Originally Posted by
alikigirl
Mirabelle your quilts are beautiful. What type of stabilizer do you use for the machine embroidered blocks? They look so nice, with no puckering. I know from experience with words (like your Mother Goose quilt), a tear-away is difficult to remove.
alikigirl I spray starch my fabric then use an iron on interfacing (like that used for dressmaking) on the back of my fabric which gives extra body as well as using a tear away stabiliser. I don't think it has a specific name it is just a medium weight stabiliser.