are you confused about embroidery stabilizers hi i'm sara from sewingmastery.com and i have a few
tips for you for learning about stabilizers there are so many out there there's different colors of
labels there's different sizes and some are cutaways some are tear away some wash away
and there's lots of other ones in between so here is a tip number one you've got to take the time to
play with them so when you have the opportunity to take a class whether it's in a store virtually or
online with me i have an embroidery essentials online course which is designed to help you
master your embroidery machine but what you also are doing is actually learning by repetition
what certain stabilizers are so we have three distinct ones we use in our course and when you
buy those stabilizers and use them you see how it's done so there was a question by one of our
customers recently and she said i am still so confused about stabilizers which prompted me
to ask her uh what if she had taken any classes had she done any hands-on projects is she new to
embroidery has she been bordering for a long time and she kind of said that she'd been embroidering
for a long time but still was so confused i found out that what she was doing when she took a
say a virtual class is that she was just using the stabilizers that she had she didn't go pick
out the ones that she was supposed to have for the class she was just making do well i've got this
one and it's kind of a tear away i'll just use it and that's where i think the confusion came in is
because she wasn't branching out and trying the new stabilizers you have to actually physically
touch them use them and that's when you discover what a stabilizer is designed for try different in
the hoop projects try something that's some fabric that you're not normally used to embroidering on
that's when you're going to master the stabilizers and probably not all of them you're probably going
to experiment with a little of this one and then that becomes part of your library of stabilizers
you can reach for then you're going to have another project and it's going to say you know use
this type of stabilizer go get that stabilizer use the stabilizer and then you'll be like oh i get it
now i can stand up here or in front of a group and talk stabilizers for hours i do get excited
about stabilizers because i've used them all and because i've used them i understand them so like
i said you don't have to go and buy all of them which might not be a bad idea if you live kind
of far away and you want to just have everything that you need at your fingertips do that but if
you can just take the time to read the pattern and directions look for what the designer is actually
recommending for stabilizers get those exact ones and then experiment number one you're going
to be so much more successful with those designs from the first time you hoop it up and stitch it
you're not going to be going oh is this how it's supposed to turn out because i don't know nope
you're going to get success from the beginning so if you want to kind of stop wasting time try out
some of kimber bell's events at your local store try out some of their virtual events that's great
try out some of oklahoma embroidery stabilizers and those projects are awesome because that's when
you're really going to learn but if you're still confused there's probably a reason and i am just
challenging you that next time you don't have the right stabilizer go get it use it and then learn
from what it's supposed to do so i'm going to put some links below one to our online course
where you can watch a whole handful of videos to see if this course is right for you plus i'm
going to also include some links below where you can get some good quality stabilizers and that's
another thing there's quality stabilizers and then there's not so great quality stabilizers
so make sure that you are buying them from your local store ask the store people for help they are
going to be knowledgeable about stabilizers and then they can help direct you to the right ones
use the resources you have close to home and if you need assistance there is plenty of places that
you can reach out and learn more about stabilizers because once you have it figured out oh my gosh
embroidery is so much fun so i hope to maybe see you in one of our online courses in the future and
check out all of our videos that we've done on bernina husqvarna viking fought singer and brother
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