How Do You Make Lace With An Embroidery Machine?
Making freestanding lace on an embroidery machine is a technique that involves using specially digitized embroidery designs and water-soluble stabilizer to create lace. The embroiderer stitches the design directly onto the stabilizer instead of fabric. The stitches in a freestanding lace design overlap and support each other even after you remove the stabilizer. When the stabilizer dissolves, only the lace remains. Freestanding lace makes beautiful suncatchers, Christmas ornaments, potpourri bags, and even bowls. Cut a piece of water-soluble stabilizer slightly larger than your embroidery hoop. Use a sturdy stabilizer that is designed for freestanding lace embroidery. Hoop the stabilizer tightly. The stabilizer should sound like a drum when you thump it. If the stabilizer is not tight, it will shift during embroidery and the stitches will not line up properly. Gaps may cause the lace to unravel when the stabilizer is removed. Load the embroidery machine with bobbin thread that matches
