If I may butt in on the stabilizer question….when I bought my 1st emb machine (way back), I bought on a vacation trip to CA. It was the Brother Snoopy model. In demonstrating, the sales lady advised that I didn’t have to always hoop stabilizer with my projects. She showed how to hoop the project and just slide the stabilizer underneath the hoop. That is what I do most of the time, for more than 20 yrs now. I save all sizes of scraps, and I can usually slide the right size under the design that I’m stitching.
Its been very economical for me. But another hint…if it’s WSS scraps that you are using under your project, you can "glue" the scraps together by dampening with water, press together, let dry. Hope this helps.