided tape is make by X-Press IT that is used in scrap booking. The pins are upholstery pins but clover also sell them but smaller. We float a lot of our blocks and projects and this particular file was a test stitch out that we didn't end up using alas. Don't forget to post your dinosaur pillow when it's complete.
Would masking tape work?
To much work, lol Time is money, but thank you!
When u mentioned attaching 2 pieces of batting together instead of using a zigzag stitch u use a triple stitch. My triple stitch is a straight stitch. Not sure I understand
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
Жыл бұрын
Triple zig-zag stitch on the sewing machine.
Please tell me what the T pins are for?
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
10 ай бұрын
They prevent the slippery stabiliser from moving in the hoop when the hoop is removed for the fabric to be trimmed. We use T-pins if they are available or you can use normal long quilting/dressmaking pins. It's mainly to prevent slippage.
Duh! Triple stitch. Brilliant! Stabilizer and batting manufacturers are surely angry with you. Ha! I love to be frugal. Thank you!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
@sweetpeamachineembroideryd4694
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!