It’s important to use
stabilizer behind all of the
decorative and machine
embroidery stitches.
Audition each of the
technique pieces below to
explore the layout, of the
handbag. Determine how
you want to cut the crazy
patch pieces as you go.
Creating yarn art felting and embroidery
Stitching using the circular attachment
Multi-line decorative foot
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felting techniques
1. Draw lines on the front fabric to
mark the placement of the yarn
strips using a marking tool, or be
creative freehand. These lines can
be drawn oval or circular. Place the
yarn on the fabric front.
2. This yarn strand can be machine
felted into position, or it can be
stitched down using a decorative
beading foot 2-3mm and invisible
thread using a small zigzag stitch
or decorative stitch to accommodate the width of the yarn strand.
Remember have fun.
3. If the artistic oval piece is to be
felted, select rectangular cotton
print fabric, and machine felt yarn
right to the fabric. You’ll have the
opportunity to choose which side
you like the best after it has been
needle felted, front or back of fabric. Cut the fabric to the shape desired. In this case it’s oval, however
create any shape desired. Add this
to the front of your handbag after
all of front handbag is completely
assembled. Stitch this into place.
4. Felting fabric for covered buttons can be done creatively using
assorted threads, wool pieces, or
yarns on the background fabric.
And the fabric used for these techniques can also be from a great
selection of cotton, silk, linens and
any other natural fabric you can
think of. Remember, it’s easier to
shape it around the covered button if the fabric is light to medium
weight. See manufacturer’s instructions for covered buttons.
circular attachment techniques
1. Choose your fabric to be decoratively
stitched using your Circular Attachment. As with most techniques it’s
advisable to always experiment and
have fun with stitches before going to
the project fabric. Select an assortment of stitches to explore.
2. The top layer is your fabric, behind is
a tea r away stabilizer or stabilizer of
choice. Select a decorative stitch. Determine how large you would like the
circle by moving the measurement
guide to desired measurement.
3. Place your circular attachment in
place and push the special pin into
the fabric and through the stabilizer.
Place the push pin into the circular
attachment located along the measurement guide. See manufacturer’s
instructions. Stitch decorative stitches
in circular motion or shape desired
using templates.
4. You may choose to use a portion of
this decorative stitching for the handbag, or you may use the entire piece.
Cut to desired size. Remove excess
stabilizer.
fabric texturing techniques
1. This technique was achieved by
placing Fabric Magic under the cotton
fabric for the front of the handbag –
red fabric in bottom right corner.
2. Cut the Fabric Magic larger than the
cotton fabric choice.
3. Use the multi-line decorative foot on
the sewing machine, select a stitch
and decorative stitch that will show
well on the surface.
4. Use the guidelines on the multi-line
decorative foot, stitch row after row
of decorative stitches. Create a grid
of stitches. Serpentine stitches work
well, zigzag, straight, and a variety of
others. Experiment.
5. When the stitches are complete, use
the burst of steam from a steam iron
and hover over top of your fabric
surface. The Fabric Magic will shrink
as will the cotton fabric with it. This
creates a wonderful textured surface.
Cut this to desired size for your crazy
patch design.