Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Still sewing Christmas Presents

I followed the instructions for using the Floriani perfect stick tearaway. I knew since the towels had some body to them, getting them hooped was going to be a problem so I went hoopless.  The problem came up when I tried to remove the stabilizer, it did not release like the instruction said it would.
I asked for suggestions and found water would work in getting rid of the bits.  No where in the Floriani instructions does it give you a clue this might happen.
they cleaned up pretty good but I had more towels to do, towels with a much deeper pile.

Some seemed to have luck adding Sulky Totally Stable between the towel and the stabilizer, so I tried that.  I have scribbled on the stabilizer because it is white on white.
Then I stuck it to the perfect stick.
I make a copy and use those to center my design.
It seemed to stitch fine. Yes, I did use a topper.

Then the test--tear it all away!! It tore away with no problem, none of the stickies sticking to the loops.
I do have some clean up to do, but I am happy with the results. Now, I don't feel so bad about facing the other towels I need to do.

 
 
 
 

3 comments:

  1. Yay! I knew you could do it!

    Now if I get this captcha thing right, I should win a prize!

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  2. Those look great! I especially like the one with the name on it. Our daughter had our GRANDson's names embroidered on towels for their bathroom!!! I love that idea. Handmade CHRISTmas gifts are the best!!

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  3. Those are just beautiful. How wonderful to be able to sew something so pretty. So glad it all worked out for you.

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