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Posted on: 10/18/07 1:41 AM ET
I am trying to make my DD a Halloween costume. I need to applique some letters and numbers on the shirt of the costume. I have never tried to do applique w/my embroidery machine as yet--I know
I am dumb to wait until she needs the thing done Friday!
So would you all suggest I fuse a lightweight interfacing to the back of the knit I am using as the applique? Or?
I am trying to make a "baseball" dress. It is made of that striped polyester stuff baseball pants are made of. I know this because the fabric is coming from baseball pants I bought and ripped apart for the fabric
so it has a little stretch and more body that the appliquer material which is a synthetic matte jersey. Any ideas here? Puh-Lease?
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I am dumb to wait until she needs the thing done Friday!
So would you all suggest I fuse a lightweight interfacing to the back of the knit I am using as the applique? Or?
I am trying to make a "baseball" dress. It is made of that striped polyester stuff baseball pants are made of. I know this because the fabric is coming from baseball pants I bought and ripped apart for the fabric
so it has a little stretch and more body that the appliquer material which is a synthetic matte jersey. Any ideas here? Puh-Lease?
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Posted on: 10/18/07 8:50 AM ET
In reply to Mrs.Moos
The lightweight interfacing will stretch (most of them have cross-grain stretch) and may not be stable enough.
If the knit is lighter than sweatshirt, one of the cutaway types used for machine embroidery should work.
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iPad's auto-correct is my enema.
Posted on: 10/18/07 11:34 AM ET
In reply to Doris W. in TN
Do you mean attach the stabilizer to the back of the applique material? Beause I had planned on using a cutaway hydostick as the hoop stabilizer. I just didnt want those letters to get any "sag" from having stretch to them.
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Posted on: 10/18/07 1:53 PM ET
Since it's just a costume, I would use some type of fusible web, such as Wonder Under and fuse them on.
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My grandmother taught me to sew when I was 10, and I've been sewing ever since.
Posted on: 10/18/07 6:43 PM ET
In reply to Mrs.Moos
You could just iron some freezer paper to the back of the fabric. The original tear-away stabilizer. That's what I did years ago when I made appliqued sweatshirts as Xmas gifts one year. (I'm sure everyone was glad when I moved out of that phase.
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iPad's auto-correct is my enema.
Posted on: 10/18/07 11:55 PM ET
In reply to Mrs.Moos
Quote: Mrs.Moos
I am trying to make my DD a Halloween costume. I need to applique some letters and numbers on the shirt of the costume. I have never tried to do applique w/my embroidery machine as yet--I know
I am dumb to wait until she needs the thing done Friday!
So would you all suggest I fuse a lightweight interfacing to the back of the knit I am using as the applique? Or?
I am trying to make a "baseball" dress. It is made of that striped polyester stuff baseball pants are made of. I know this because the fabric is coming from baseball pants I bought and ripped apart for the fabric
so it has a little stretch and more body that the appliquer material which is a synthetic matte jersey. Any ideas here? Puh-Lease?
I am trying to make my DD a Halloween costume. I need to applique some letters and numbers on the shirt of the costume. I have never tried to do applique w/my embroidery machine as yet--I know
I am dumb to wait until she needs the thing done Friday!
So would you all suggest I fuse a lightweight interfacing to the back of the knit I am using as the applique? Or?
I am trying to make a "baseball" dress. It is made of that striped polyester stuff baseball pants are made of. I know this because the fabric is coming from baseball pants I bought and ripped apart for the fabric
so it has a little stretch and more body that the appliquer material which is a synthetic matte jersey. Any ideas here? Puh-Lease?
Since it is just a costume, I would use the lightweight stabilizer & zig-zag with the sewing machine to fasten them to the garment.
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