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Place your article
(properly hooped and stabilized) in your embroidery machine and
run the
the first color stop (placement stitch). The purpose of this stitch
is to show exactly where to place your appliqué fabric.
Hooped T-Shirt
Place in
Machine
Stitch
Placement
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Next, place your appliqué
fabric ON TOP of the placement stitches. You can use a
bit of adhesive spray to help hold it in place. Let
the machine sew the next color stop. This is your tack
down stitch. Remove the hoop from the machine, but DO
NOT unhoop your fabric. Closely trim away the
fabric from around the stitches. Cut close to the
stitches, but do not cut the stitches. Curved, sharp
embroidery scissors work well for this.
Fabric on top
(backed with Heat-n-bond LITE or fusible web)
Sewing
Tackdown
Remove
hopp from machine (DO
NOT UNHOOP!)
Trim
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Return the hoop to the
machine and sew your third stop, the satin stitch.
If you see any fuzzies sticking out from your satin
stitches, you did not trim the fabric close enough, but do not
worry, it is easy to give your appliqué a quick trim.
Use the embroidery scissors and be careful to not cut the
stitches.
You can also use a layer of WSS (water-soluble stabilizer) on top of the
design if you are embroidering on a knit. This yields
excellent results! Your design will sit on top of the ribs
in the knit fabric instead of sinking in.
Successful Appliqué Embroidery!
Fringe Embroidery
I will use our Polar Bear Fringe design to demonstrate fringe embroidery
step-by-step:
Here is the entire design stitched out. We know that the pink satin
stitches will be fringed.
Turn the design over. You can easily see the white bobbin thread behind
the pink satin stitches. We will carefully cut those stitches.
Be VERY careful not to cut the top thread - only the bobbin!
Now turn the design back over and gently pull the top thread through to the
front. Use a BLUNT object.
Fluff and you are done!
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