Stabilizers; Template - ELNA eXpressive 970 Instruction Manual

Adhesive (Iron-on) Stabilizer
Place the Wrong side of fabric and the glossy side of the
stabilizer together. Fold up a corner of the stabilizer and
fuse it with an iron.
NOTE:
• Fold up a corner of the stabilizer, to make it easier to
peel off the excess stabilizer after stitching.
• Ironing temperatures vary depending on kind of
adhesive type stabilizer.
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Stabilizers

To obtain the best quality embroidery, it is important to
use stabilizers.
Types of stabilizer
• Tear-away stabilizer:
Use tear-away stabilizers for stable woven fabrics.
• Iron-on stabilizer:
Fuse it to the wrong side of the fabrics with an iron.
• Cut-away stabilizer:
Use cutaway stabilizers for knits and all kinds of
unstable fabrics.
• Water soluble stabilizer:
Use this stabilizer for cutwork or lace embroidery, and
also for the right side of looped fabrics such as toweling
to avoid loops coming through the embroidery.
• Sticky stabilizer:
This stabilizer is a sticky paper used for securing a
small fabric or work that cannot be secured in the hoop.
It is also used for velvet and other napped fabric that
would be permanently marked by the hoop.
Usage
The stabilizer should be attached to the wrong side of
fabric.
More than one layer may be required.
Felt or stable fabrics do not need to be stabilized and you
may embroider directly on them.
For firm fabrics, you may place a thin paper under the
fabric.
The non-adhesive type should be used when
embroidering fabric, which cannot be ironed or for
sections, which are difficult to iron.
Cut the stabilizer larger than the embroidery hoop and
set it on the hoop so that the entire piece is fastened
within the hoop to prevent looseness of the fabric.

Template

Use the template to set the fabric in the embroidery hoop
(refer to page 22).
q Center point of design pattern
Alignment point of monogramming (center justify) for
(vertical/horizontal orientation)
w Alignment point of monogramming (left justify) for
horizontal orientation
e Alignment point of monogramming (right justify) for
horizontal orientation
r Alignment point of monogramming (top justify) for
vertical orientation
t Alignment point of monogramming (bottom justify) for
vertical orientation
* For placement of monogramming, refer to page 46.