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Home > Fabric/Stabilizer Chart
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Stabilizer Quick Reference Chart By Fabric
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| Please use this information as base information. Factors such as your embroidery machine, needle type, garment quality, thread choice, and how the garment is hooped all go into how the design will stitch out. You will want to do a test sew-out of the design and the same fabric (or as similar as you can find) before creating your final project.
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If a design is large, overly dense or poorly digitized, float 1 or 2 layers of Medium Tearaway or Wet N Gone non fusible
(if you can use a washaway) under the hoop to support the excess stitches.
A topping on any design will improve it’s look by holding the threads a little above the fabric.
On fabrics where sewing the embroidery can damage the fabric, consider adding Dream Weave to prepare the fabric along with the normal stabilizers needed.
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Fabric
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Stability
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Challenge
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Design
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Stabilizers
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Hooping
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Woven Cotton
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Stable
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Puckering
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Solid and Dense
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Heat N Stay* and possibly floating 1or 2 layers of Medium Tearaway
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Woven Cotton
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Stable
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Puckering
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Open, airy, no outline, satin stitch monogram, satin stitch applique
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Heat N Stay*
Possibly floating of Stitch N Wash (non –fusible) Tearaway
On very delicate fabrics or heirloom-like stitches use Stitch N Wash Fusible
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Terry Cloth
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Stable
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Fabric won’t fit in hoop and loops
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All Designs
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Wet N Stick or Perfect Stick or Wet N Gone Tacky as base stabilizer
Water Soluble topping or Heat N Gone as topping
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Base stabilizer in hoop and lay topping on top.
Possible floating
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Knit – Tshirt, Pique
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Stretch
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Stretching and stitches falling into the fabric
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Light
8000 stitches or less
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No Show Nylon Mesh Fusible
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Knit – Tshirt, Pique
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Stretch
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Stretching and stitches falling into the fabric
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Medium to Heavy
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Cutaway Medium Fusible
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Knit – Sweatshirt
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Stretch
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Stretching and stitches falling into the fabric.
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Light
8000 stitches or less
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No Show Mesh Fusible
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Knit – Sweatshirt
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Stretch
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Stretching and stitches falling into the fabric.
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Medium to Heavy
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Cutaway Medium Fusible or 2 layers of No Show Mesh Fusible
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Knit – Sweatshirt
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Stretch
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Hoop burn or too thick to hoop and the other issues above
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All Designs
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Wet N Stick Cutaway
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
or 2 layers of No Show Mesh and Wet N Gone Tacky if worn next to skin
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Hoop Wet N Stick Cutaway.
Lay topping on top
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Polar Fleece or Meinke
This can have many variables depending if you want reversible or the back will not be seen. Experiment and do test sewouts!
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Stretch
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Stretchy, bulky, stitches falling into the pile and/or damage to fabric
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Light Designs can use washaways.
Medium Designs usually need a cutaway
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Perfect Stick,
Wet N Stick, or
Wet N Gone Tacky (when not stabilizer can be left behind). Water Soluble or Wet N Gone as topping
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Hoop “Stick to product”.
Lay topping on top
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Sweater
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Stretch
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Stretching, puckering around the design, or damage to fabric as embroidering
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All Designs
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No Show Nylon Mesh Fusible
Or No Show Nylon Mesh with KK2000
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top. Possibly floating
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Sweater
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Stretch
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hoop burn and the same issues as above
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All Designs
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Wet N Stick Cutaway
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
or 2 layers of No Show Mesh and Wet N Gone Tacky if worn next to skin
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Hoop Wet N Stick Cutaway.
Lay topping on top
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Fabric
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Stability
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Challenge
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Design
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Stabilizers
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Hooping
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Velvet, Velour
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Stable
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Hooping can mark or damage the fabric and stitches falling into the pile
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All Designs
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Perfect Stick as base stabilizer
Heat N Gone as topping
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Base stabilizer in hoop and lay topping on top.
Possible floating
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Pile
Faux Fur
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Stretch
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Hard to Hoop Pile pokes through the design
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All Designs
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Wet N Stick Cutaway
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
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Hoop Wet N Stick Cutaway.
Lay topping on top
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Sport Suede
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Stable
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Hooping can mark or damage the fabric
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All Designs
(Overly dense, fuse 1 layer of Dream Weave to back of fabric)
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Perfect Stick as base stabilizer
Heat N Gone as topping
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Base stabilizer in hoop and lay topping on top.
Possible floating
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Sheer/See through fabric that can be pressed
Cotton Organdy, English Netting
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Stable
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Hard to hoop
No stabilizer showing when complete
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Light
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Wet N Gone Fusible
Water Soluble Topping
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Attached in the hoop and possibly
Floating Wet N Gone
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Sheer/See through fabric that cannot be pressed
Nylon Organdy/Organza Tulle or Netting
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Stable
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Hard to hoop
No stabilizer showing when complete
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Light
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Wet N Gone Tacky
Water Soluble Topping
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Base stabilizer in hoop and lay topping on top.
Possible floating Wet N Gone
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Silk, Satin, or Taffeta
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Stable
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Delicate, possible shredding and slippery
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Solid and Dense
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Dream Weave to prep the fabric and Heat N Stay for stabilizer. Possible floating 1 or 2 layers Medium Tearaway
Heat N Gone topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top.
Possibly floating
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Silk, Satin, or Taffeta
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Stable
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Delicate, possible shredding and slippery
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Open, airy, no outline, satin stitch monogram, satin stitch applique
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Dream Weave to prep the fabric and Heat N Stay for stabilizer. Possibly floating 1 or 2 layers of Stitch N Wash (non –fusible) Tearaway
Heat N Gone Topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top.
Possibly floating
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Lingerie--
Stretch fabrics
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Stretch
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Hard to hoop Puckering around the design or damage to fabric
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Light to Medium Designs
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No Show Mesh Fusible
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top.
Possibly floating Medium Tearway or Wet N Gone non-fusible
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Lycra
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Stretch
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Puckering around the design or damage to fabric
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Light to Medium Designs
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1 or 2 layers No Show Mesh Fusible or Dream Weave to prep fabric and Heat N Stay or Wet N Gone Fusible.
As topping Heat N Gone or Water Soluble Topping
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Attached in the hoop and lay topping on top.
Possibly floating
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Windbreaker Sports Nylon
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Stable
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Slick, Hard to hoop and possible shredding or snagging
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Light to Medium Designs
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Perfect Stick
Wet N Stick Tearaway or Wet N Gone Tacky as base stabilizer
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Base stabilizer in hoop and lay topping on top.
Possible floating Medium Tearaway or Wet N Gone non-fusible
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