embroidery felting
1. Load embroidery felting design onto your
sewing machine screen, and install all of the
parts to the embroidery embellishment kit
to embroider the design. The felting needle
is shorter than a regular needle and has
small barbs on it to push the felt or roving
into the cape fabric. The preparation for the
embroidery felting technique is included in
your embroidery felting kit. There are a few
steps that need to take place including the
felting needle, needle guard, and bobbin
area.
Interactive screen on Designer Ruby Royale
A piece of felt is placed on top of the wrong
side of fabric to reinforce design area.
2. Once these changes are made, and the
embroidery design is on your screen, set
the hoop style, and make any necessary
changes to the design if desired. Changes
can be made either in 6D Software or right
on your interactive embroidery screen.
Note: It’s important to test a sample piece of felt
with your wool fabric before going on to no. 3.
Testing allows you to work out any changes or
adjustments on the test sample.
3. With wrong side facing, mark the fabric
where you’d like the felted embroidery
to be. If you’re using wool roving, it’s also
advisable to add a thin layer of Inspira water
soluble stabilizer to prevent the wool roving
from shifting while it’s embroidering.
4. As the embroidery is being felted you won’t
see the actual finished work until it’s complete and the hoop is removed. The felting
is occurring on the opposite side – that’s
what makes this so exciting.
Marking the spot for felt embroidery.
Cut away extra felt around the felted design.
5. When the felting is complete, remove the
fabric from the metal hoop.
6. Remove any excess felt by trimming away
with Inspira® appliqué or Inspira® Duck bill
scissors. This allows trimming of excess felt
without accidently cutting into your cape
panel.
7. Continue to felt each panel individually until
all 7 are completed.
construction
1. Select the seam allowance appropriate for
the wool fabric chosen.
2. Seam the 5 identical panels right sides
together. Sew the last two center front panels one on each end of the 5 sewn panels.
3. Mark the hemline and cut even according
to the preferred edge style. The edge can
be straightened or left with a bit of a curve.
Five panels and two front panels sewn together.
Instruction photos by Cheryl Stranges.
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