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| Step One: The stabilizer will need to be very thick, so fold
the stabilizer into several layers. You will need approximately 3-4 layers
of Sulky's Solvy, Madeira's Avalon or equivalent. Hoop all the layers together.
Embroider a photostitch design of your choice. Don't forget to remove
all jump stitches after each color. |
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| Step Two: If the stabilizer should rip during the embroidery
proccess, just lay another small piece under the spot, moistening it slightly.
Here, we used a design from Bird
Collection. |
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| Step Three: Place the embroidery into a bowl of cold water for
a couple of hours to dissolve the stabilizer.
If you use a particularly heavy stabilizer, such as Sulky's Ultra Solvy,
first cut away the excess, because it can easily clog drains or might not
dissolve fully. Don't dispose of the scraps: they can later be used to
make liquid stabilizer.
Dispose of the water from the bowl into a toilet, not into a sink, to
prevent clogging! |
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| Step Four: To get rid of the remnants of the stabilizer, you
can place the embroidery under running water. Collect the run-off into
your bowl, and then pour it down the toilet. |
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| Step Five: Let the design dry and cut away all unneeded bottom
threads. |
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| Step Six: You are left with a wonderful free standing embroidery,
whose uses are limited only by your imagination. Look further for ideas. |
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You can glue the embroidery to a diary, a notebook or address book...
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You can use it to adorn your tote bag and show off your embroidery
skills.
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You can decorate clothing that you are afraid of embroidering directly
or use it to embellish clothing that can't be embroidered with photo-stitch
at all, such as light t-shirts and knitted sweaters.
The advantage of the method is that you can easily remove the embroidery
if you like and when you like.
For the white sweater we used the design Red
Hat. |
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| For the long-sleeved T-shirts we used the designs from the Christmas
Card Set. |
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Free standing embroidery can be used to create an original set
of table mats and napkins.
For this place mat we used the design Cherry.
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The advantage of the method, in this case, is that you can fiddle
around with the layout without commiting yourself. You also avoid the difficulties
of embroidering a large piece of fabric.
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