A stabilizer (referred to in industrial circles as backing) is. an essential for machine embroidery. It is used to support. the fabric during the stitching process to keep puckering. or stretching from occurring. The choice of stabilizer can make or break an embroidery. project.
This stretch of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon is spiced with 86 significant rapids, including Lava Falls, which rampages over garage-size boulders at more than 25 mph. Itâs reputed to be the fastest navigable whitewater in the Western Hemisphere.
Kentucky Lake is the first step in a stairway of navigable TVA lakes that allow modern 9-foot draft vessels to travel the 650-mile-long main river the year round. Since impoundment of Kentucky Lake in 1945, completing this waterway and linking the Tennessee Valley with the 21 state inland waterway system, freight traffic on the Tennessee has grown from 2 million tons a year to more than 31 million tons.