Quick Projects
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Heart on Your Sleeve Sweatshirt
Put Your Heart on Your Sleeve (Literally!) with Perfect Appliqué Fusible Web Whip up a Heart on Your Sleeve Sweatshirt in no time. This is a great Valentine’s Day or date-night garment, which is easily dressed up or down depending on your accessories and shoes. HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE SWEATSHIRT SUPPLIES Purchased sweatshirt 5″ x 10″ rectangle of medium- to heavyweight knit fabric Sulky Perfect Appliqué™ Fusible Web 12 wt. Cotton Blendables® Petites™ Thread Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Hand sewing needle HEART TEMPLATE Create a heart template for the sweatshirt using plain old paper or card stock. Fold a 5″ square in half and draw half of a…
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Lucky Sweatshirt – How to Embroider a St. Patrick’s Day Design
Lucky Sweatshirt to Embroider for St. Patrick’s Day Embroider a Lucky Sweatshirt to show your love of all things St. Patrick’s Day! This tutorial is helpful for embroidering any type of stable sweatshirt knit, with a fleece or fuzzy interior. Grab the Feeling Lucky Machine Embroidery Palette to have all 10 threads featured in this design at the ready, along with the entire design collection – included with purchase! LUCKY SWEATSHIRT SUPPLIES Zip-front sweatshirt Feeling Lucky Machine Embroidery Palette (includes 10 thread spools & entire Feeling Lucky Machine Embroidery Collection) Sulky 30 wt. Poly Sparkle™ Thread (Gold with Gold Sparkle – optional; for gold coin embroidery) 60 wt. Sulky Bobbin…
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Embroider a Luggage Tag – How-tos & Tips
How to Embroider a Luggage Tag To embroider a luggage tag, first find a good quality luggage tag blank. Make sure there is an easy way to access the front or back of the luggage tag to accept the embroidery without having to rip apart seams or embroider through all layers. For the following tutorial, a leather luggage tag is featured. Make sure to note the fabric type and contents of the chosen luggage tag in order to determine the proper stabilizer to use. EMBROIDERED LUGGAGE TAG SUPPLIES Luggage Tag Blank Sulky Sticky+™ Stabilizer Sulky 40 wt. Poly Deco™ Thread (colors determined by design & luggage tag color) Bobbin Thread:…
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Filled with Love Tea Towel to Stitch
Filled with Love Towel Add an adorable Filled with Love tea towel design to a blank trimmed tea towel to gift for Valentine’s Day. Start with our Cup of Tea Thread Palette, which includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread and 6 machine embroidery designs in 3 sizes. Then grab a towel blank (choose one with a colorful border or add your own!) and Sulky Fabri-Solvy for beautiful results. The Cup of Tea design collection contains all appliqué designs, done in the hoop of your embroidery machine. You’ll need some fabric scraps for the appliqué design portions, so choose solids that coordinate with the thread colors or fabrics…
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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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Kid Craft Ornament to Sew in No Time
Kid Craft Ornament – Snow Globe A kid craft ornament is the perfect snowy day activity for kids that are home from school during winter break. This snow globe kid-craft ornament is a quick and easy project that includes felt and glitter, two of the best kid craft supplies! I recommend working on this project with your kiddo, teaching them sewing fundamentals along the way. A straight stitch is all that’s needed, with a little finesse required for sewing the curved edges of the snow globe ornament. If working with kids younger than 8 years old, have them pour the glitter and you do the sewing (and they watch). Remember,…
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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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Simple Stocking Stuffers to Sew
Get Crafty with Simple Stocking Stuffers Small projects make great stocking stuffers for Santa’s elves, and these little sleeves are no exception. They also make great gifts for co-workers, family and friends. Make one of these sleeves for each person on your gift list and tie it to a package. Choose cork fabric for an upscale version or quilting cottons, depending on the recipient. This project is easy enough for kids to complete, too (read on for my daughter’s version!). CORK FABRIC STOCKING STUFFER VERSION Cork fabric is a fun alternative to leather or faux leather. If you have leftover cork fabric from a bag or tote project, use it…
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Reindeer Stuffy to Embroider & Give
Reindeer Stuffy – How to Embroider an Embroider Buddy A reindeer stuffy is a great gift idea for Santa to leave inside a stocking this year. The reindeer stuffy is an Embroider Buddy, meaning he is specifically meant for machine embroidery embellishment. The stuffing is enclosed in small “pillows” for easy removal, allowing you to access the tummy and place it flat on the hooped stabilizer. REINDEER HOOPING All Embroider Buddies are basically the same as far as how to remove the stuffing. Unzip the animal along the lower edge and remove the stuffing “pillows.” The reindeer stuffy has two removable “pillows” and one that stays put (in the the…
