Tip! Saving Money On Machine Embroidery 3 – or – Why You Need Dream Weave!
We love machine embroidery and know you do too! Good tools and supplies are a good investment – which can actually save you money in the long run!
Is Dream Weave part of your machine embroidery supply collection? If not it should be!
And it’s good for a lot more than embroidery which we’ll tell you about!
It’s often thought to be a stabilizer – it’s not! Dream Weave adds body to your delicate fabrics – like adding thread count! Lightweight fabrics, silks, satin, lame, batiste, lycra/knits, even quilting cottons – to enhance your fabric and help it stand up to the rigors of machine embroidery, or let you use a more dense design, without sheering, shredding or causing runs in your fabric. Most important — Dream Weave does this without changing the hand of your fabric!
Why is that important?
You chose your fabric for a special occasion, for the feel of it, the look – and you don’t want to change that. Are there other fusible tricot type products out there? Yes! Do they cost less? Sometimes. So why invest in Dream Weave (notice we say invest)? Because others can change the character of your fabric. The feel, the fluidity, the look. A soft fabric can become stiff or board like. Not what you wanted. If you just fuse the area behind the embroidery you now have a firm section and the rest of the fabric maintains its original character. Not what you wanted.
You have a lot invested a lot in your machine, needles, threads, and more. Don’t skimp by getting a product that can change your fabric or the item you’re going to embroider and turn it into something you didn’t want in the first place, possibly even rendering it unusable! That’s not saving money – it’s the opposite!
So we have a list of more things you’ll love Dream Weave for so you’ll feel good about making the investment for beautiful embroidered items – and Moore!
— Use Dream Weave to iron on to the back of embroidery to keep the back super soft! Even softer than the Fusible Mesh we love! 
It’s perfect for infant wear and knits!
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— It’s great to fuse onto the shoulders of knit tops to keep them stable but allow some stretch to fit. We cut strips from the leftovers to have on hand – so you’re making use out of what may have been waste! Simply lay the strip over the stitching line, press it on, and serge or sew as planned!
— Got a rip or tear in something you love? Press the ripped or torn area nice and flat. Cut a piece of Dream Weave a little larger than the area that’s torn – we usually go 1/4″ – 1/2″. (Another great use for small pieces that may have been discarded!). Fuse it onto the back side of the item. Sometimes a second slightly bigger piece is in order, some like to do a darning or zigzag stitch over the tear on the front – but the Dream Weave will keep your fabric together – without changing its character or feel.
— Dream Weave is a wonderful sewing partner if you make jackets or skirts or clothing or use fabric you want to have a little more body but want a comfortable feel that’s not too stiff – just fuse the yardage! It’s perfect for boucle fabrics, and helps keep linen or silk dupioni or others that tend to wrinkle badly – less wrinkly!
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— Dream Weave is a perfect treatment for knit fabrics when you need buttonholes. Fuse it to the back of the buttonhole area (we still use a small piece of tearaway on bottom and water soluble topper when stitching) so the buttonhole maintains its shape.
We bet there are more uses we haven’t found yet. Have you? Please share them in the comments section and/or post to our Facebook page!
Dream Weave comes in black or white, packages or bolts! Dream Weave Ultra adds a little more support for even more dense embroidery designs.
Invest in making your products a success with Dream Weave and any stabilizers you purchase – come on in to any of Moore’s locations for a free stabilizer consultation to help ensure you get the best possible results!
And did you know – Floriani even has a stabilizer app for your phone?
So even when the stores are closed, you can shop online at www.moores-sew.com, check our Blog Store for products you read bout here, or use the app to help make your shopping list!
Now stop dreaming about perfect embroidery and make it happen!