When used as a topping on knits, terry cloth, fleece and other textured high pile fabrics, Water Soluble Topping creates a smooth embroidery surface. Stitches won't sink into the fabric. Water Soluble Topping gives crisp definition and detail to your work.
When the machine has to maneuver around loops and grooves in the fabric, it will affect your stitch quality. Floriani Water Soluble Topping provides a smooth stitching surface for your machine to improve stitch quality. This product is completely water soluble and provides fantastic stability on the surface of your fabric by keeping your stitches elevated.
Use on high pile fabrics such as fleece, terry and towels
Use on textured fabrics such as corduroy, seer sucker, and velvet.
Use on knits and lycra/spandex.
Use to shield some fabrics from hoop burn
Once opened, keep Floriani Water Soluble Topping sealed in an airtight ziplock type bag or airtight plastic container.
To use Floriani Water Soluble Topping:
Place the stabilized garment in the hoop and secure the hoop on the machine. Complete the centering and alignment of the design.
Cut a piece of Floriani Topping slightly larger than the size of the design and place it on top of the fabric.
Secure the Topping to the surface of the garment with scotch tape or by moistening the corners slightly and then sticking it down to the garment or the inside edges of the hoop.
Complete the embroidery.
Tear away as much of the topping as possible. Remove any remnants by moistening with a damp cloth, Q-Tip or steam from an iron.
*Tip - If your embroidery design is a satin stitch type embroidery and/or doesn't have an outline, use a wet Q-Tip to go around the edge of the design before tearing any of the Topping away. This will prevent any distortion of the stitching.
Embroidery Basics: Stabilizers Video
Floriani's Water Soluble Topping Video
