Ann The Gran Community

I happen to come across this in the site. As of now I spray my WS topping with 505 spray. Would this stabilizer be too heavy to use as a topping? I thought having the adhesive would be a plus.

Nancy

Hi Nancy- If you are talking about ATG water soluble adhesive stabilizer, it is a medium weight stabilizer. 

Whomever figured out to put adhesive with wss, was really a smart cookie!  Simplifying stabilizers is an all but impossible thing to do, but this one doubles your 'bang for the buck.'  You can just use it as an adhesive alone, it does not have to be removed if you have a project that cannot be washed. 

When I use a wss as a topping, I simply float it, without any attachment to the fabric.  After the 2nd or 3rd stitch, it is not going anywhere anyway.  If it slips in anyway, it does not effect the project because it is just there for assisting the lift of the threads. 

Just the same, stabilizers are a tricky part of ME and I am planning my follow up and more detailed stabilizer blog.  I feel that there is still plenty of questions, I always take a few minutes to decide on a stabilizer for my test sew out and, sometimes change it when the test sew out needs more stabilizer.  If I do a second test sew out, I still sew the whole thing out.  The reason is that, historically for me, the project does not fail until the very end.  That makes sense because starting out, there is little density and/or jumps, etc.

Pat, The Avid Embroiderer