Reusing Embroidery Tearaway Stabilizer

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I quickly found out when I do small, simple embroidery work on my machine, I'm wasting a lot of tearaway stabilizer.  So, I decided to piece the leftovers and try using it again.  It worked!

I had bought a roll of tearaway stabilizer to back towels & other heavy fabrics.

Using up a little piece out of the center seemed so wasteful.

I cut away larger sections.

Overlap the pieces to make a flat seam.  I first thought I would need a zigzag stitch for reinforcement, but found out a straight stitch works well.

While the embroidery machine is busy, I hop on the old machine and stitch these pieces together according to the size of hoop I'll be using.

I used white thread.  I suppose you could use clear or water soluble thread.

If I'd paid attention, I could have avoided embroidering over this stitch line.

If you do embroidery over stitch lines, you only need to snip the stitch.  This is another reason it's a good idea to use a straight stitch.  The single stitch did not show in the embroidery at all even though it was white thread because this is on the backside of the embroidery.

I was able to use this piece again.

Now do I dare continue piecing? Maybe for my "cuff" hoop?