Pocket Guide to Stabilizers: Carry-Along Reference Guide

POCKET GUIDE TO STABILIZERS

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Copyright © 2020 by Sue O’Very-Pruitt and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

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Project Team

Editorial Director: Kerry Bogert

Editor: Amy Deputato

Copy Editor: Hayley DeBerard

Designer: Mary Ann Kahn

Photographs by Sue O'Very-Pruitt and Heidi O'Very

Print ISBN 978-1-947163-44-7

eISBN 978-1-607658-17-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: O'Very-Pruitt, Sue, author.

Title: Pocket guide to stabilizers / by Sue O'Very-Pruitt.

Description: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, 2020. | Includes index.

| Summary: The author presents an illustrated guide to the different types of stabilizers for embroidery projects, including how to use them, the types of projects for which they work best, and how to handle and store them-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020027256 (print) | LCCN 2020027257 (ebook) | ISBN 9781947163447 | ISBN 9781607658177 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Embroidery--Equipment and supplies.

Classification: LCC TT777 .O94 2020 (print) | LCC TT777 (ebook) | DDC 746.44--dc23

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LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020027257

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Contents

Introduction

Using This Guide

Before You Begin

Backings versus Toppings

Basic Types of Stabilizers

Hooping versus Floating

Basic Types of Materials

Adhesives

Needles and Thread

Storage

Guide to Stabilizer Types and Uses

illustration Tear-Away

illustration Cut-Away

illustration Wash-Away

illustration Heat-Away

illustration Specialty

Stabilizer Cheat Sheet

Resources

About the Author

Introduction

What