How to hand embroider on a T-shirt. Do you need a stabilizer?

T-shirts are made from stretchy fabric. You're going to need stabilizer or interfacing to make sure the stitches won't be deformed after washing.

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There are two kinds to choose from
- woven ( it has the structure and you should place it exactly as the structure of your t-shirt fabric
- non-woven (it doesn't have a structure)
Also, they can be fusible, water soluble and tear away.

For fusible and tear away stabilizer: put it on the back of your t-shirt and iron it on.
For the water-soluble: put it on the front of your t-shirt
Then you stitch through both layers. And tear away or wash away the stabilizer.

After you embroider your design you won't be able to remove fusible stabilizer.
But you can remove water soluble stabilizer with water and tear away the other kind. It'll stay only under your embroidered design.

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