hope that makes sense it is sort of scrunched up. What have I done wrong? I did something similar a few days ago and played around with the tension, but then found that I was getting the color of the bobbin in the outline and it didnt look good. I know somebody said the other day dont be afraid to ask what seems like a silly question and I feel this is a bit of a silly question, but know others may be thinking the same. Thanks cuties ♥

what type of stabilizer are you using? Tear away?
I prefer cutaway on Tshirts/cotton.
How many stitches per design? As mentioned in lower emails 8-10000 stitches per layer.
But I think the key is to the type of stabilizer.
Here is a link from Emblibrary to confirm this.

See agree with whoever told you that there is no such thing as a stupid question! I would have said it was your stabilizer as I didn't read anything about fsl in your question. When in doubt ask! If it a really dense design use an extra layer as was mentioned previously.I too am glad that you asked as I checked out the site on added shelf liner for fsl, that is good to know! Happy Valentine's Day!

WOW ! Thanks for asking this question ! I have just learned a BUNCH of good info !!
<3
Jo

and...if nothing else work for the one you already stitched, just spray lots of starch and press...I done that too...LOL...

I have learnt a lot. Thank you for the interesting question.

sometimes when this happens to me a good ironing job with lots of steam (mostly) solves the problem.

Could you post a picture of your finished design? If your using a solid fabric be sure your using something with enough stitch count like Kona Cotton. When you hoop do not pull your fabric tight, taught but not tight as it will distort the design once the hoop is released. It should lay smooth in the hoop. Then consider your stabilizer and your stitch count. Rule of thumb is every 10,000 stitches add a layer. A medium weight stabilizer should work well with the cotton. When you pull off your stabilizer be sure to control the design and not pull at the design while pulling off the tear a way. Good luck and I'm sure other Cuties will have lots of other advice for you. This is what has worked well for me when using cotton.

A very worthwhile tip if you want to use two layers of stablizer is to lay them in diff directions eg one top to bottom the next sheet turn to lay it from side to side.
Starching your fabric is also an idea.
We use some of our left over wash away that you use for fsl.Just desolve some in a little water, dip your fabric,let it dry,iron, and your fabric is nice and stiff. Works for all/most types of fabric,cotton,t-shirt,also the finest of sheer fabric.
I do also loosen my top tension a bit. My machine always turns on at the default of T4 and I bring it down to T3,6 .(Brother Inovis 1500)
Happy Stitching
From Bev

I think it may be a little bit of not enough stabilizer and stretching the material to tight. make sure it's not either of these,

thanks for asking. now I saw the tutorial mops posted too.

thanks ladies

You may not have used enough stabiliser. For every 10,000 stitches use one layer of tear away stabiliser.
So, always check your design first to see how many stitches it has.
Bear in mind, there is no difference in the stabilisation between tear away and cut away.

The following brings you to an article on pull compensation, which might not be of interest if you don't digitise, but when you scroll down there is a section starting with the sentence:

Pull compensation will not solve puckering. If you are having puckering problems, one of the following may be the problem:

which answers your question better than I can.
Have a look.
Martine

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by gerryvb 16 Jan 2011

thank you!