Now that I finally have my new embroidery machine, I revisited this video and you again have given me more knowledge and I will be using the window technique on my projects to save time & money.
I'm so glad I could pass along the money saving tips! Wish I could take credit for inventing this hehehe......but nope. I saw it while doing a Google search for ways to save money using stabilizer hahahaa. It worked perfectly so I've been doing it ever since. I'm like you....don't like to waste much in products...time or money :)
So I'm super new to quilting, mainly learning clothing sewing. I watch the whole video trying to figure out how you were going to make that work! Thanks for the how to. One day I'll get to try it!
This is great! I saw a similar method years ago where you use a plastic fabric and cut a window in it, and just place a new piece of sticky stabilizer in the window each time. But the glue stick works great! There are some little magnets called Sew Tites, that you can put around the edges instead of pins, as long as they are out of the stitching zone. They are handy.
Thank you so much I’ve learned some great from you today I did not know that you could do that with embroidery machine. I have always anchored down the fabric and slipped the tear away under. I like you method better. Thank you
Thank you for your helpful tips. I like the glue stick idea better than stitching a new piece of stabilizer that covers the “window”. Your tips are helpful.
Lisa, I hope you get this message, don't know if YT sends you notes from an 11 mo video. Anyway ... I had watched this video when it came out and apparently it was lodged in my brain until today when I needed it! I was able to easily use this technique for 6 repetitive/identical hoopings/stitchouts! OMG, what a game changer!!!! I had always shied away from multiple/identicals because of, well, repetition. And all that stabilizer going to waste. This technique was so quick and easy! TY TY TY. Hope this finds you and your family well. Take care ((hugs)).
I do get notifications from older videos and I'm so glad because I appreciate your feedback sooo much!! You are so right, it is a total game changer...time saver and money saver!! Thank you so much for the well wished, I appreciate that so much
I just got my embroidery machine. The worst part for me is the hooping. This method looks great. Can't wait to try it. Not sure when you first stitch out the design are you using sewing or quilting option. My machine is a Bernina 790.
Thank-you Lisa this is amazing. This will save a lot of money and time. My embroidery machine is still in it's box but in a few weeks it will be out and so will I. I can't wait.
I know you must be super excited to start your new journey with your embroidery machine! Glad I could pass along the tips to help save you TIME and MONEY :)
This is a great tip! My hoop size is just 4x4 so I likely won't get to use it myself. One thing though. I kept hearing your bird in the background trying to socialize and thought my hubby forgot to put our parrot in her sleeping cage! Then I realized it wasn't our girl at all! What kind of bird do you have? We have a 20 year old female Solomon Island Eclectus we have had since she was 3 months old.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! You have really helped me.. I will finally get to work on this big machine that I didn't know how to provide such awesome stability💖💖💖💖over and over!
Wow! Thank you thank you thank you! I have been trying to create the same process but you beat me to perfecting it! I tried using Sharon schamber technique but it is really complicated. I love your system and will be using it every time I embroider. I can't thank you enough for the time and money you will be saving me!
you are so welcome! your first embroidery machine...how exciting! I got mine 2 years ago...at first it was very intimidating....but the more I learn and do......the more comfortable I feel :)
Hi Lisa I am in the process of organizing my sewing room and I am wondering what you have in the black organization cabinet behind you and how you have it organized?
Hi, this is Lin from South Wales in the UK. Thanks for the suggestions, I’d never used glue because I didn’t want to gum up my needles but putting it outside the outline is genius. Thank you so much for that tip. My suggestion is to buy a large tape dispenser that fits your roll of masking tape. A one off purchase. It is then easy to tear off pieces with one hand. Thanks again, Lin
Love this idea and your voice and laugh is so soothing!! When you do an appliqué, do you always cut it down to the exact size? I always place it and trim it after the placement stitch. Your idea seems so much better. Can you explain a little more about the appliqué?
thank you so much DeeDee :) Nope, I don't ALWAYS do it like this, sometimes like you I do the placement stitch and trim before continuing on. In some cases that is way faster! Because I am stitching out 84 of these anchors between 7 quilts, I went ahead and made a svg file for my Brother ScanNCut machine. It cuts them PERFECTLY and it only takes 2 minutes to cut out 2 anchors. Imagine the time it would take to carefully remove the extra fabric for 84 of them hehehee. If I'm doing a single applique here and there I do it the other way :)
@@TheQuiltmakerHomestead I cut out my shapes with an Accuquilt Go. Then I get the emb. file, and stitch them down. I am also experimenting with taking a picture, scanning it with a wand scanner, importing it into my Cricut as and SVG file, and cutting it out. I do not have a Scan N Cut, but that sounds like a great idea!!!!
Thank you so much Barbara! Yes, I would love to go more into depth about the cutter and doing applique as well when time allows :) I'm going to link a video I did a little while ago where I did a SHORT demo at the end of the video on how the cutter works. Will look forward to making more videos on this soon :)th-cam.com/video/YciN1qhFX4g/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Lisa for this economical tip. I used it last night to create a window while embroidering towels. It feels so much better not to be so extravagant with the stabilizer, and it worked great!
