I'm glad Izy, Mgshaw & Mary came along to answer your questions Karla...I was treading water and about to sink. lol.

I don't use any stablilizer if I've used wonder under to hold the piece down. Kinda hard to get a piece of stabilizer in there, don't you think?

Karla....05 is what I use. Just go S L O W and keep needle down when turning, picking your foot up. (foot on machine, not foot on your leg :) )
Turn ever so slightly and you'll have it done in no time.
YOu could take a practice cat and try on that to see how you would do.

:lol: :lol: Silly Terri!! The stabalizer goes under the background fabric and is torn off when finished.

I know, silly Melissa!
But she already has it "glued" down, so she cannot use stabilizer. :)

I use stabalizer with satin stitch when I use fusible. You put it behind the entire piece, under the background fabric. :D Does this make sense? Not sure I am explaining it right.

Terri....so glad you clarified which foot to pick up...you've got such a wonderful sense of humor.

Ok, so you have everything fused down, then you put stabilizer on it? How do you see where you have to sew?

Well, just gotta make sure. Don't want her leaving the needle down, then picking up her foot and nothing moving. lol
She may be a teacher, but you know...sometimes kids just get to ya. lol

Either way, I'd test my machine on scrap first - it is a lot harder to pull out decorative stitches than regular. When you are doing that, it should be evident whether you need to use stabilizer, and whether the default width and length are giving you the look you want. Go slow and use your needle down setting to pivot on corners.

I've always done decorative stitching before assembly, but you may be able to get away with it using a blanket stitch.

just for example say you are appliqueing a single block, fuse your applique peice to the block, turn the block over, pin the stabalizer to the back of the block, turn the block back over, stitch the applique, when done remove stabalizer.