MaggieLou

Gerbie, I usually put 10 or less designs on a drive. I think it really depends on the density of the designs. If it's a large design with a lot of stitches you may want to try less designs on the drive. It's really a learning curve. I was told to use a smaller GB thumb drive not the 32GB ones. Try one with 4 or 8 GB and see how it works for you.

Onebyone

I bought an embroidery machine, my first one, a few months ago. I haven't used paper stabilizer at all so far. I use the stabilizer spray. No added bulk to my designs. I do have some tear away stabilizer but it's so inexpensive I can't see saving small pieces.

sJens

Yes, you can use small pieces of stablizer over and over and not just the tear away. My dealer said never throw any of it away. I use a light spray of 505 to hold it together.

lynnie

this m at sound gross, but I lick them together. and use some of them in the middle of 2 sheets.