I would like to thank Margaret for leading an interesting and informative session at last Sunday's meeting. It was all about stabilisers and Margaret shared with us her experience of using a range of products and showed us some examples.
She started off by giving us a handout listing 19 different stabilisers (and this from just one company) - who would have thought there were so many? These included ones that stay in as a supporting layer, as well as those which wash or tear away after stitching.
Then we all started stitching a flower brooch where each petal had a different machine-stitched design. The design was printed onto Sulky Sticky Fabric-Solvy, which is a wash away with a sticky back. We each made a quilt sandwich using cotton fabric, thin wadding and couture interfacing (a very fine iron-on stabiliser), stuck on the design and then tried to stitch round the lines. Here is how far we got on the day.
In the afternoon we had a go at making a 'mug rug' with scraps of fabric and thread. We layered these between two sheets of a heavyweight soluble stabiliser, then stitched a grid on top. Here are some examples (several of us, including me, didn't get far with this one at the meeting). Of these three, only Catherine's star has had the stabiliser washed out.
I enjoyed the meeting, and I'm even starting to learn how to use my newish sewing machine.
The next meeting will be on Sunday 18 September, when the topic will be finishing edges, adding hanging sleeves etc.
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