05/10/2026
We had a wonderful Q&A session in the Embroidery Club today with lots of questions not only about machine embroidery, but also sewing feet, overlockers, cover stitch machines too! 🤩
We covered:
🪡 How to prevent holes in knit fabrics
🧵Thread shredding issues
💦 When to use a water soluble topper
🔥 How to effectively remove hoop burn from fabrics
🦶🏼 Sewing machine, overlocker & coverstitch feet
🤩 Along with a little show and tell and an exciting catwalk update from one of our very own Sewing Bee 🐝
One question made us all think - what tape do you use for machine embroidery? We're talking about when you need to temporarily hold a piece of fabric, or a zip in position while the machine stitches in down. It could be appliqué or while adding a piece of fabric to the back of the hoop. 🤔
I use a few different types:
Washing tape
Masking tape
Sweet Pea embroidery tape
One member uses micropore tape! 🤕
What do you use?