Brother HE 120 - Manual (Page 144)

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EMBROIDERY
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Preparing the fabric
After attaching a stabilizer material to the embroidery fabric, it is stretched on an embroidery frame.
Attaching a stabilizer material
to the fabric
Attach a stabilizer material for embroidery to the
fabric to prevent poor quality embroidery designs.
Memo
z We recommend the stabilizer material for
embroidery. Use a water soluble stabilizer
on thin materials like organdy and fabrics
with a nap like towels. For details, refer to
"Optional Accessories" (page 1).
Note
z Always use stabilizer material for
embroidery with stretch fabrics, thin fabrics,
fabrics with a loose weave and fabrics where
stitches easily contract.
CAUTION
a
Prepare stabilizer material that is larger than
the embroidery frame being used.
a Fabric
b Size of embroidery frame
c Stabilizer material
b
If you are using stabilizers with adhesive, place
the adhesive surface of the stabilizer material
against the back of the fabric, and iron it with
a steam iron.
a Stabilizer material
b Fabric (reverse side)
c Attached surface
† When it cannot be ironed or placed in the
hoop.
For fabrics, such as towels, which cannot be
ironed or for embroidering in places where
ironing is difficult, place the stabilizer
material under the fabric, and stretch it on the
embroidery frame without attaching it.
● Always use stabilizer material when
sewing embroidery projects. The needle
may break or bend if you embroider
without using a stabilizer material for thin
fabrics or stretch fabrics. Furthermore,
the pattern may be sewn incorrectly.
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