5. Choose a wider appliqué stitch or satin
stitch to stitch over the previous circular
stitch using another thread colour. Tear
away any excess stabilizer.
6. Create sunrays simply by drawing them
out on the back paper of a fusible web,
see fusible web instructions. Press all
sunrays using the appliqué pressing sheet.
Use a straight stitch to do raw edge appliqué around each sunray.
Sunshine cut around edges
TIP It’s always important to use stabilizer
behind all of the decorative stitches.
Wool Roving on Felt
Felting Flowers and Spring Chicks
Embroidery Felting Preparation
1. Load embroidery on the embroidery
machine screen.
2. Prepare the embroidery hoop with 1 layer
of Inspira® Aqua Magic
3. Place the felt pieces on top of the Aqua
Magic, and an assortment of wool roving
on top of the felt. Last place a layer of
Machine Felting on right side
Inspira® Water Works on top of this.
Sun Rays cut
TIP It’s best to do a machine baste around
embroidery area before beginning the embroidery.
4. Install the felting kit & felting needle to the
embroidery machine. See kit instructions.
When using the felt kit there’s no thread
used until it stipulates embroidery stitches
using thread. The actual felting that is
occurring in this procedure is evolving on
the underside of the hoop. Not the right
side like we are used to with machine em- Nest with egg placement
broidery. Once the felting is complete, any
embroidery stitching will be done using
normal embroidery set up.
5. When the piece is complete, remove the
hoop from the embroidery machine and
take the felted piece out.
6. Cut around the perimeter of each embroidered flower, leaving excess felt.
7. Soak and rinse away excess stabilizer. Trim
close to the embroidery using Inspira
scissors. These are ready for placement on Embroidered nest
the fabric.
Planning
Embroidered Chicks
Note: These can be embroidered before or after
the quilt is assembled.
1. Place the stabilizer in the hoop, then
place the fabric on top and machine
baste the fabric into position.
2. Load the chick design onto the embroidery screen, duplicate and mirror image.
Embroider each just as an outline design
omitting the fill in stitches.
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