Today in "weird things to embroider on": clothesline

Today in "weird things to embroider on": clothesline

Dead soldiers

Dead soldiers

Cut-and-sew pug instructions

Cut-and-sew pug instructions

Dragon rainbow

Dragon rainbow

"Cheater" minky sewing

"Cheater" minky sewing

Knockdown stitching

A grid of same-color stitching is another way to pin down the pile of minky or terry so the decorative stitching shows clearly. It has the advantage over water-soluble stabilizer that it will also keep neighboring pile from overhanging the stitching. It's a built-in feature of Embrilliance, but for those of us who can't use that for financial or compatibility reasons, it can be done in Ink/Stitch too. Here's how.