How To Embroider A Shirt Without Stabilizer. Put the stabilizer sheet underneath your fabric. Once you have it in place, pin the top of the paper design to your shirt so it doesn’t come off when you take the shirt off.
Plus, coffee filters should not mess up your needle. The trickiest thing while embroidering on a t shirt or hoodie is trying to work while you have all that excess shirt material around. This is also an adhesive stabilizer, but it washes away with some light scrubbing and water when you’re finished.
Both stabilizers are easily removed from the project.
Stabilizer is the foundation of your embroidery and is a necessity to support your fabric and thread. (this video shows step by step how i prep things to embroider on stretchy fabrics.) when you’re done stitching, you just soak the whole shirt and all the stabilizer disappears. Go a mirror and place the paper in the spot were you’d like your monogramming or design to be on your shirt. Take a printout of the design you mean to embroider.