I have been using what I call "stabilizer frames" since I purchased my embroidery machine. I have one for each hoop. I use them for most projects. I do not use them for FSL or lace). I made the frame from 2 layers of heavy pellon interfacing (like for making collars and cuff on clothing). The center hole I made by stitching out a basting frame the size of the max stitching area of my hoop plus 1/2". It can be used for any project. I simply use a square of stablizer 1" larger than stitch area pinned with satin pins to the stabilzer frame. I have been reusing the frames for 5 years now. Like you said, it really saves on stabilizer. And the interfacing is always taught and always centered in the frame.
ohhh, I like the idea of doubling up with the heavy pellon and creating a window that would accommodate everything! How smart. Thank you so much for passing along the information, I appreciate that so much!
All large hoops tend to get loose in the stitching process. Some brands come with clips. I've used binder clips in the past. The stabilizer window is a great idea. I think I took a stabilizer (Floriani) class many years ago and they taught us this trick. Great $ saver. Why not just fold that fabric in half each way and mark the centers each way with your marker or by touching ths edges with an iron?
Hi Carolina, thanks for watching! I thought the heavy duty stabilizer would be more sturdy and last longer if I made the window out of that, and I used the light weight stabilizer on my project because that's really all this quilt block needed in order to stabilize the fabric for the satin stitch :)
I really love your quilt with the anchors. I have three children and would love to make them each one, as their father was a Navy man. He died in 2002 and really would like to make a quilt in his memory. I have a Viking embroidery machine. I am 82 and thought I better get started, HA! Could you help me? I really would appreciate your help. I am fairly new on my IPad. Thank you for all the great shows.
Hi Elsie......I would love to help! I will be releasing this quilt design once I complete these quilts and get past my "busy" season. In the pattern I will have the anchor that can be used to do applique. I only have the file digitized for a Bernina and not quite sure how to save it as a file that a Viking would recognize. So the pattern would be like my standard patterns with applique templates.
I’m having trouble with my invisible thread quilting on my photo quilt. Any suggestions? I’m not using it in my bobbin, but breakage is making me crazy.
I have a question. I thought the stabiliser directly under the stitching had to be drum tight. I am surprised just gluing the stabiliser over the window keeps the stabiliser taut enough for stitching. I am going to try this and see what happens. Thank you for sharing your excellent tip.
The stabilizer in the hoop is nice and tight. I secured the fabric to that stabilizer so it's nice and tight too. Then I'm floating a stabilizer underneath :) It works great
Lisa Capen Quilts Thank you for explaining. Now I understand how it works so well. What an excellent idea to save time stabiliser. Thanks also for your immediate response. It greatly appreciated. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi, Thanks so much for the tip... wondering. why you put the stabilizer in the bottom of the hoop instead of the top? just wondering if it has more support? Thanks!
I haven't tried it the other way....interested to see how it would do :) My thinking is to secure the fabric I'm stitching directly to the stabilizer that has been hooped....thinking that would leave less chance of any movement or shifting. That's my thinking anyways hehehee
This window concept is fabulous! I have done about 5 of the same pattern for valentines recently! Wish I’d found this tutorial last week! I’m going to go try it now! Thanks so much!
I'm doing a project with Sew and Wash and wondered if you felt that this process would work with my project. I would love to save a little by just covering a small part rat!
I'm wondering if you can send me some pictures of the "sew and wash" to my facebook: Lisa Capen Quilts.....or email to lisacapenquilts@gmail.com. I've never used that before so I'd like to investigate before I say yay or nay hahahaa
It's a woven mesh that is sturdier than the plastic-like film so it doesn't tear out when you have lots of stitches. I use it for free-standing lace and am currently using it for round in-the-hoop placemats.
Amazing video!!! Thank you so much! I’m a embroidery beginner, I always listened people saying to use stick spray, here was the first time I saw about the glue for this, amazing! 🤗 but, my question, the glue can damage your machine or the fabric ? Can I use the glue with T-shirt fabric? xxx
Hi, just watched your video and thank God I found you, I will do exactly what you do, thank you so much, thus will make embroidery easier and Save lots of money
Wow just ran across this video. It will really help me on quilts that repeat the applique. Thank you for posting Lisa. Glad I'm reviewing old videos!💛👏
hahahaa......yeh, we have two birds. Sometimes when I do voice overs I come into the house where they are. The one you hear in this video is my daugthers cockatiel. My bird is a cockatoo and for the most part is quiet during the filming......well....most of the time hahahaa. Thanks for watching, sorry about the dog barking haha!
