Design on a Tee

My new focus is tee-shirts. I’ve been told that it is difficult to embroider on tees so I spoke with Mom

 

and asked her how to proceed with this project.  She advised me to practice on an old tee-shirt first.  With that in mind I went to Emily’s room and found an old shirt we use for her summer relaxation wear.

For set-up I used sticky stabilizer inside the hoop and then measuring the center of the shirt I pressed the tee to the stabilizer, but did not hoop the tee.

The design would be stitched in Madeira rayon colors and using a pre-wound bobbin.  The neckline design was purchased through embroiderylibrary.com.

The stitching began as it should, but there was a small amount of puckering.  The design is not thick and that probably saves the tee from an untimely trip to the recycle bin. 

When the design has finished stitching I removed the sticky stabilizer.  Wow, looks great.  I took it to Emily and showed her.  She thinks it looks great also.

Now, time to start on the more expensive tee.  This time I decide to put a medium stabilizer under the hoop once I get the new tee on the sticky stabilizer. 

As I stitch the same design there is a definite difference.  The design lays a bit flatter and just looks nicer. 

When the machine stops I see a beautifully stitched embroidery design on a plain tee.  Sure did spice it up.  After removing the stabilizer I’m pretty happy with the end results.  I’m glad I worked the plain tee first and then used the extra stabilizer on the good tee.

Well, that’s the design for today.  Thanks for listening ~