I agree with the advice you are getting: embroidery is a whole new world and you will love it. I prefer Floriani stabilizers and frequently use their threads as well. I tend to stick to polyester threads as early on I was advised that rayon thread might fade over time, but I haven't been at it long enough to have experience with that. RNK distributing has a great stabilizer reference that you might want to print off
http://www.rnkdistributing.com/resou...izer-guide.pdf.