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Software possibilities Back of needle felted embroidery Front of needle felted embroidery Needle felting components (1) instructions Preparation steps 1. Prewash cotton and the other fabrics if desired. Note: It’s also important to measure the intended table, or create a size that can be used for a multitude of sizes. 2. Create your patterns using INSPIRA Tear N Wash stabilizer with graph for making drawing easy. Adjust your pattern according to the size of your center table. 3. All of the finished measurements of the blocks lettered from A-J are the measurements after the techniques were completed and cut to size as a finished block. So the starting measurements would vary depending on the size of the selected embroideries and the size of your table runner. Schematic of finished sizes of technique blocks letters A to J A B C D E F G H I J Cutting blocks A Single felted flower 6” x 11” B Textured block 6” x 11” C Triple Felted flower 12” x 11” D Decorative Vintage Stitch block 13” x 11” E Textured block 7” x 11” F Summer Berries Font embroidered block 13” x 11” G Textured Block 7” x 11” H Decorative Vintage Stitch block 13” x 11” I Circular Decorative Stitches 11” x 11” J Textured Block 7” x 7” If you have a sewing advisor on your sewing machine, set it to woven medium for this project. Thread your sewing machine with cotton thread for construction. Or Rayon thread for machine embroidery. Machine embroidery fonts 1. Hoop the INSPIRA® Cut Away stabilizer and Dupioni silk, and load the built-in embroidery fonts of choice. In this case it was a size 40 Swirl. You may choose to pick a font from your Premier Software like Marlow 15-40 mm. Always look at your fonts and decide if it suits the project. 2. Thread the machine with 40 wt embroidery thread and bobbin thread. 3. Explore the placement of the fonts, and preferred embroideries that can be incorporated at the same time. A simple theme was kept for Summer Berries. When the embroidery is complete cut way excess stabilizer. 4. This embroidered block was cut larger to have enough room to add a 2½” strip horizontally just below the letters, and a textured piece which was left over after all blocks were cut. These additional embellishments were each stitched on after the embroidery was complete using a straight stitch. 5. Embellish with a piece of trim. 6. Cut this block to desired size and press. 7. Add buttons. Machine embroidery felting 1. This particular design is a candle wicking embroidery. This is a great example of a built-in embroidery design being crossed over and used to do embroidery felting. 2. Load your embroidery design, and install the Embroidery felting kit onto your machine. 3. Following manufacturer’s instructions install all of the important items, work with a felting needle. 4. Always experiment with embroideries. Candle wicking designs work beautifully. Try other designs. Have fun with it. Q 10 .com | issue 7 UILTsocial Instruction photos by Cheryl Stranges
5. Hoop the linen fabric and place the felt piece on top. The felt is visible as the embroidery design is felting. Essentially the felting needle will push the felt through the linen and the felted design is occurring on the underside facing your sewing table. See the design by removing the hoop from the machine and turning the hoop over. 6. There are other ideas that can be incorporated into these felted pieces. Wool Roving can be used with or without the craft felt. It’s always a great idea to use a water soluble stabilizer on top of the roving to keep it in place. 7. Also remember that when working with felting a great way to remove the excess felt after the embroidery is complete is with appliqué scissors. These allow to get in close to the roving or felt without cutting through the main piece, which in this case is the linen. You can go through the embroidery felting process more than once, if you prefer thicker looking designs. 8. Quilting embroidery designs look beautiful. And can be repeatedly felted for a more pronounced finish. If you felt a hat for example and two pieces of polar fleece are felted together, use an invisible stitch outline around the design if you use invisible thread. Each style of project will dictate whether it’s necessary to do this. Most single layer of felted embroideries don’t require this extra stitching. 9. Cut each of the felted embroidery pieces to desired size and press. Circular motion stitching using machine embroidery 1. Select embroidery mode. Select a decorative stitch in the stitch menu. This could include quilting, fun, vintage or a multitude of other stitches. 2. Choose a hoop size to work with. Include stabilizer in your hoop and linen fabric. Select a stitch, and select the shaping feature, shaping will allow you to place the stitches in many shapes. Circular shape was selected for this technique. Duplicate the stitch to accommodate the desired shape size and this will fill in the circle. Repeat these steps selecting another decorative stitch. Adjust the next circle size to correspond to the previous circle but a bit smaller. Repeat for each circle that will be larger than the previous circle. 3. Bring decorative stitches into embroidery mode. Proceed to embroider the circles. When this is complete remove excess stabilizer. Cut this block to desired size. Circular motion stitching using machine embroidery 1. Select embroidery mode. Select a decorative stitch in the stitch menu. This could include quilting, fun, vintage or a multitude of other stitches. 2. Choose a hoop size to work with. Include stabilizer in your hoop and linen fabric. Select a stitch, and select the shaping feature, shaping will allow you to place the stitches in many shapes. Circular shape was selected for this technique. Duplicate the stitch to accommodate the desired shape size and this will fill in the circle. Repeat these steps selecting another decorative stitch. Adjust the next circle size to correspond to the previous circle but a bit smaller. Repeat for each circle that will be larger than the previous circle. 3. Bring decorative stitches into embroidery mode. Proceed to embroider the circles. When this is complete remove excess stabilizer. Cut this block to desired size. Free motion before Fabric Magic Free motion after Fabric Magic Q .com UILTsocial | issue 7 11
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