QUILTsocial Winter 2015-15 Issue | Page 22

5 6 7 8 10. Go to File, Print Preview and Print the image. 11. Add ¼" seam allowance to the printed image. Draw a line down the centre of the heart. This is the pattern for your traditional appliqué blocks. Cut the pattern out on a ¼" [6mm] seam allowance. create your embroidered heart appliqués 1. Continuing with the image in 6D® Design Creator for our embroidered appliqués. 2. On the top Toolbar select the Centre in Hoop icon. 3. Go to the Design Tab (upper left corner of window). 4. On the Create Tab of the Control Panel under Fill Area select Radial Fill in the Dropdown box. Under Border Line select Motif Line in the Dropdown box. Photo 5 5. Select Options. On the Options tab leave the Density at 20. On the Line tab Under Group choose PFAFF. Under Category scroll down and choose 6.1 ST Optional Feet. Under Pattern scroll down and choose #13 – a candlewicking stitch. Set the width to 6.0 mm. Select Insert Color Change and choose a colour for your border stitches. Photo 6. On the Appliqué tab, set to Running stitch – Stop – Double stitch – Stop – Border. This will turn our embroidery to an appliqué. Photo 7 6. Click on the Quickstitch Fill icon and left click inside the heart image. Select OK for Color Tolerance. Right click to drop the Quickstitch Fill tool. 7. Click on the Origin icon of the Radial fill and move it to 2 grids above the centre of the heart. Photo 8 8. File – Save as – Heart 1.vp3. 9. File – Export Embroidery. Select the File format for your machine and save your design ready to embroider. 10. Now changing the fill type for our second embroidered appliqué. 11. Right click on the inside of the heart – the radial fill. Under Fill Type change to a Multiline Wave fill. Change the Density to 40 and click Apply. Notice the change to your design. Make any changes you wish to the density or fill type and click OK when done leave the line and appliqué settings the same as in the first heart design. Photo 9 12. Save the new design as Heart 2.vp3 or the format for your embroidery machine. 13. Copy Heart1.vp3 and Heart2.vp3 to a USB stick or use the necessary method of transferring the design to your embroidery machine. constructing the traditional appliqué blocks 1. Thread your machine with sewing thread top and in bobbin. 2. Attach the ¼" piecing foot with guide. 3. Sew the 4½" x WOF white tone-ontone cotton fabric to the 4½" x WOF red tone-on-tone cotton fabric wrong sides together with