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From: sew4hobby
Date: 10-01-2005, 09:04 PM (1 of 16)
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I have been embroidering on towels a lot lately, and am not overly impressed with the look of pictures admidst the loopies, or even the monograms. Do you have any helpful hints? I would like to find some velour towels to embroider, they seem to have vanished, or already have embroidery on them, or cost a fortune over the internet. Is there any place I can get them that you could tell me. Thanks, sew4hobby sew4hobby
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User: sew4hobby
Member since: 11-28-2001 Total posts: 16 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 10-01-2005, 10:21 PM (2 of 16)
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I'm not sure about the velour towels...I look for them myself and can't find any... Put sticky stabilizer on your hoop. DO NOT HOOP THE TOWEL. Press the towel to the stabilizer. (use tear away or cut away...) For the top use solvy or a piece of fabric netting that matches the color of the towel,(that you can trim away).I like solvy better, cause it just rinses off. It keeps the embroidery from SINKING into the toweling. Always make sure your hoop has support. (a hoop that is dragged down by a towel is not going to give you a great result.) If you need to add more stabilizer because the embroidery is dense. Use solvy. It comes in different weights or use more than one piece. Hope this helps.. Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: Martha
Date: 10-08-2005, 09:05 PM (3 of 16)
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When I embroider on towels or sweat shirts, I use 2 layers of stabilizer, use a spray adhesive to hold the item in place without hooping and then use the solvy on top to keep the stitches from sinking. Similar to Chrysantha. Martha www.mar-csinteriors.com Martha
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User: Martha
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From: ninifav
Date: 10-08-2005, 10:39 PM (4 of 16)
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I embroider a lot of towels as gifts...Towels are usually heavy enough that I use a light tear away as stabilizer...I also almost always use the "hoopless" method and like 505 spray...Instead of using a solvy on top (which dissolves), I use lightweight tulle...this prevents the loopies from popping up...It is so inexpensive and can be bought in colors; but I usually use white or ecru....then it tears off very easily...what is left on is not noticible and stays soft...Good luck Paula |
User: ninifav
Member since: 09-06-2004 Total posts: 204 |
From: mamadus
Date: 10-10-2005, 01:16 AM (5 of 16)
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I do towels like Paula... hoop a light weight tear away, spray it with 505 spray adhesive, press the towel into place, top it with tulle... when you're done with your embroidery, tear away the tulle on top, tear away the stabilizer on the back... and you have a lovely finished towel....Like Paula, I generally use white or cream tulle, unless I'm doing very dark towels (ex. dark blue or green) then I use black tulle... I don't try to match the tulle to the fabric... you won't see it anyway, so it's not really that important... just my 2 cents... MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
Member since: 12-31-2004 Total posts: 492 
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From: ninifav
Date: 10-11-2005, 12:19 AM (6 of 16)
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Well, hi Mo, long time, no hear from you...I know that you are active on another site; but I've been trying to limit my computer time to late at night so that I actually get some sewing done...lol...but I miss the chat...last time I followed you, you were angsting over a serger and the price...if I ever go shopping south of the border, you'll have to come with me... I have done more sewing since the hurricanes hit here than ever before...Even though we were blessed to have no damage from the storms, we are surrounded by families who have lost everything or enough to really mess them up for a long time...shopping is out for the New Orleans area; and between the price of gasoline and the traffic in Baton Rouge, I'm not "just runnin' into town" anymore...I actually think that the sewing is a kind of psychological "nesting" for me....the American people have been so generous and loving...don't let anyone tell us that America is going to hell in a handbasket!!! Maybe some of the politicians and headline grabbers are but mainstream America is solid...Too bad the national news doesn't concentrate on that!!! Okay, enough soap box...glad to see you again, Mo...Paula |
User: ninifav
Member since: 09-06-2004 Total posts: 204 |
From: paroper
Date: 10-11-2005, 04:03 AM (7 of 16)
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I too use the hoopless method for towels. The one thing that I didn't notice being mentioned is that the towel needs to be securely fastened to the hooped stabilizer. You may either baste the towel by hand or machine or you can pin baste around the far inside of the hoop. Either method works well. The pins should be close together to replace basting. This will help keep your design from shifting and shrinking and hold it well against the stabilizer. The 505 is wonderful stuff, but you are still fighting the natural tendancy of the towel to draw together when it is embroidered. I do this for anything hoopless, regardless of the weight of the fabric.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: oklahomanana
Date: 10-13-2005, 09:00 PM (8 of 16)
