Help! Trial run looked much better..

[u/Master-Ad-191]

My trial run (red fabric) looked great. I’ve got the shirt hooped this time and it seems so sparse. I have double layer cut away stabilizer underneath. Is there any way to save it? I’m a newbie.

1. Could I put water soluble stabilizer on top and run it again without unhooping?

2. Could I unhoop, seam ripper, use adhesive spray to spray the fabric to the stabilizer and try again?

Any other suggestions gladly welcome!

[u/vronkman]

Its less about the stabilizer and more about the fabric. The red fabric is probably a lot less stretchy than the t shirt fabric. Make sure to use heavy 100% cotton shirts, and i usually include an edge run under the text to give it more definition.

[u/vronkman → u/vronkman]

It might be hard to save the shirt, but you could try a seam ripper?

[u/justatoadontheroad]

Fabric material looks different, there’s probably some pull compensation issues going on.

The red fabric looks like a stiff canvas and the white fabric looks like a knit tee.

[u/Master-Ad-191 → u/justatoadontheroad]

Yeah I did realize the trial should’ve been on a more similar fabric. Is there any thing to try or call it a loss?

[u/suedburger → u/Master-Ad-191]

As others said...try a stitch ripper. Give it a try, maybe you'll be lucky maybe not.

[u/justatoadontheroad → u/Master-Ad-191]

I’d definitely try some stuff before calling it a loss! Fabric is probably too damaged to rip out and try again, you might have a shot with top stabilizer and going over it