Originally Posted by
natalieg
I have read many times on here that several of you are using embroidery for your quilting. I want to try that, but figured I would start small first. I am making a purse/tote for myself. It will be two batiks with warm and natural batting. I will quilt it before I cut it out but want to add an embroidery design.
Do I quilt, then embroider, or embroider, then quilt around it?
Do I quilt just the one layer with stabilizer then quilt them together, or do I embroider through all three layers?
If I embroider through all three layers, then do I hoop the best I can (without stabilizer of course)?
I think you're confusing the terms. People use their embroidery machines to do the quilting. You would never want to do dense embroidery designs through all three layers as it would look terrible from the back. You only 'quilt' using your embroidery machine after the top is done and layered. Then you do a simple outline/quilt design through all three layers. I've never used any stablilizer as it's not needed.