Hello there Lisa! I found you by fluke today and just love this idea! Can you tell me if this "window" concept will also work for regular embroidery motifs? I too have a Bernina - mine is a 770 QE. Thanks for your response!
thanks for watching! I've used this technique for doing applique with my embroidery machine, stitching my logo onto ribbon for my quilt tags, for embroidering quilt labels, and adding embroidery motifs to fabric to make my journals. It worked great!
when I was in the planning stages of this quilt, I digitized the anchor in my embroidery software (Embrilliance). In Embrilliance, it gives you the option to save a cutting file (svg) which is a file that my Brother ScanNCut 2 recognizes. So I ironed on some heatnbond lite to the back side of a piece of clothing, laid it on the cutting mat and the machine cuts them out perfectly for me :)
What type of stabilizer do you recommend for embroidering a monogram, name, just on stabilizer not fabric. Hope this makes sense. Hope you can help me. I have used tear easy, wash away & both have torn during embroidering. Thank you in advance
Great video! Thanks for sharing your expertise! I've done stabilizer windows, but never thought of using masking tape around the exterior of the hoop to keep the stabilizer taut... great idea! (I've used pins and binder clips, but your way is MUCH faster!)
I just want to know how much you charge. I did a custom memory quilt which included machine embroidery designs as well as photos. I included all the grown child's interests as a child in the embroidery. The client was pleased but not with the price of about $1200 for a Ca. king. I took apart all the clothes and even edited her old photos. I feel like I actually lost money on the deal and earned about 2.00 an hour. Some machine embroidered designs were upwards of 40,000 to 60,000 stitches.
anytime I add embroidery there is an extra fee per item based on stitch count, and any photos that I edit and print and add will also be additional charges as well. Have you seen my quilt pricing video? In the description box of that video I offer a free PDF cheat sheat that may help come up with a price that works best for you...I'll post a link here just incase: th-cam.com/video/_GXNZTSFy8w/w-d-xo.html
Also, I have floated a piece of stabilizer behind sticky stabilizer when making several towels but have never applied the glue. Do all forms of Elmer’s glue work? Do you just wash away after or doesn’t it stiffen the project?
Ways to speed up the process: Measure your trimmed stabiliser and cut several lengths the same. I noticed you cut off several inches when you trimmed the edges which add up over a number of hoopings. If you have access to embroidery creation software make a crosshair embroidery file for your hoop, so that you don’t have to mark the centre by hand. I don’t have complete faith that where the centreline marks are on the hoop, are exactly the same as where the embroidery machine will stitch them, so I have created cross mark embroidery files for all my hoops. I used a basting running stitch length of 4mm so that the needle doesn’t weaken the stabiliser. The file stitches a maximum embroidery outline for the hoop and a centralised cross across the whole width and length of the hoop. I load this file first and then load the main embroidery file, making sure I match up the central alignment. It is then easy to hoop the stabiliser and use an unthreaded needle to stitch out the centre hoop placement guide. Once you have these central placement files you can use them with any other embroidery files to get exact placements. If I was doing an appliqué I would also stitch out the first appliqué placement line with the unthreaded needle, to create an outline for the glue stick application. That way you don’t need to print out a template or trace anything by hand. I use Floriani Applikay Wonder as the backing for appliqué pieces, as it has pressure sensitive glue on the back, so you don’t need to use an iron to stick the appliqué in place. Hope these suggestions help.
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I am always eager to learn new techniques and tips!!! I really like the idea of stitching out the anchor first without thread so that I don't have to trace it, that's GREAT! Also, I'm going to look into the Floriani Applikay Wonder, as most of the time I am using a smaller hoop and the iron doesn't fit. I usually use my tiny little iron then, but I like the idea of using no iron at all :) Thank you so much!
Thank you. I love how you teach. I am an embroidery novice so my question may seem elementary. I assume that your anchor is part of a design that you purchased and that it is for applique.
This is brilliant! I use water soluble stabiliser a lot. Do you think this method would work with that? I know I'd have to be quick with the glue stick otherwise the stabiliser would start to dissolve.
i need to ask a ? When I applique I do the 1st stitch, I think that is the placement stitch then put a piece of fabric down and do the stitch then take it off and cut around the applique. put it back down and do the last stitch. I have never seen an applique that is already cut to the design. where did u get them
Hi Stephanie! I've done applique many times the exact way you explained as well, and that's a fabulous way to do it :) For the anchors on these quilts, I needed to do 84 of them on 5 different quilts, so I created an SVG in a program called Inkscape. Then I was able to import the SVG into my Brother ScanNCut and cut out all 84 anchors relatively quickly. I also use an embroidery software called Embrilliance, and that let me digitize the anchor design.
OMGOSH I just priced the machine you are using.. WOW WOW WOW.. I COULD NOT afford to buy a machine from this company... But I realize you get what you pay for .. I guess if you are doing this for your business, then it's a good thing to invest so much money in a machine like this but it's not worth it if you are just doing it for a hobby.. Wow..
Hi Mary :) I'm thinking my thoughts about the price are much like yours. If I didn't use this machine in my business, then I would have certainly looked at much lower options. Incorporating this machine into my business has helped justify the purchase and I have used it a LOT in my commissioned quilts so that makes a huge difference. You certainly could take the concept of this video however, and incorporate the technique no matter which machine you are using :)
@@TheQuiltmakerHomestead well I am happy for you that you can have such a nice machine.. It is a beautiful machine... And if you can afford it ( whether or not you are sewing for your business), why not buy one.. If I could afford it, I would absolutely buy one … God bless you and your business..
