Thank you so much for all y our advice. I think you are absolutely right -I need to work with different types of stabilizes and practice so I can see what does and doesn't work; also, thanks for the heads-up on buying stabilizer on bolts by the yard. I will look for the charts you mentioned on the embroidery sites I have bookmarked. The stabilizer I used with my Redwork worked just great on another "normal" embroidery pattern, but not with the Redwork. I think it is too heavy -it is medium weight. Lots to learn, but fortunately for me, I love LEARNING! Thanks so much!