moonwork42029

arghh... my tweet shirt the DH did on our brother has curled up around the embroidered sections. We used the soft knit stablizer like it showed and it looked great until I washed it.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-105432-1.htm

The area around the boat is what curled up.

I'd do picture but we're about 800 miles from home and I just thought about this.

Any suggestions what might have went wrong? Is it possible to stretch it too much?

Feather3

Yes you can stretch the fabric too much during hooping & then end up with curled designs. Many don't hoop stretchy fabrics. Instead they use a sticky back stabilizer, stick & baste in place. The density of the design can also cause curling or what many call "bucketing". For stretchy fabrics like t-shirts, jeans, etc, you should choose a less denser design, and increase the pull compensation. Many fabrics will shrink after washing, but your embroidery thread doesn't. If using a polyester or rayon embroidery thread they don't shrink. Some wash fabric/clothing item first, some don't. A lot of embroidery is trial & error.

hobo2000

Sometimes you can wet it good and press it out. I have done that several times on embroidered wearables.

SueZQ from MN

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