I think when most sewers begin to think about getting started with machine embroidery the first thing that comes to mind is a towel….It’s a great place to start…but a few hints and tips will get you off to a great start and admiring your work in no time…
First, purchase a good towel… I use Better Homes and Gardens terry towels…. they are plush and thick and wonderful to embroider on… lesser quality towels are just that… thin and loosly woven and not good for most machine embroidery files…
I use medium weight tear away in my hoop and I “Float” my towel…I float most everything….I use my steam iron and press a fold down the center of the towel top to bottom and then I decide where I want my embroidery and press a fold from side to side..this way I have a center spot and alignment folds to line up with the marks at the top and bottom and sides of my hoop…I sometimes use a little 505 temporary spray but not always… sticky stabelizers and sprays pull at the little loops on terry cloth and can snag your towel…
I always use wash away stableizer on the top of any fabric with a nap and terry towels have a rather large nap…so..tear away in the hoop, float the towel and water soluble wash away stabelizer on the top and you are ready to go!
Fiddlestix And Stitches 
Long time supporter, and thought I’d drop a comment.
Your wordpress site is very sleek – hope you don’t mind me asking what theme you’re using?
(and don’t mind if I steal it? :P)
I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours– but the theme
slows (!) the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd” on Google (would appreciate any feedback) – it’s still in the works.
Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself
during the coronavirus scare!
LikeLike
Honestly I am not sure which one it is… I designed my blog pretty much on my own…
Good luck with your site… thanks for the kind words….
LikeLike