Embroidery
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Teacher Tote – a Great Back-to-School Gift
Teacher Tote Create a Teacher Tote for a back-to-school gift, using a tote bag blank. Or create a quick tote bag using two fabric squares and self-made handles. This tote isn’t lined, so it couldn’t be easier to embroider and construct! Alternatively, create this “Teacher” Tote for a student and replace the embroidery design with one of your choosing that’s more appropriate for the recipient. TEACHER TOTE SUPPLIES Tote Blank (or create your own tote!) Sulky Sticky+™ Stabilizer Sticky+ Slitting Pen Sulky Thread: Poly Deco™ (colors according to chosen embroidery design) & 60 wt. Bobbin Large-scale embroidery design (Featured design is Teaching is my Thing in the 6×10 hoop size…
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Teacher Mug Rug for Back to School
Teacher Mug Rug Designed by Melanie Call, of A Bit of Scrap Stuff A teacher mug rug makes a great back-to-school gift. This design featured piecing, quilting and a bit of hand embroidery. Change up the words to suit the teacher(s) in your life, or personalize the teacher mug rug with a name or phrase, such as “welcome back,” “teachers rule” or something clever like “2+2=4” for a math teacher, for example. MUG RUG PATTERN NOTES Finished size: 5 1/4” x 7” Please read all instructions prior to beginning. Seam allowances are ¼”. WOF = Width of Fabric RST= Right Sides Together TEACHER MUG RUG SUPPLIES Fabric Star Background: (8)…
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Felt Advent Calendar with Holiday Cheer Embroidery
Felt Advent Calendar a free pattern showcasing the Holiday Cheer Hand or Machine Embroidery Collection Count the days until Christmas with a fun felt advent calendar. This pattern comes together quickly and you decide what designs to feature on the pockets! ADVENT CALENDAR DESIGN OPTIONS Opt for our Holiday Cheer Hand Embroidery Kit, which includes a digital booklet full of ten patterns and reference materials, a sheet of Sulky Felty™, printed designs on Stick ‘n Stitch, and TEN spools of Sulky Cotton petites™ Thread. Or, choose machine embroidery and grab our Holiday Cheer Machine Embroidery Collection, which contains the ten designs digitized for 40 wt. Rayon Thread. The Holiday Cheer…
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Quilted Flower Pillow with Dimensional Floral Embroidery
Quilted Flower Pillow with Sulky Pollen Designs designed by Cherry Guidry, Cherry Blossoms Quilting Create a quilted flower pillow featuring “Pollen” machine embroidery designs by Sulky. The designs feature Sulky Filaine™ Thread, which “blooms” when brushed with a Filaine™ Wire Brush, creating fuzzy texture that looks like the flowers come to life. Quilted Pillow Finished size: 12” x 22” PILLOW SUPPLIES Pollen Machine Embroidery Design Collection (featured designs: Cosmo, Poppy & Gerbera Daisy) Sulky Thread: Rayon 40 wt. & 12 wt. Filaine (colors per the embroidery design sequence charts), Bobbin 60 wt. white, 60 wt. PolyLite Filaine Wire Brush Stiffy™ Tear-Away Stabilizer Organ® Needles: Piecing: 70/10 Universal Embroidery – 80/12…
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Bloom Free Pattern – Hand Embroidered Mini Quilt
Bloom (free pattern) into Spring a hand embroidered Mini Quilt designed by Aimee Davis of Daisyeyes Handmade This Bloom free pattern combines hand appliqué, hand embroidery and basic quilting techniques to create a mini quilt perfect for your spring wall décor. Download the pattern for hand embroidery and appliqué for free! Or, if desired, purchase the machine embroidery design and create your appliqué in the hoop. (Note: The design colors shown below were altered from the machine embroidery color sequence chart to match the chosen fabrics.) Bloom Free Pattern Requirements Hand Embroidery Supplies Embroidery hoop (10″ or larger is best) Hand embroidery needle Small scissors Water-soluble pen Sulky Stick ‘n…
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St. Patrick’s Day Lucky T-Shirt Embroidery
Embroider a Lucky T-Shirt to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to strut your leprechaun self and wear your green. An embroidered lucky T-shirt or hoodie sweatshirt is a quick-and-easy way to add a touch of green to your existing wardrobe, and our new Feeling Lucky machine embroidery collection contains designs that are just perfect. T-SHIRT SUPPLIES Existing or purchased T-shirt (prewashed & dried) Feeling Lucky Machine Embroidery Palette (contains 10 Rayon snap spools & 6 St. Patrick’s Day themed designs in 3 sizes) Soft ‘n Sheer™ Stabilizer Tender Touch™ Stabilizer Organ® size 75/11 Embroidery Needles Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Removable fabric marker…
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How to Embroider a Robe – Plush Fleece or Bamboo Knit
Embroider a Robe for Comfy Lounging in Style Embroider a robe to add a personalized touch. Monograms are great embroidery design choices, as are sleepy-themed designs, such as moons, stars and even music notes. Vintage Celestial Sun & Moon Design from Urban Threads Fantasy Letter E from Urban Threads For plush robes, choose designs with medium to heavy stitch fills, as line-art style designs may get lost in the fabric pile. For knit robes, choose a lighter stitch fill or line-art style design to avoid bulletproof embroideries that don’t move with the fabric. Monograms that have embossed effects (or “knockout” effects) are especially nice on super plush, fleece robes. A…
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Cup of Tea Catchall – Free Pattern & New Design Collection Debut
Cup of Tea Catchall Package gift items neatly in a personalized felt box. Add fun machine embroidery to the inside of the box that complements the gift and/or the recipient’s interests. The featured Best-Teas Forever design is from the Cup of Tea Machine Embroidery Collection, available individually; as part of the collection of 6 designs in 3 sizes; or packaged with the Cup of Tea Thread Palette, which includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread. CUP OF TEA CATCHALL PATTERN DETAILS The Cup of Tea Catchall Pattern is a digital pattern, delivered to your sulky.com account. Add it to your cart and go through the checkout process (it will say…
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Holiday Pillow Wraps to Sew & Embroider
Holiday Pillow Wraps How-Tos Create holiday pillow wraps that enable you to quickly swap your décor throughout the year. Choose a winter-themed machine embroidery alphabet collection to personalize the wraps with a monogram, name or holiday-specific saying. Download the free Holiday Pillow Wraps pattern and add it to your Sulky account for easy retrieval if it’s ever misplaced. Simply create an account (if you don’t have one already) and add the freebie to your cart. Go through the checkout and grab the download to save, print or view as you wish. The featured digital Winter Greens Machine Embroidery and Winter Greens Hand Embroidery Collection is available at sulky.com. The machine…
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Holiday Onesie to Embroider for Baby
Holiday Onesie How-Tos Embroider a holiday onesie for a new baby this Christmas. Choose from one of our cute Santa Sayings machine embroidery designs to make it extra special. SUPPLIES FOR HOLIDAY ONESIE Santa Sayings Machine Embroidery Palette Sulky Bobbin Thread (color to match onesie) Machine Embroidery Design (featured design from Santa Sayings Machine Embroidery Collection, included with Palette: Santa’s Sweetie), measuring approx. 4.69” x 4.75” or smaller, depending on size of onesie) Sulky Sticky+™ Stabilizer Sticky+ Slitting Pen Sulky Tender Touch™ Stabilizer Organ® Needles: 75/11 Embroidery Removable Fabric Marker (such as a Frixion highlighter) Pinking shears or scalloped scissors HOOPING ONESIE Load the chosen design onto the machine and…
