Originally Posted by
rjwilder
I do embroidery on quilts and I would never send out anything that I embroidered that was puckered and wrinkly. Sounds like the embroidery was poorly done. There are ways to prepare the fabric before embroidering and the proper stabilizer must be used to avoid wrinkles and puckers.
I agree. This was the 2nd time this guy did my embroidery. The first time, he did it upside down even though I wrote right on the fabric "TOP" with an arrow pointing up. Then, he angrily tried to put the blame on me when I asked that it be redone & told me that if I wanted a different embroiderer there were others to choose from. Wow! No wonder his shop is struggling so much.
I found a different embroiderer now & am really amazed at the difference. She takes time to understand the order & writes down every little detail after asking a whole bunch of questions about how I want it to turn out. I'm not sure about what stabilizer she uses. I'll have to ask. But I know that the stabilizer the other guy used was indeed a lousy stabilizer choice. He uses the exact same super thick stabilizer regardless of what he's embroidering & charges the same or more as this other lady (they have different pricing structures) ... and then to be rude to me on top of everything else!
When I've done my own little bit of embroidery work, I used rayon thread with a tear-away stabilizer. I'm really not sure why that couldn't have been done in this case. The embroidery ended up pulling the fabric into it a lot, shortening my fabric by almost 3/4". I delivered it to him pressed & starched the same way I would have if I were satin stitching the fabric. I think the guy just didn't know what he was doing and then he was rude to boot! At least I found someone now who has a good reputation & seems to care much more about understanding what I want for my embroidery.