Creative Machine Embroidery – July 2019

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MATERIALS Supplies listed are enough to make one decorative jar. +Felt fabric +Mason jar +Cut-away stabilizer +Thread: bobbin & glow-in-the- dark (See “Source.”) +Tap e mea su r e +Removable fabric marker +75/11 embroidery needle +Embroidery design (approx. 1½ "×3"; see “Designs.”)

PREPARE

Measure from the jar base to just
below the threading to determine
the felt height; record. Measure the
jar circumference. Subtract 1" from
the jar circumference; record as the
felt width.

Cut the felt fabric to the recorded
dimensions.

EMBROIDER

Download the Spooky Spy Eyes
designs from cmemag.com/freebies
until Oct. 31, 2019. Load the designs
onto the embroidery machine.

Hoop a piece of cut-away stabilizer.

Place the felt center over the
stabilizer center. Secure in place
with tape.

Thread the machine with glow-in-
the-dark thread and the bobbin
with 60-wt. bobbin thread. Install a
new embroidery needle.

Embroider one set of eyes.

CONSTRUCT

When the stitching is finished, re-
move the materials from hoop and
cut around the eye embroidery,
leaving a small amount of stabilizer
around the perimeter (A).

Overlap the short ends of the em-
broidered felt and insert it into the
jar with the eyes facing out. Trim
the felt as needed to fit the jar.

Repeat to construct the remaining
two jars.

DESIGNS Download the Spooky Spy Eyes designs from cmemag.com/freebies until Oct. 31, 2019. The designs will be available after the expiration date at sueoverydesigns.com.

SOURCE Sulky of America supplied the glow-in-the- dark thread: sulky.com.

Download the Spooky Spy Eyes design from cmemag. com/freebies until Oct. 31,

Purchase the designs
at sueoverydesigns.com
after the expiration date.

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MATERIALS
Supplies listed are enough to make one
decorative jar.

+Felt fabric +Mason jar +Cut-away stabilizer +Thread: bobbin & glow-in-the- dark (See “Source.”) +Tap e mea su r e +Removable fabric marker +75/11 embroidery needle +Embroidery design (approx. 1½ "×3"; see “Designs.”)