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The Round
Rose Crochet Border Set can be easily turned into a beautiful lace
insert for a T-shirt.
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| You will need a T-shirt, water-soluble Vilene stabilizer and 60-weight
cotton embroidery threads. You can choose threads either matching the color
of the T-shirt, or contrasting with it. |
| The designs from our Round
Rose Crochet Border Set are embroidered like all our crochet lace designs.
You can read about this in our General
Guidelines and Step-by-Step Guide to Embroidering our Crochet-Style FSL
designs. |
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| Step One: To make the lace insert, embroider part 1 once, part
3 once, and part 2 twice. Trim the stabilizer, leaving at least 3/4" around
each design. DO NOT dissolve the stabilizer just yet. |
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Please read the Step-by-Step Guide to Assembling
crochet-style FSL Designs into a Project first.
Step Two: Treat Vilene as fabric. Fold it and, using zigzag,
stitch the FSL parts to each other. Use the same thread as you used for
the embroidery! |
| Step Three: You can now go ahead and dissolve the water-soluble
stabilizer. Place the lace into a bowl of warm water; change the water
several times until the lace is soft and no residue is left. So that the
lace dries evenly, spread it on a flat surface and let it air dry. Then
press carefully with steam. |
| Step Four: Take a T-shirt and very carefully undo the bias on
the neck-line and undo the shoulder seams. Do not discard the bias, you
will need it later. |
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| Step Five: Mark the middle of the front on the T-shirt. Place
the lace on the T-shirt aligning the side edges of the lace with the shoulder
lines and the central seam of the lace with the T-shirt center. Pin and
then baste in place.
Step Six: Using the same thread which you used for the embroidery,
stitch across the lace's lower edge with a short zigzag stitch. For more
accurate stitches, place a piece of perforated tear-away stabilizer under
the knit fabric. After you finish stitching, tear it away. |
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| Step Seven: Using sharp scissors, cut away the T-shirt under
the lace as close to the zigzag stitching line as possible.
Step Eight: Stitch the shoulder seams together - you will have
a lace edge on the front and a fabric edge on the back: stitch them together.
Use tear-away stabilizer, if needed. |
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Step Nine: Finish the neckline with the bias. If the old bias
is too short, use the fabric left over after cutting away the material
under the lace.
Press. |
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The T-shirt is ready. Enjoy!
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