Rhoda K,
Thanks for the response! I've already learned a lot!
First thing I did not quite right, the entire snowman was done with only one layer of water soluble stabilizer. Don't know the brand name as I don't have access to my sewing room right now. No directions as all I had was the downloaded design I had purchased. It was listed with other FSL projects and I assumed it was too.
Second, I'm sure the stitch count was over 8000 stitches and I'll remember to use that as a guide next time.
Next, I think I can add a backing of some sort to make it a little more stable and will start off that way next time.
Come to think about it, maybe the first thing I should have done was look at those videos from emblibrary! That site has been bookmarked! Thanks for reminding about them.
Happy Holidays