Bernina Artista 640 User Guide - Page 117

Important Embroidery Information 117 Water Soluble Stabilizer for Fabric With a Pile and Lace Embroidery • water soluble stabilizer looks like plastic wrap • dissolve stabilizer in warm water when embroidery is complete • water soluble stabilizers are ideal protection for fabrics with a thick or looped pile such as toweling • place on top of toweling and high nap fabrics backed by appropriate stabilizer for fabric and motif. This also prevents the threads from sinking into the fabric and prevents fabric from showing between embroidery stitches • use spray adhesive to fix stabilizer if necessary • for fabric with a pile, reinforce with additional, suitable stabilizer on the wrong side if necessary • for lace embroidery place one or two layers of water soluble stabilizer in hoop (as the motif is not embroidered on any fabric, only the thread embroidered motif is left) • after dissolving lay the motif down flat and let dry • water soluble stabilizer can also be removed by gently tearing it away when used as a topping on non-washable fabrics like velvet Application: • ideal for toweling, velvet, bouclé knits, etc. • ideal for fine, sheer fabrics such as organdy, batiste, etc. • recommended for use as a stabilizer with low stitch count motifs • use heavier water soluble stabilizer to stitch lace motifs Important Embroidery Information Choosing an Embroidery Motif • simple motifs with a low stitch count are suitable for embroidery on fine fabric • large-scale, densely embroidered motifs (e.g. with multiple color and embroidery direction changes) are suitable for mediumand heavyweight fabrics Embroidery Test • always stitch an embroidery test on a sample fabric. Adjust color, thread quality, needle, stitch density, tension, etc. to suit the motif if necessary • for the test use the same fabric and stabilizer that you will use on the project Scaling/Sizing Motifs • motifs can be scaled/sized on the embroidery computer or with the artista software on the PC • to get good results, the motifs should be scaled within the limits of 75% to 150%