I think I know what you are asking here....and I think it depends on which program you are using to digitize the applique maybe???? I use Embrilliance to digitize and there is a video out there....I can't remember the title of it....however it shows you step by step how to digitize applique and how much to increase or decrease your applique shape.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I also do memory quilts and Teddy Bears. I embroider the bottoms of the bears feet for my clients and this method will save me a lot of stabilizer and time! Although each bear foot is different, the size of the foot is always the same, this technique (without the applique process) will work perfectly . I'll be busy getting back on this previously daunting task tonight due to your helpful tips!
I drew the anchor in Inkscape and saved as a vector. Imported it into Embrilliance and digitized it. Was able to cut the anchor with my ScannCut and do embroidery with my Bernina :)
What are your issues with your machine? My Bernina is thread picky and often times the automatic thread cutter doesn't cut the thread, yet pulls it and bunches up my design. I'm always curious about other machines, the upsides and downsides so I can make an educated choice if I ever decide to purchase a different machine
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Now that I finally have my new embroidery machine, I revisited this video and you again have given me more knowledge and I will be using the window technique on my projects to save time & money.
I just used this tip on towels with water soluable stabilizer & topping. Wow. Saves time & aggravation hooping towels! Thank you!
Wonderful!
I absolutely love this video. I don't like wasting stabilizer while machine embroidering and you have provided the perfect solution. Thank you.
I'm so glad I could pass along the money saving tips! Wish I could take credit for inventing this hehehe......but nope. I saw it while doing a Google search for ways to save money using stabilizer hahahaa. It worked perfectly so I've been doing it ever since. I'm like you....don't like to waste much in products...time or money :)
Wow Wow and Wow, so smart, thank you SOOOOOOOOO MUCH !
Wow, you have created your8 in one hoop. Thank you.
Great! I’m new at embroidering and all the tips I can get will be helpful. Love the way you explain the whole process. Thank you for your videos
Thank you so much Lylian, I'm really glad these tips were useful!
So I'm super new to quilting, mainly learning clothing sewing. I watch the whole video trying to figure out how you were going to make that work! Thanks for the how to. One day I'll get to try it!
Thanks for watching my video Helen! I'm glad I could pass along the tips and would love to know how it works for you if you give it a try :)
This is great! I saw a similar method years ago where you use a plastic fabric and cut a window in it, and just place a new piece of sticky stabilizer in the window each time. But the glue stick works great! There are some little magnets called Sew Tites, that you can put around the edges instead of pins, as long as they are out of the stitching zone. They are handy.
Fantastic thank you. I’ve seen this explanation but never quite understood the steps. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
I'm so glad I could pass along the tips, thanks for watching Candy!
Thank you so much I’ve learned some great from you today I did not know that you could do that with embroidery machine. I have always anchored down the fabric and slipped the tear away under. I like you method better. Thank you
I'm so glad I could pass along the tip Gina, thanks for watching!
Thank you for your helpful tips. I like the glue stick idea better than stitching a new piece of stabilizer that covers the “window”.
Your tips are helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Lisa, I hope you get this message, don't know if YT sends you notes from an 11 mo video. Anyway ... I had watched this video when it came out and apparently it was lodged in my brain until today when I needed it! I was able to easily use this technique for 6 repetitive/identical hoopings/stitchouts! OMG, what a game changer!!!! I had always shied away from multiple/identicals because of, well, repetition. And all that stabilizer going to waste. This technique was so quick and easy! TY TY TY. Hope this finds you and your family well. Take care ((hugs)).
I do get notifications from older videos and I'm so glad because I appreciate your feedback sooo much!! You are so right, it is a total game changer...time saver and money saver!! Thank you so much for the well wished, I appreciate that so much
Hi Lisa, I do this too, but I use painters tape or basting spray to secure the smaller stabilizer onto my windowed hooped stabilizer.
I like using the painter's tape too, it's so helpful! Thanks for watching :)
I just got my embroidery machine. The worst part for me is the hooping. This method looks great. Can't wait to try it. Not sure when you first stitch out the design are you using sewing or quilting option. My machine is a Bernina 790.
quilting option, thanks for watching
Thank-you Lisa this is amazing. This will save a lot of money and time. My embroidery machine is still in it's box but in a few weeks it will be out and so will I. I can't wait.
I know you must be super excited to start your new journey with your embroidery machine! Glad I could pass along the tips to help save you TIME and MONEY :)
Thank you so much! I've been embroidering for years but your reminded me of things I had forgotten.
Thanks for watching Dorothy!!
OMG, thank you so much for sharing, I have a load of school uniform embroidery to do, this will save me an absolute fortune on stabilizer.
I'm so glad this video will be helpful, it certainly will save you a ton of money when doing a large project like yours :)
Wow thanks! That’s a good tip!!!
