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Holiday Apron to Make for Kids & Adults Too!
Stitch a Fun Holiday Apron for a Great Gift Idea A holiday apron makes a great pre-Christmas gift for kiddos as well as adults. Change the fabric to suit the recipient and give it as a holiday gift, personalized with embroidery, if desired. Create an easy pattern and use and reuse it for different recipients. Incorporate machine embroidery for a fun embellishment, using designs from our Christmas, Poinsettia or Holly thread palette. Add a name or monogram for the ultimate personalization. SUPPLIES (for kid’s holiday apron) Cotton + Steel thread by Sulky to match main fabric Sulky Machine Embroidery Palette (optional) Tear-Easy Stabilizer (optional; for machine embroidery) Sulky bobbin thread…
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Cinco de Mayo Embroidery on Cute Tea Towels
Cinco de Mayo Embroidery is much easier with Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy! These tea towels are lightweight and crinkly, but the embroidery is easy–even easier than making a bowl of guacamole. Arm yourself with the right products and you’ll have no problems stitching these fun towels with ease. Supplies Sulky Sticky + Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy Sulky rayon threads (colors determined by design) Tea Towel blank How to Do the Cinco de Mayo Embroidery Choose a design you like. Avocados, tacos, margaritas, limes, cilantro bundles–these are all great tea towel designs appropriate for Cinco de Mayo embroidery. The featured design is called Holy Guacamole by Concord Collections. It comes in one size…
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In-the-Hoop Christmas Stocking Tutorial
In-the-Hoop Christmas Stocking by Pamela Cox Stitch this Christmas Stocking to use as decoration, a gift, or to fill with goodies! It is made in two “in-hoop” sections: the embroidered stocking, and the lining, with finishing touches stitched on a sewing machine. Don’t be afraid of the high stitch count for the patterned stocking front. The rows are decorative patterns, so the stitches are all small. It stitches up quicker than you might imagine. Supplies: 1/4 yard wool felt 1/4 yard lining fabric 5-1/2” decorative cording Topstitch Needles: 100/16 – use with wool felt 80/12 – use with lining Sulky® Stabilizers: Sticky +™ Soft ’n Sheer™ Thread: Sulky 40 wt.…
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FREE Gift Tag Pattern & Printable
Holiday Gift Tags by Ellen March Handmade holiday gift tags are the perfect finishing touch to a wrapped present. Even better if you include a message to the recipient, letting him or her know you made what’s inside, too! These cute handmade gift tags are made using Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites thread but you can also use 30 wt. or 40 wt. thread for different looks. Download the free printable to use as a hand embroidery template, machine embroidery template, or simply print them out onto card stock and use the tags as-is! GIFT TAG SUPPLY LIST Supplies listed are enough to make 6 gift tags, depending on size…
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Free Webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop
Free Webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop Embroidery Quilt Block Projects & More with Lisa Archer Join us for this FREE webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop! Lisa Archer, Owner & Creative Director of Pickle Pie Designs, will teach you how fast, fun and easy it is to make machine embroidery in-the-hoop projects. Lisa is the master when it comes to in-the-hoop projects, and she will share her tips and tricks for success. She will explain the purpose of each step of an in-the-hoop project as she walks you through the process of making a whimsical Snowman Coaster entirely in the hoop. That’s right, no machine sewing required! Get the details: Title: Holiday In-the-Hoop…