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Hi ladies. I just read your posts and boy did I ever learn some stuff!!! I have been wrestiling with my towels and getting them in the HOOP~ I get it done but boy do I wrestle with it~~~ It stays and so far I have had good luck. I have the Brother PE 170 D Disney machine. I do put the tear away on back and the water soluble on top too. Good idea about the tulle> Never thought of it but It would be cheaper. Thanks for all the good info~ Dorene The machine I want is like my sisters and it is the 8500D brother~~It does awesome work~~~ One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406 
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From: mamadus
Date: 10-18-2005, 10:05 PM (9 of 16)
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I don't hoop heavy fabric like towels primarily because I feel they put an excessive amount of stress on my hoops... over time, that can create cause cracks and breaks....and hoops are just too expensive to replace too often... MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
Member since: 12-31-2004 Total posts: 492
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From: mamadus
Date: 10-18-2005, 10:14 PM (10 of 16)
Paula... GREAT to hear from you!! I've been wondering where you were!! Stop on over to TS and say hi!! I'll bet the traffic in Baton Rouge is probably a monster!! so many folks I've talked to from the N.O. area have ended up in BR... I'll bet housing of any kind is at a premium there... got the serger.. ended up with the BAbylock Evolve,,, great machine and very easy to use, although I have to confess, I haven't used it much yet.... I've been dealing with health issues all summer so I haven't really taken the time to sit down and really learn the machine properly yet... I've been confining myself primarily to familiar kinds of projects... that I know I can start and stop if need be and then come back and pick up on with no difficulty... I'm finally getting down to starting on Christmas projects... a bit late,,, but hey..better late than never...  MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
Member since: 12-31-2004 Total posts: 492
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From: paroper
Date: 10-18-2005, 11:25 PM (11 of 16)
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I'm afraid of stretching my hoops particularly my large ones and at $139 a piece I don't want to replace them often. Besides, I think it is easier to get the fabric straight if I don't try to do it all at once.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: oklahomanana
Date: 10-19-2005, 12:29 AM (12 of 16)
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Well I learned something new again on here. Never thought about towels being so think to crack my hoop or stretch it~ Sure glad to find this out~ Thanks again~
One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 10-19-2005, 12:34 AM (13 of 16)
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Hey while I am rolling along here, I have never used the 505 spray. Will Joanne's have this? and do you spray lightley or heavy?and does the spray make your hoop gooey? If so, how do you clean it? Appreciate all the great tips! I like to do towels very much,but when you tire from (hoopin them) it kinda takes the fun out of it? What kind of machines do you all have also? I see Pam has hers listed with her name. Do they do the larger sizes? Mine will only do the 4x4, and so many times I am wishing for a bigger area! One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406
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From: ArizonaStitcher
Date: 10-21-2005, 11:29 PM (14 of 16)
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if your hoop becomes sticky with the 505 spray, here is one way to fix that ... I put mine in the bathtub with some bubblebath and let it sit most of the day (the tub was needed so hoop could fit flat in it) and then the gunk just basically fell off. There were a few areas where I just used my thumbnail to scrape off. Easy Easy Easy. I actually like my hoop with some gunk on it as it's easier to hoop anything. I'm all for easy ways to do things. Happy Stitchin' from sunny Arizona
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User: ArizonaStitcher
Member since: 12-21-2004 Total posts: 20 
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From: oklahomanana
Date: 10-21-2005, 11:39 PM (15 of 16)
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Arizona, Thanks for posting this remedy for me. I appreciate it very bunch~ I went to Joanne's today looking for the 505 spray and could not find it there or at Hancock's. Might try the internet, just thuoght about that. I like buying off the net, but dread the shipping costs. Sometimes they are almost equal to your product. But oh well it is just money right? LOL~ yea. money I could be spending on Fabric~ LOL~ One of the best gifts to give a child/grandchild is your listening ear.
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User: oklahomanana
Member since: 09-07-2004 Total posts: 406
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From: paroper
Date: 10-21-2005, 11:51 PM (16 of 16)
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Okie..... Sue's Sewing Shop on Kickapoo south of OBU in Shawnee should have it if you are ever in town. They also have a new product that they like better marketed by the same people I think it is called HR9. I have a bottle but haven't used it because I really like the 505. They seem to like the new product even better because it is repositionable. If you live where I think you do, that might be a real possiblity for you. Also, the Bernina shops on I-240 & Penn and the one on No May Ave also have it as does B's Sew IN also at I-240 & Penn In OKC. pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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