Happy to help!
This is a great tip! My hoop size is just 4x4 so I likely won't get to use it myself. One thing though. I kept hearing your bird in the background trying to socialize and thought my hubby forgot to put our parrot in her sleeping cage! Then I realized it wasn't our girl at all! What kind of bird do you have? We have a 20 year old female Solomon Island Eclectus we have had since she was 3 months old.
That’s a fantastic idea! Thanks for taking the time to share your trick.
you are so welcome, glad I could share!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! You have really helped me.. I will finally get to work on this big machine that I didn't know how to provide such awesome stability💖💖💖💖over and over!
Glad I could help!
thank you, nice way to save stabilizers.
Wow! Thank you thank you thank you! I have been trying to create the same process but you beat me to perfecting it! I tried using Sharon schamber technique but it is really complicated. I love your system and will be using it every time I embroider. I can't thank you enough for the time and money you will be saving me!
it was my pleasure to pass along the tips and share this process :) thank you for watching!
Mahalo, for the tip, looking forward in getting my first embroidery machine.
you are so welcome! your first embroidery machine...how exciting! I got mine 2 years ago...at first it was very intimidating....but the more I learn and do......the more comfortable I feel :)
Thank you will try
Brilliant! Thank you for showing your hooping technique! Nice machine by the way!
thank you so much :)
I love your ideas & tips!! Thank you, thank you, this saves me a whole lots of money and time!! Love your channel all the time!
thank you so much Charmaine! I'm so glad I could pass along the tips I've learned :) I appreciate the feedback so much, thank you!
Hi Lisa I am in the process of organizing my sewing room and I am wondering what you have in the black organization cabinet behind you and how you have it organized?
Hi Rosemary, thanks for watching! I have buttons, beads, and at the time this was filmed I had all of my presser feet in the drawers as well :)
Hi, this is Lin from South Wales in the UK. Thanks for the suggestions, I’d never used glue because I didn’t want to gum up my needles but putting it outside the outline is genius. Thank you so much for that tip. My suggestion is to buy a large tape dispenser that fits your roll of masking tape. A one off purchase. It is then easy to tear off pieces with one hand. Thanks again, Lin
Great tip!
Love this idea and your voice and laugh is so soothing!! When you do an appliqué, do you always cut it down to the exact size? I always place it and trim it after the placement stitch. Your idea seems so much better. Can you explain a little more about the appliqué?
thank you so much DeeDee :) Nope, I don't ALWAYS do it like this, sometimes like you I do the placement stitch and trim before continuing on. In some cases that is way faster! Because I am stitching out 84 of these anchors between 7 quilts, I went ahead and made a svg file for my Brother ScanNCut machine. It cuts them PERFECTLY and it only takes 2 minutes to cut out 2 anchors. Imagine the time it would take to carefully remove the extra fabric for 84 of them hehehee. If I'm doing a single applique here and there I do it the other way :)
Lisa Capen Quilts I have a Cricutmaker! I’ve never even used the fabric part!! Silly me!! Will be watching for more tips!
@@TheQuiltmakerHomestead I cut out my shapes with an Accuquilt Go. Then I get the emb. file, and stitch them down. I am also experimenting with taking a picture, scanning it with a wand scanner, importing it into my Cricut as and SVG file, and cutting it out. I do not have a Scan N Cut, but that sounds like a great idea!!!!
Spray of 501 or another basting spray works so much better than glue without gumming up your needle or building up.
Love the lesson! Can you teach us how to use the cutting machine, as sending it to the cutter. Love the bee in the background.
Thank you so much Barbara! Yes, I would love to go more into depth about the cutter and doing applique as well when time allows :) I'm going to link a video I did a little while ago where I did a SHORT demo at the end of the video on how the cutter works. Will look forward to making more videos on this soon :)th-cam.com/video/YciN1qhFX4g/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Lisa for this economical tip. I used it last night to create a window while embroidering towels. It feels so much better not to be so extravagant with the stabilizer, and it worked great!
You are so welcome!
How did you get your embroidery design to match your applique design so that it stitched the edges perfectly
And i use paper towel for another diy stabilizer, i separate the ply down to 1 or 2 sheets first
Thanks! This was so much better than the way I’ve done it!
Thank you so much Patricia :)
I love this tip! Thanks so much.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
I have been using what I call "stabilizer frames" since I purchased my embroidery machine. I have one for each hoop. I use them for most projects. I do not use them for FSL or lace). I made the frame from 2 layers of heavy pellon interfacing (like for making collars and cuff on clothing). The center hole I made by stitching out a basting frame the size of the max stitching area of my hoop plus 1/2". It can be used for any project. I simply use a square of stablizer 1" larger than stitch area pinned with satin pins to the stabilzer frame. I have been reusing the frames for 5 years now. Like you said, it really saves on stabilizer. And the interfacing is always taught and always centered in the frame.
ohhh, I like the idea of doubling up with the heavy pellon and creating a window that would accommodate everything! How smart. Thank you so much for passing along the information, I appreciate that so much!
