Originally Posted by
youngduncan
You might want to use a stabilizer when you do the zigzag around your maple leaf. It should help make your stitches lie perfectly flat. I think the tear-away is best, but that's just my opinion.
I have never found a need to use stabilizer, but if I did, I would use the WSS (the clear film) or a washaway paper and dip the flag in water after finishing. The seams in nylon are delicate (to some extent) and I'd be wary of tearing away stabilizer for fear of pulling seams apart. Just my fear. My flags sometimes hang outside in all weather for 2 or 3 months--just because I can't think of an appropriate replacement (or because I procrastinate!). I still have flags made before 1998. Okay. I need to do a clean-out! Some are getting very faded.