rexie; I agree it can be intimidating. I've been embroidering for about 3 yrs now and still uncertain on many things. Just about every website that has designs has tutorials or projects that help in those areas. Jenny Haskins has webinars, there are retreats, some very reasonable in price. I'm going to Anita Goodwin one in April, its 59 for 2 days and I've been to John Deers and also the Floiani ones. I don't know if you have a dealer there that offers classes, it doesn't have to be a brother dealer, some like mine takes anyone with an emb machine no matter what the brand. Tidewater Sew n Vac has a club and it welcomes all machine owners, plus they do classes, some you don't even bring your machine too, you use thier machines which is nice. Look around and see. I agree with the other person about Floriani's stabilizer solutions, its a great place. I know that even Viking and probably Brother too have tutorials on stabilizers, it doesn't mean you have to own a Viking or a brother or any other specific machine to take advantage of their tutorials, stabilizer is stabilizer and alot of things on it and thread, etc is good for all machines. Good luck and if you have questions, ask on here, you're sure to get lots of answers and then you can figure out what works best for you. I do buy my WS at JoAnns by the yard, I take one of the noodles for the pool and cut it the width of the WS and then wrap it around it. Its cheaper and you can use the 50% coupon and save even more.

Is there a way to stipple an entire quilt by using an embroidery machine and putting parts into and out of the hoop? I realize that the stippling won't be attached to each other but I was wondering if it's being done.

Several of the embroidery design companies offer collections for making quilts. They are amazing. You make the blocks then using your regular machine you stitch the completed blocks together and they appear to be quilted as a whole. http://www.anitagoodesignonline.com/floral-foundations/ and this is video on how to do the process...now you might want to skip about the first 12 or so minutes of it to get to the meat of how to make it happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjHCPPhwTs

Thank you for that information! It looks like a fun way to quilt. What about quilting an already completed top? Can that be done? I have a few completed and would like to use embroidery designs and keep rehooping but am not sure if that would work.

I have quilted quilts on my embroidery machine. You can buy quilting designs. I have ever used a stipple but centered designs work gret.

Can I ask which machine you have or if all the embroidery machines will do this?

the links do not work.

I am working on practice blocks learning how to use an embroidery machine. I am using broad cloth. I am going to put this together into a wall hanging. Since I am working with 100% cotton fabric, what is the best stabilizer to use?

They worked for me.
sandy

hmmm I wonder why they don't work for you.

I got them to work 2 times first from my original post, than they
worked from your quote.

If you go to Embroidery Library and click on the "Projects" tab at
the top it will take you to that section, on the projects page click
on the tab that says "Fabrics 101".