| To make the Welcome bow, you'll need 2 pieces of white fabric
(we used cotton duck fabric) measuring 10" x 36" for the dangling ends
of the bow and 5" x 20" piece for the bow itself; you'll also need about
36" of green satin ribbon, about 20" of red satin ribbon and about 3 yards
of bias tape. |
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| Step One: On the 10" x 36" piece, draw two straight lines through
the middle, vertically and horizontally, as shown on the diagram. Use removable
fabric marker. |
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| Plan how you are going to embroider the bow. On one side, we embroidered
two small roses and the "Welcome" sign, and on the other we embroidered
a small rose and a double rose, all from the Rose
Linen Set. You should plan for the embroideries to be as far from the
center as possible. |
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Hoop the fabric so that the line runs through the center. Embroider
the designs in the places that you have marked. The "Welcome" inscription
can be downloaded here:
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| Step Two: Fold the embroidered piece lengthwise, embroidery
inwards and machine-stitch along the long raw edge. |
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| Press the seam allowances open and turn the workpiece out. Press again.With
the bias tape, finish all the edges. Set this piece aside for now. |
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| Step Three: To make the bow, take the second, 5" x 20", piece
of white fabric. Finish the long edges with the bias tape. Fold and machine-stitch
the short raw edges together to make a loop. Press the seam allowances
open. Turn inside out. Place the loop flat so that the seam is in the center. |
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| Step Four: Place the bow piece over the embroidered piece and
tie around the middle with a green ribbon. Fold one of the ends of the
green ribbon to make a short loop and stitch it to the back of the bow.
Let the ends dangle freely. |
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| Step Five: For decoration, you can make a small bow out of red
ribbon and stitch it onto the large bow. |
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We have more designs that can be used for this project:
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