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I found that if I am doing an embroidery that is larger than the size of a quarter to a 50 cent piece, I use two tear away stabilizers
I bought a window film from a construction company for 45.00 that will last me the rest of my life. It's what they put on windows to keep the windows clean when they are putting mortar on the outside of houses. It is a lightweight film with a sticky back, that is all I hoop. I run a glue stick around the inside hoop on the sticky back. I then lay my material to be embroidered on the sticky back and smooth it. If I were embroidering a grape-- one stabilizer, a lemon--two stabilizers, an apple or orange -- three stabilizers. I have my stabilizers cut a little larger than the size of the hoop.