All large hoops tend to get loose in the stitching process. Some brands come with clips. I've used binder clips in the past.
The stabilizer window is a great idea. I think I took a stabilizer (Floriani) class many years ago and they taught us this trick. Great $ saver.
Why not just fold that fabric in half each way and mark the centers each way with your marker or by touching ths edges with an iron?
love it thanks Lisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you so much Katherine!
Like it Lisa, I got a question ? Do you have any good embroidery machine for sale?
Love this technique... why you heavy weight stabilizer first and light weight for the window ones? Thanks!
Hi Carolina, thanks for watching! I thought the heavy duty stabilizer would be more sturdy and last longer if I made the window out of that, and I used the light weight stabilizer on my project because that's really all this quilt block needed in order to stabilize the fabric for the satin stitch :)
I really love your quilt with the anchors. I have three children and would love to make them each one, as their father was a Navy man. He died in 2002 and really would like to make a quilt in his memory. I have a Viking embroidery machine. I am 82 and thought I better get started, HA! Could you help me? I really would appreciate your help. I am fairly new on my IPad. Thank you for all the great shows.
Hi Elsie......I would love to help! I will be releasing this quilt design once I complete these quilts and get past my "busy" season. In the pattern I will have the anchor that can be used to do applique. I only have the file digitized for a Bernina and not quite sure how to save it as a file that a Viking would recognize. So the pattern would be like my standard patterns with applique templates.
Truesizer program is free and you can save the file to any format. Plus more things. First of your vid i have seen. Thanks.
I’m having trouble with my invisible thread quilting on my photo quilt. Any suggestions? I’m not using it in my bobbin, but breakage is making me crazy.
Show, amei. Parabéns 🎊
That technique is awesome thank you
I have a question. I thought the stabiliser directly under the stitching had to be drum tight. I am surprised just gluing the stabiliser over the window keeps the stabiliser taut enough for stitching. I am going to try this and see what happens. Thank you for sharing your excellent tip.
The stabilizer in the hoop is nice and tight. I secured the fabric to that stabilizer so it's nice and tight too. Then I'm floating a stabilizer underneath :) It works great
Lisa Capen Quilts Thank you for explaining. Now I understand how it works so well. What an excellent idea to save time stabiliser. Thanks also for your immediate response. It greatly appreciated. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi, Thanks so much for the tip... wondering. why you put the stabilizer in the bottom of the hoop instead of the top? just wondering if it has more support? Thanks!
I haven't tried it the other way....interested to see how it would do :) My thinking is to secure the fabric I'm stitching directly to the stabilizer that has been hooped....thinking that would leave less chance of any movement or shifting. That's my thinking anyways hehehee
This window concept is fabulous! I have done about 5 of the same pattern for valentines recently! Wish I’d found this tutorial last week! I’m going to go try it now! Thanks so much!
Fantastic, thank you
my pleasure, glad I could share :)
Ingenious!
wish I could take credit for inventing this hahahaaa :) but I'm so glad I am able to share what I've learned and help out others!
I'm doing a project with Sew and Wash and wondered if you felt that this process would work with my project. I would love to save a little by just covering a small part rat!
I'm wondering if you can send me some pictures of the "sew and wash" to my facebook: Lisa Capen Quilts.....or email to lisacapenquilts@gmail.com. I've never used that before so I'd like to investigate before I say yay or nay hahahaa
It's a woven mesh that is sturdier than the plastic-like film so it doesn't tear out when you have lots of stitches. I use it for free-standing lace and am currently using it for round in-the-hoop placemats.
First time but will become a regular!😁
thank you so much Kara! I'm so glad you are joining along with me in my journey :)
Amazing video!!! Thank you so much! I’m a embroidery beginner, I always listened people saying to use stick spray, here was the first time I saw about the glue for this, amazing! 🤗 but, my question, the glue can damage your machine or the fabric ? Can I use the glue with T-shirt fabric? xxx
Personally I like your term “stabilizer window”. I appreciate your helpful tips
Thanks Susie! and thanks for watching my video :)
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Hi, just watched your video and thank God I found you, I will do exactly what you do, thank you so much, thus will make embroidery easier and Save lots of money
Wow just ran across this video. It will really help me on quilts that repeat the applique. Thank you for posting Lisa. Glad I'm reviewing old videos!💛👏
What kind of machine are you using?
I have a Bernina B700
Love this!
I'm so glad you like this technique, thanks for watching!
Hello :) I have seen it called a hoop collar... :)
Awesome, thank you so much for sharing!!! :)
I have to sit and watch my machine, if I walk away it throws a tantrum like a toddler. 🤣
hahahaa.....so I'm not the only one then hehehe
Lisa Capen Quilts definitely not! I hold my breathe every time I use mine! I never know if it’s gonna act right!
