Creative Machine Embroidery – July 2019

½"

MATERIALS A

+Tear-away stabilizer

+3½ " square of orange felt

+Four 3½ " squares of orange

cotton fabric

+2" length of^3 ⁄ 8 "-wide green

ribbon

+Orange embroidery thread

+Slash cutter or chenille cutter

(optional)

+Wire brush (optional)

+Pin back or metal clip & glue

EMBROIDER

• Download the ITH Pumpkin Cutie
  Clip embroidery design from
  cmemag.com/freebies until Oct. 31,
  2019. Find the design after the ex-
  piration at interweave.com/sewing.
  Load the design onto the machine.


• Hoop a piece of stabilizer.


• Embroider step one to create a
  placement line on the stabilizer.


• Center the felt over the placement
  line and tape in place. Embroider
  step two to create a small place-
  ment line for the ribbon.


• Place the ribbon with ½ " extending
  over the placement line. Tape in
  place (A).


• Center one piece of orange fabric
  over the felt, right side up. Tape in
  place. Embroider step three to tack
  the fabric in place.


• Center the three remaining pieces
  of orange fabric over the first, right
  side up. Tape in place. Stitch step
  four to create cutting lines on the
  fabrics (B).

FINISH

• Remove the hoop from the
  machine and the project from the
  hoop. Tear away the stabilizer from
  the outside of the project.


• Lift up the top three layers of fabric
  to see where to cut in the next step.
  You will be cutting through ONLY
  the top three layers of fabric (C).


• Slide the scissors blade between
  each stitched channel and snip in
  about 1" to prepare for the chenille
  cutter. If you don’t have one, use a
  small pair of scissors.
  
  
  • Slide the foot of the chenille
    cutter into one snipped channel
    and cut across to the other side
    of the pumpkin, or use a fine pair
    of scissors to carefully cut each
    channel (D).
  
  
  • Repeat for each remaining channel.
  
  
  • Using a wire brush, rough up the
    fabric between the cut channels.
    Cut around the stitched perimeter
    of the pumpkin shape (visible from
    the wrong side) about 1⁄8" from the
    stitching line, being careful not to
    cut the ribbon stem.
  
  
  
  

B

CD

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½"

MATERIALS A
+Tear-away stabilizer
+3½ " square of orange felt
+Four 3½ " squares of orange
cotton fabric
+2" length of^3 ⁄ 8 "-wide green
ribbon
+Orange embroidery thread
+Slash cutter or chenille cutter
(optional)
+Wire brush (optional)
+Pin back or metal clip & glue

EMBROIDER

• Download the ITH Pumpkin Cutie
  Clip embroidery design from
  cmemag.com/freebies until Oct. 31,
  2019. Find the design after the ex-
  piration at interweave.com/sewing.
  Load the design onto the machine.


• Hoop a piece of stabilizer.


• Embroider step one to create a
  placement line on the stabilizer.


• Center the felt over the placement
  line and tape in place. Embroider
  step two to create a small place-
  ment line for the ribbon.


• Place the ribbon with ½ " extending
  over the placement line. Tape in
  place (A).


• Center one piece of orange fabric
  over the felt, right side up. Tape in
  place. Embroider step three to tack
  the fabric in place.


• Center the three remaining pieces
  of orange fabric over the first, right
  side up. Tape in place. Stitch step
  four to create cutting lines on the
  fabrics (B).

FINISH

• Remove the hoop from the
  machine and the project from the
  hoop. Tear away the stabilizer from
  the outside of the project.


• Lift up the top three layers of fabric
  to see where to cut in the next step.
  You will be cutting through ONLY
  the top three layers of fabric (C).


• Slide the scissors blade between
  each stitched channel and snip in
  about 1" to prepare for the chenille
  cutter. If you don’t have one, use a
  small pair of scissors.
  
  
  • Slide the foot of the chenille
    cutter into one snipped channel
    and cut across to the other side
    of the pumpkin, or use a fine pair
    of scissors to carefully cut each
    channel (D).
  
  
  • Repeat for each remaining channel.
  
  
  • Using a wire brush, rough up the
    fabric between the cut channels.
    Cut around the stitched perimeter
    of the pumpkin shape (visible from
    the wrong side) about 1⁄8" from the
    stitching line, being careful not to
    cut the ribbon stem.
  
  
  
  

B

CD

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