QUILTsocial | Issue 03 Spring 2015

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Sunshine cut around edges Sun Rays cut Planning 5. Choose a wider appliqué stitch or satin stitch to stitch over the previous circular stitch using another thread colour. Tear away any excess stabilizer. 6. Create sunrays simply by drawing them out on the back paper of a fusible web, see fusible web instructions. Press all sunrays using the appliqué pressing sheet. Use a straight stitch to do raw edge appliqué around each sunray. TIP It’s always important to use stabilizer behind all of the decorative stitches. Felting Flowers and Spring Chicks Embroidery Felting Preparation 1. Load embroidery on the embroidery machine screen. 2. Prepare the embroidery hoop with 1 layer of Inspira® Aqua Magic 3. Place the felt pieces on top of the Aqua Magic, and an assortment of wool roving on top of the felt. Last place a layer of Inspira® Water Works on top of this. TIP It’s best to do a machine baste around embroidery area before beginning the embroidery. 4. Install the felting kit & felting needle to the embroidery machine. See kit instructions. When using the felt kit there’s no thread used until it stipulates embroidery stitches using thread. The actual felting that is occurring in this procedure is evolving on the underside of the hoop. Not the right side like we are used to with machine embroidery. Once the felting is complete, any embroidery stitching will be done using normal embroidery set up. 5. When the piece is complete, remove the hoop from the embroidery machine and take the felted piece out. 6. Cut around the perimeter of each embroidered flower, leaving excess felt. 7. Soak and rinse away excess stabilizer. Trim close to the embroidery using Inspira scissors. These are ready for placement on the fabric. Embroidered Chicks Note: These can be embroidered before or after the quilt is assembled. 1. Place the stabilizer in the hoop, then place the fabric on top and machine baste the fabric into position. 2. Load the chick design onto the embroidery screen, duplicate and mirror image. Embroider each just as an outline design omitting the fill in stitches. Wool Roving on Felt Machine Felting on right side Nest with egg placement Embroidered nest Happy Spring lettering Q 42 ● .com spring 2015 UILTsocial
3. Remove the fabric and stabilizer from hoop, and then tear away the excess stabilizer. 4. Clean up all of the edges of block. 5. Add the felted flowers by machine stitching or using fabric glue. Embroidered Eggs Note: These wonderful eggs can be stitched together to give a 3 dimensional look or left flat as one design. 1. Place two layers of Inspira® Aqua Magic plus in the hoop. 2. Load the embroidery design. For a single flat egg, use a 60wt bobbin thread and a 40wt rayon thread. If a 3 dimensional look is preferred, use the 40wt rayon in the thread and in the bobbin as this enables see-through egg. It’s very lacy looking and great for placing the eggs in a ‘nest’. 3. Load the embroidery onto the screen of the embroidery machine and stitch out all of the eggs. They can be done in a variance of colours. Have fun with it! 4. Once the embroidery is complete, see stabilizer instructions for washing the stabilizer away. Let them dry. Stabilizer has a tendency to stiffen thread, so if a stiffer look is preferred, don’t soak or rinse as much. The Nest 1. The nest fabric is hooped with Inspira® Fast & Easy Tear-A-Way and embroidered with 40wt Rayon thread. This design is meant to have the cutwork needles used in the design; however, it was just stitched out as a straight embroidery design with no cutwork for the sample. 2. When completed, tear away any excess stabilizer. Use remnants of yarn to create a small nest on top of the embroidered nest. Add the embroidered eggs, and stitch or glue using fabric glue. Construction 1. When all of the blocks are completed use the quilt piecing foot to join the sun block to the nest block, then the Happy Spring block to the felted flower block. Join the two large components to each other. Press all seams. 2. Audition the jelly roll strips for placement and cut them to size. 3. Use the picture as a guide for placement, stitch the embroidered eggs on centre strip and on the nest, and then stitch the nest on the other strip. 4. The strips are added and then raw edge appliquéd. Use a fusible adhesive to fuse into place first and then stitch. The fusible adhesive will prevent them from fraying. 5. When all of the 2½" inner borders are completed, place the outer borders. A thin strip of fusible adhesive is used just along the inner edge of the long strips to prevent them from slipping when free motion stitching. 6. Set the machine to a free motion setting, and use a SewSlip sheet to free motion with co-coordinating thread each section sitting on the batting piece. A free motion foot works very well for this. Topstitch any areas that require stabilization. Finished Edges 1. Place the quilted top and batting on the backing, and cut the backing to allow at least 1½" to 2" of backing around all outer edges of the top and batting. 2. Fold the edge up to the cut edge of the banner, press. 3. Fold one more time to the banner surface and press. Pin into position. 4. Stitch into position using an edge stitching foot. The needle position may have to be adjusted according to the edge. Stitch all around banner. Audition and piece Cheryl Stranges Product & Event Specialist husqvarnaviking.com seecherylsew.blogspot.com Happy Spring ...eggs 43
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