The Southwestern Motif Applique
is a set of 4 designs available in 3 sizes. They're easy to embroider and
look very attrative. The motifs are great for quilts and other household
items. They also look very stylish on clothes.
On this page, you can read about how to make this applique and see some
T-shirts with these motifs.
Step One: Hoop your base fabric (the fabric on which you are
making the embroidery) with cut-away mesh stabilizer. Thread the needle
with embroidery thread. Start embroidering. The machine will embroider
an outline of the shape and stop.
Step Two: Place a piece of fabric over the outline, and start
the machine. It will embroider the outline of the same shape again and
stop.
Step Three: With a pair of sharp scissors cut away the excess
fabric as close to the outline as possible.
Step Four: Return the hoop to the machine. Finish the embroidery.
Change threads if needed.
When embroidering on light fabrics, knits or jersey, stabilize them
with "No-Show" mesh or similar stabilizers. The mesh is light-weight, soft
and practically invisible, but will keep the shape of both the embroidery
and your blouse.
This blouse is decorated with a motif for the large (5"x 7") hoop.
This small T-shirt for a young woman features a design for the mega
(8"x 10") hoop.
Those who have machines with 10" x 12" hoops can use the designs for
the commercial hoop.
This very simple T-shirt uses the applique for the 10" x 12" hoop on
the back
We hope that you liked our ideas and will come up with many of your
own.
