I just got a new sewing machine that embroiders also. Here is one of my first samples. What causes the waves? Is my stabilizer/interfacing not thick enough?

What stabilizer did you use?

I am thinking it is the stabilizer. but Im not 100% sure, I dont have an embroidery machine.

I used Pellon Val-U-Fuse.

I was told I had my fabric pulled too tight if it was a knit. Even though the directions said tight like a drum, she told me not that tight.

Also she told me I didn't have heavy enough stablizer.

The place you bought your machine should be able to help you if you take in the sample and show them.

Good luck and have fun

crud...double click this morning....



oh well, happy Sunday y'all

Several things:

1. wrong or not enough stabilizer
2. Type of material - some puckers more than others
3. Hoop way to tight so that when you released the material puckered
4. Tension not right so back and front threads are not in sync

There are a few other things but I would start there!

Your lettering is very dense so you need to really stabilize your fabric. What stabilizer did you use, and how many layers? Also, when you hooped your fabric you may have stretched it a bit.

I rarely hoop fabric anymore. You can hoop the stabilizer, place your fabric on top, and then use the baste in the hoop function to tack it down onto the stabilizer. (Not all emb. machines have this function)
OR
You can hoop the stabilizer, and then spray the back of your fabric with Sulky KK2000 Adhesive Spray (great product you can find at JoAnn's-use a coupon) and then lay it on top of the stabilizer.

This is why every book on machine embroidery cautions embroiderers to test out new designs on the same or similar fabric. Better to use a little extra stabilizer and thread than to ruin your garment.

this book helped me so much.

http://www.amazon.com/Embroidery-Mac...2459300&sr=1-1

Was your stabilizer specifically for machine embroidery? Interfacing is not the same.