What weight was the stabilizer you used on the follow up anchors.
a medium weight stabilizer :)
Great video! I do this all the time because like you, I'm thrifty. :) By chance do you have a bird? My dog is going nuts!
hahahaa......yeh, we have two birds. Sometimes when I do voice overs I come into the house where they are. The one you hear in this video is my daugthers cockatiel. My bird is a cockatoo and for the most part is quiet during the filming......well....most of the time hahahaa. Thanks for watching, sorry about the dog barking haha!
Hello there Lisa! I found you by fluke today and just love this idea! Can you tell me if this "window" concept will also work for regular embroidery motifs? I too have a Bernina - mine is a 770 QE. Thanks for your response!
thanks for watching! I've used this technique for doing applique with my embroidery machine, stitching my logo onto ribbon for my quilt tags, for embroidering quilt labels, and adding embroidery motifs to fabric to make my journals. It worked great!
Lisa Capen Quilts Thanks so much! Do you have a video showing how to embroider your logo onto ribbon? That sounds awesome.
@@onthelearningtrail4098 not yet, but it's on my to do list :)
Happy I found this video. I made some towel monogramming using your window method.. Thank you for sharing this great idea.
so glad this video was helpful! Thanks for watching :)
Some one has told you before but an old trick for hand embroidery we use tape around the inner hoop to snug space when using stablelizer
I love this!!! Thank you!!!!
You are so welcome!
I want to make some embroidery logo labels on ribbon. Do you think this will work to do several labels in one hooping?
How did you get your appliqué of the anchor cut so Perfect, before you applicator
when I was in the planning stages of this quilt, I digitized the anchor in my embroidery software (Embrilliance). In Embrilliance, it gives you the option to save a cutting file (svg) which is a file that my Brother ScanNCut 2 recognizes. So I ironed on some heatnbond lite to the back side of a piece of clothing, laid it on the cutting mat and the machine cuts them out perfectly for me :)
Greatly appreciate the tips in this video. Thank you very much.
I JUST got my EMB machine and having trouble HOOping...I will try this method..TY, Sheila
thanks for watching Myron!
A very informative tute. Your directions were so easy to understand
Thx
Thanks so much Vicki!
What type of stabilizer do you recommend for embroidering a monogram, name, just on stabilizer not fabric. Hope this makes sense. Hope you can help me. I have used tear easy, wash away & both have torn during embroidering. Thank you in advance
When using just stabilizer I use a heavy wash away. It is thicker than other wash aways. that could be the issue. Hope that helps
Great video! Thanks for sharing your expertise! I've done stabilizer windows, but never thought of using masking tape around the exterior of the hoop to keep the stabilizer taut... great idea! (I've used pins and binder clips, but your way is MUCH faster!)
glad I could pass along the tip! I'm always looking for ideas to make my life easier hahaaa!!
I just want to know how much you charge. I did a custom memory quilt which included machine embroidery designs as well as photos. I included all the grown child's interests as a child in the embroidery. The client was pleased but not with the price of about $1200 for a Ca. king. I took apart all the clothes and even edited her old photos. I feel like I actually lost money on the deal and earned about 2.00 an hour. Some machine embroidered designs were upwards of 40,000 to 60,000 stitches.
anytime I add embroidery there is an extra fee per item based on stitch count, and any photos that I edit and print and add will also be additional charges as well. Have you seen my quilt pricing video? In the description box of that video I offer a free PDF cheat sheat that may help come up with a price that works best for you...I'll post a link here just incase: th-cam.com/video/_GXNZTSFy8w/w-d-xo.html
Also, I have floated a piece of stabilizer behind sticky stabilizer when making several towels but have never applied the glue. Do all forms of Elmer’s glue work? Do you just wash away after or doesn’t it stiffen the project?
I like the school glue or the glue all....those wash out :)
I have quilted for years but this is my first stabilizing video. Learned so much, Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Can you tell me which Elmers School glue stick you use? They have washable, permanent etc. thanks for the reply. I enjoyed your video.
HI Anita, I've found that I like the washable glue sticks the most :)
Ways to speed up the process:
Measure your trimmed stabiliser and cut several lengths the same. I noticed you cut off several inches when you trimmed the edges which add up over a number of hoopings.
If you have access to embroidery creation software make a crosshair embroidery file for your hoop, so that you don’t have to mark the centre by hand. I don’t have complete faith that where the centreline marks are on the hoop, are exactly the same as where the embroidery machine will stitch them, so I have created cross mark embroidery files for all my hoops. I used a basting running stitch length of 4mm so that the needle doesn’t weaken the stabiliser. The file stitches a maximum embroidery outline for the hoop and a centralised cross across the whole width and length of the hoop. I load this file first and then load the main embroidery file, making sure I match up the central alignment. It is then easy to hoop the stabiliser and use an unthreaded needle to stitch out the centre hoop placement guide. Once you have these central placement files you can use them with any other embroidery files to get exact placements.
If I was doing an appliqué I would also stitch out the first appliqué placement line with the unthreaded needle, to create an outline for the glue stick application. That way you don’t need to print out a template or trace anything by hand.
I use Floriani Applikay Wonder as the backing for appliqué pieces, as it has pressure sensitive glue on the back, so you don’t need to use an iron to stick the appliqué in place.
