Originally Posted by Candace
Any time you have to "cut away" stabilizer on the back of a towel you risk cutting the loops or material. Be very careful. That's why I'd use a tear away.
I agree with this statement. Also, dryer sheets lose their stability after a while. I am afraid you will have a mess. I would suggest trying your method out on a scrap of similar fabric first. I do a lot of towel embroidering and always use tear away. And if you are using terry towels you should have wash away stabilizer on top to keep the stitches from sinking into the terry. My suggestion with machine embroidery is never to try to shortcut unless you don't care how the finished product looks in the end.