Janome MB-4 manual Bobbin Threads, Needles, Stabilizers

Adhesive (Iron-on) Stabilizer

Place the Wrong side of fabric and the glossy side of the stabilizer together. Fold up a corner of the stabilizer and fuse it with an iron.

NOTES:

Fold up a corner of the stabilizer, to make it easier to peel off the excess stabilizer after stitching.

Ironing temperatures vary depending on kind of adhesive type stabilizer.

Bobbin Threads

Cotton or spun rayon threads sizes 80 to 120 (74 to 100 dtex/2) are recommended for bobbin thread.

Do not use poor quality prewound bobbins.

Needles

Use the DB x K5Q1-NY, size 11 needles (Janome part number 770811000).

Stabilizers

To obtain the best quality embroidery, it is important to use stabilizers.

Types of stabilizer

Tear-away stabilizer:

Use tear-away stabilizers for stable woven fabrics.

Iron-on stabilizer:

Fuse it to the wrong side of the fabrics with an iron.

Cut-away stabilizer:

Use cutaway stabilizers for knits and all kinds of unstable fabrics.

Water soluble stabilizer:

Use this stabilizer for cutwork or lace embroidery, and also for the right side of looped fabrics such as towelling to avoid loops coming through the embroidery.

Sticky stabilizer:

This stabilizer is a sticky paper used for securing a small fabric or work that cannot be secured in the hoop.

It is also used for velvet and other napped fabric that would be permanently marked by the hoop.

Usage:

The stabilizer should be attached to the wrong side of fabric.

More than one layer may be required.

Felt or stable fabrics do not need to be stabilized and you may embroider directly on them.

For firm fabrics, you may place a thin paper under the fabric.

The non-adhesive type should be used when embroidering fabric, which cannot be ironed or for sections, which are difficult to iron.

Cut the stabilizer larger than the embroidery hoop and set it on the hoop so that the entire piece is fastened within the hoop to prevent looseness of the fabric.

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