In the days before stabilizers I used tracing paper or tissue paper cut into
narrow strips. Depending on how nasty the fabric is you can just put one
under the seam (against the feed dogs) or one under and one on top. You can
do exactly the same thing with the stabilizer but the paper will tear off
more easily.
Beth Chamberlain
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life" Henry Ward
Beecher
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Penny Ladnier" <[email protected]>
To: "h-costume" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer
I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of
organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding
all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone
mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to
a webpage that tells how to use this. All I have found are embroidery
webpages. I have to finish the dress tonight. So I have to find a
stabilizer at Hancock Fabrics, Joann's, or Michael's.
BTW, I can't use the iron-on stabilizer because the organza, because the
organza has a plastic type glitter on it. The glitter melt when an iron
touches it.
Penny Ladnier
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
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