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By Cindy Dzikowski

I used to get so frustrated because I stitched out this beautiful design and when it came time to do the outline, it was off. Sometimes I could stitch it and it would be perfect and the next time it wasn’t. I learned a little trick that may work for you, I now do this every time I have an outline on an embroidery design and I have never had a problem again.

After stitching the design, I leave my hoop in place, raise my needle and shut my machine off. I then turn my machine back on and let it re-center itself (provided your machine does this). I then skip to the outline section of the design, change my thread color, and begin stitching. It stitches perfectly every time.

One precaution you have to be aware of, if your fabric has stretched or it wasn’t stabilized correctly nothing you do will make the outline come out right. You do have to remember all the pushing and pulling of the fabric that is going on while it is stitching the design. Most importantly, before anything, is make sure you are using the correct stabilizer. Personally, I always use a heavy cut-away stabilizer unless I’m doing Free Standing Lace. I gave up messing up designs because the stabilizer was the thin or had too much play in it.

If you try this, I would suggest to try it on scrap fabric and test it first. This is just a little tip I have picked up along the way and like I said, I have never had problems with outlines since I started doing this.  I sincerely hopr this works for you.

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