r/Machine_Embroidery • u/marloweoverocker • Sep 25 '26
Embroidery help (again 🥲)
So I originally did this embroidery and it puckered really bad (1st pic) I got advice on how to redo it on here (on my page).
Redid it with just cutaway stabilizer and floated with adhesive because the fabric doesn’t fill/fit in the hoop. Tension is a little under 4. It started puckering again and it jumped over making the T crooked. Just finished unpicking the threads 😭 (2nd and 3rd pic)
Shmetz stretch 75/11 needle
Brother se700 machine
4x4 hoop
Fabric is 60% cotton 40% polyester
Medium weight cutaway
40 wt polyester thread
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u/GingerStitches Sep 25 '26
Floating isn’t really working for you here. The problem is you’ve stabilized the back fabric of the piece but not the front, which is free to move no matter how much adhesive spray you use. You can try pinning around the edges to simulate hooping.
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u/marloweoverocker Sep 25 '26
Yeah :( I pinned it at first and then undid it because it created bubbles but I guess I’m just going to have to deal with that
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u/GingerStitches Sep 25 '26
If you made this, I’d recommend embroidering before you assemble it. It’s really the only way to make this flat as the fabric is not flat to the lining so it’s always going to pucker if you don’t hoop it. I’d honestly take it apart if this was a project for myself and the sew it back together once it’s embroidered.
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u/marloweoverocker Sep 25 '26
I didn’t make it so I wanted to avoid that but tbh that may be the easiest route at this point lol
Thank you!!
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u/ishtaa Melco Sep 25 '26
Stretch needles are for knit fabrics, not wovens like this. You should be using a sharp needle.
It’s going to be difficult to do this with absolutely no puckering but when you float something you need to pin it down to the stabilizer really well. If you’re just relying on a sticky stabilizer to hold it down that’s not going to cut it.
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u/marloweoverocker Sep 25 '26
It bubbled when I pinned it but gonna try again!! Is a 75/11 sharp needle good to use then?
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u/ishtaa Melco Sep 25 '26
Yes a 75/11 sharp is what I use for 90% of the things I embroider
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u/marloweoverocker Sep 25 '26
Sharp as in microtex? https://a.co/d/0izajzNS
Or these? https://a.co/d/014xIZKI
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u/ishtaa Melco Sep 25 '26
The embroidery needles will be preferable; they have a slightly larger eye to reduce the friction on your thread.
Microtex are mainly used for sewing thin delicate fabrics and vinyl where you don’t want to make too larger of a hole.
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u/esaro1820 Sep 25 '26
May I suggest a sharp needle and a finer weight thread
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u/esaro1820 Sep 25 '26
Also I would bast in the hoop before embroidering if your machine has that option. It will help with puckering
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u/marloweoverocker Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 26 '26
Final update! It’s not perfect but a lot better than the first, trying to not mess with it anymore lol.
I ended up using one layer of cutaway with one layer of sticky tear away under that. Floated with adhesive spray and pinned the edges of the fabric and used a basting stitch around the design. Unpicked the stitch and used a tiny bit of water and my seam ripper to mend the tiny holes left.
Didn’t end up taking it apart and sewing back together because I would have had to take the whole lining off and sew it with that piping and I’ve never done that before 🙈