Hope these suggestions help.
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I am always eager to learn new techniques and tips!!! I really like the idea of stitching out the anchor first without thread so that I don't have to trace it, that's GREAT! Also, I'm going to look into the Floriani Applikay Wonder, as most of the time I am using a smaller hoop and the iron doesn't fit. I usually use my tiny little iron then, but I like the idea of using no iron at all :) Thank you so much!
Holy Mackerel, This is an awesome idea. What time savor. Thank you so much! Can’t wait to try this.
Glad this was helpful! Thanks for watching :)
Such great Tips! Thank you for sharing! :)
Thank you. I love how you teach. I am an embroidery novice so my question may seem elementary. I assume that your anchor is part of a design that you purchased and that it is for applique.
Hi Carol :) The anchor is a design I created in an embroidery software called Embrilliance.
Thanks for the great tip. If would be nice for you to mention background noise. I got up twice during the video to see what my dogs were into. :)
Noted!
This is brilliant! I use water soluble stabiliser a lot. Do you think this method would work with that? I know I'd have to be quick with the glue stick otherwise the stabiliser would start to dissolve.
I'm not sure Maggie, I've never tried it with water soluble before so I can't say with certainty
What kind of machine are you using? Did I hear cockatiels in the background?
I have Bernina B700 :) thanks so much ♡
I have a question about your anchors... did you cut them out on an electronic cutting machine (Cricut, or the like)?
I did :) I used my Brother ScannCut and it worked so well and saved me so much time!
This is my first time on your channel and am excited to try this on my embroidery projects
I'm so glad you stopped by and checked out my video! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you very much for the inspiration,great idea to save stabiliser, going to do this next time I’m embroidering 😘
So glad I could pass along the tips, thanks for watching Suzie!
i need to ask a ? When I applique I do the 1st stitch, I think that is the placement stitch then put a piece of fabric down and do the stitch then take it off and cut around the applique. put it back down and do the last stitch. I have never seen an applique that is already cut to the design. where did u get them
Hi Stephanie! I've done applique many times the exact way you explained as well, and that's a fabulous way to do it :) For the anchors on these quilts, I needed to do 84 of them on 5 different quilts, so I created an SVG in a program called Inkscape. Then I was able to import the SVG into my Brother ScanNCut and cut out all 84 anchors relatively quickly. I also use an embroidery software called Embrilliance, and that let me digitize the anchor design.
Do you remove the tear away from behind the stitched appliqué or leave it in to support the stitching?
I like to remove the tear away :)
OMGOSH I just priced the machine you are using.. WOW WOW WOW.. I COULD NOT afford to buy a machine from this company... But I realize you get what you pay for .. I guess if you are doing this for your business, then it's a good thing to invest so much money in a machine like this but it's not worth it if you are just doing it for a hobby.. Wow..
Hi Mary :) I'm thinking my thoughts about the price are much like yours. If I didn't use this machine in my business, then I would have certainly looked at much lower options. Incorporating this machine into my business has helped justify the purchase and I have used it a LOT in my commissioned quilts so that makes a huge difference. You certainly could take the concept of this video however, and incorporate the technique no matter which machine you are using :)
@@TheQuiltmakerHomestead well I am happy for you that you can have such a nice machine.. It is a beautiful machine... And if you can afford it ( whether or not you are sewing for your business), why not buy one.. If I could afford it, I would absolutely buy one … God bless you and your business..
I often read a book while I wait for the stitching to get down.
Smart- Awesome - Thanks- Calif-
Brilliant . Also, explained concisely. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a great idea. I do something similar, but, like your way better! Now to get stitching!
Thanks so much Carole!
What percentage do you use to increase or decrease your applique fabric from the satin stitching stitching line?
I think I know what you are asking here....and I think it depends on which program you are using to digitize the applique maybe???? I use Embrilliance to digitize and there is a video out there....I can't remember the title of it....however it shows you step by step how to digitize applique and how much to increase or decrease your applique shape.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I also do memory quilts and Teddy Bears. I embroider the bottoms of the bears feet for my clients and this method will save me a lot of stabilizer and time! Although each bear foot is different, the size of the foot is always the same, this technique (without the applique process) will work perfectly . I'll be busy getting back on this previously daunting task tonight due to your helpful tips!
I'm so glad these tips will help save you time and money!! Let me know how it works out :)
Where did you get and make the anchor?
I drew the anchor in Inkscape and saved as a vector. Imported it into Embrilliance and digitized it. Was able to cut the anchor with my ScannCut and do embroidery with my Bernina :)
Wow really you save money, that glue is incredible !!!! Thank you so so much.
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Anyone have a singer seqs-6700. Are you pulling your hair out?
What are your issues with your machine? My Bernina is thread picky and often times the automatic thread cutter doesn't cut the thread, yet pulls it and bunches up my design. I'm always curious about other machines, the upsides and downsides so I can make an educated choice if I ever decide to purchase a different machine