Comments on: Stretching Your Stabilizer

By: granny elen

granny elen — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:25:55 +0000

I have done what Connie mentioned. When I am doing a lot of similar designs for quilts I cut what I need for the first block and tfor the rest, baste stabilizer for the rest of the blocks where it was used for the previous block – saves a lot of stabilizer. I also have a smaller hoop to use the scraps from the large hoops.

By: Icilee Johnson

Icilee Johnson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:43:52 +0000

You can also save smaller pieces, combine them in the hoop and fix stick to tack them to the fabric. I found this uses alot of the smaller pieces, but i will also try your suggestion.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:17:42 +0000

I have tried this and it didnt work as I took a B hoop design that would have fitted in an A hoop and changed it. The results were that they affected the no of colours and started combining them. It wasnt a good result.

By: Connie Pepin

Connie Pepin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:09:33 +0000

When I use a large hoop, I cut the stabilizer about 1 1/2 times the size I need – then if you move the design to the bottom of the hoop, you have enough left to rehoop a second time and don’t waste quite as much stabilizer.

By: Brenda Bush

Brenda Bush — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:28:59 +0000

If my stabilizer is on a roll I hoop it with it on the roll. When I’m done, I can trim near the design & not lose those inches that would have been cut off to hoop.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:49:01 +0000

I’ve used this method too. I found another way also. I hoop with a little extra and scoot the finished design out the bottom and rehoop. This way I can get 2 or 3 smaller designs with less wasted space between. This works well for things like tags, sucker holders and ponytail holders.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:03:53 +0000

why didn’t I think of this?