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#671
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
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Tanya; I purchased a 50 yd roll of stabilizer @ Discount Embroidery Supplies a couple of years ago. They generally have great prices onlots of embroidery supplies and no shipping!! What I purchased is a tear away, and it is quite heavy for tear away. You didn't mention what type you would like other than heavy weight. A thought for you is, instead of a trying a very heavy stabilizer use more than one layer. If one layer of your heavyweight isn't heavy enough you can add an additional layer. If it is so thick that you can't hoop it then 'float' it under your hoop after your stabilizer & project are hooped. You can baste in the hoop so it won't move (if your machine has that function) or use a spray adhesive like KK2000 , spray the additional piece of stabilizer in the hoop area and attach it to the bottom of your hoop area. HTH
http://www.discountembroiderysupply.com/
http://www.discountembroiderysupply.com/
#672
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
The best information I have ever gotten on Stabilizers (I have the same machine you have) is from a dealer who carries Floriana threads and stabilizers. In fact, if you ever get the chance to go to a Floriana seminar offered at many dealers, please go. One of the primary focuses there is on which stabilizers to use for certain projects.
They generally give you, at the seminar, a CD with all the how to use information on their stabilizers. Great info.
They generally give you, at the seminar, a CD with all the how to use information on their stabilizers. Great info.
#673
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
I am making some place mats where I will leave the stablizer attached. I need the stabilizer to make the medium weight fabric about the strength of light weight canvas. I'll check out the web site. $5.00/yd (or per place mat)is top price for stabilizer for me to make any profit on the place mats.
#674
That is awfully expensive for stabilizer. You can always buy at Joann using the 40-50% off coupons.
#675
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
It's not expensive for they type of stabilzer that TanyaL was looking for. This stabilzer is heaver than the normal one you are thinking of. She said her top price was $5 a yard. Hancocks also has the same coupons plus two Wed. a month is senior citizen and you don't have to be 60 and the 2nd Wed is military discount; these are applied on top of the discounts and coupons. Normally the first 3 Wed of the month is when I try to buy.
#676
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
The best information I have ever gotten on Stabilizers (I have the same machine you have) is from a dealer who carries Floriana threads and stabilizers. In fact, if you ever get the chance to go to a Floriana seminar offered at many dealers, please go. One of the primary focuses there is on which stabilizers to use for certain projects.
They generally give you, at the seminar, a CD with all the how to use information on their stabilizers. Great info.
They generally give you, at the seminar, a CD with all the how to use information on their stabilizers. Great info.
http://www.susanbrittingham.com/stabilizers.html
#678
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
Some sites that I hope you can use.
While cleaning out my inbox I found an email from when I first started and I had forgotten about. It has some pretty good site links on it. I'm including part of it so you can see what the user said about the different sites. I just checked and all of the sites are still working and some have some nice things. You can get anything from thread to stablizers from the.
http://www.marathonthread.com/
http://www.abc-machine-embroidery-designs.com/
http://www.longcreekmills.com/
I also have ordered stablilizer from the first 2 sites usually on sale on the 2nd site (abc)
These are a couple more sites I have ordered designs and software (I use Embird and love it)
http://www.stitchdelight.net/
http://www.secretsof.com/
http://www.marathonthread.com/
http://www.abc-machine-embroidery-designs.com/
http://www.longcreekmills.com/
I also have ordered stablilizer from the first 2 sites usually on sale on the 2nd site (abc)
These are a couple more sites I have ordered designs and software (I use Embird and love it)
http://www.stitchdelight.net/
http://www.secretsof.com/
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