Holiday Table Cloth & BONUS Thread Catcher
Jewel Club-November/December 2015: Holiday Table Cloth & BONUS Thread Catcher Over the next two months we will be working with Design Shaping, Positioning/ placement, sandwiching fabrics to cover embroidery stitches, mitered corners, pictogram stitches, and decorative stitches. One design will be purchased from My Embroideries.com and the other is created with Design Shaping. Participants will also have additional designs altered by the instructor to create a different look if desired. We will be sandwiching Borders A. & C. to hide the embroideries on the back. This creates a neater finish and all seams will be enclosed except for the hem. November Class: Work on Design Positioning, positioning /placement, pictogram stitches, and decorative stitches. Embroider in class. Begin construction if time is available. December Class: Construction and finishing stitches. Make the tread catcher. This is our annual potluck. The instructor usually brings soup and the class brings side dishes, desserts, etc. Once again we will plan on eating at 12:30 so both classes can share the fellowship and have a chance to visit with old and new friends. Prior to class, please cut the fabrics and mark the pieces to be embroidered as follows. Lightly starch the cotton fabrics prior to class –not enough time to dry them in class. Niagaria Spray Starch is good for this. (Spray the cottons, let them air dry, and press they have body)
A.
Center: Measure (1) 14 ½ square and (1) 16” square B. Cut (2)2 1/2” wide strips the width of the fabric—sub cut in half C. Cut (8) 6” wide x the width of the fabric D. Cut (4) 8 ½ “ wide x width of the fabric
A C B C D . 1.
A & C are tone on tone fabric (cotton) B & D are linen like fabric
Mark the 16” inch square as follows with a wash away pen that allows ironing prior to being spritzed away. a. Draw a line ¾” of an inch line from the outside edge all the way around the square. b. Draw a another line 1 ½ “ in from the first line (total of 2 ¼ from outside edge) c. Draw a third line 1” in from the line in letter b. (total of 3 ¼ from the outside edge) d. Draw a line down the middle of 4 of strip C with an erasable pen.
Supplies:
Sewing/embroidery machine, foot pedal, accessories, power cord and instruction book. Sensor Q foot, A foot, B foot or open toe foot Embroideries: Order from My Embroideries, Embroidery Club #149, and print off a paper receipt or bring the actual disk in you have it. If you have difficulty with this, we will help you order it on my computer while you are doing stitch outs. Yes, I will provide you with all designs needed while we take of this design as we don’t want to waste time in class. Needles: Embroidery 90, Sewing Universal 80 or 90 depending on fabric, Wing needle 100 (came in your pack of needles with the machine.) Fabrics:
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Tone on tone Cotton: 2 yards Linen or linen like fabric: 1 ½ yards
Threads: o Embroidery Threads: The sample used 4 colors in a monochromatic scheme: RA-Dk. Maroon (2376), JH (618), JH (177), JH (620) all in a maroon monochromatic range. Choice of threads are up to the student. o 60wt embroidery bobbin thread (white for most colors, black for very dark colors) o Sewing Threads: Thread to blend with the fabrics chosen. Stabilizer: Tear Away Medium or plan on using more layers of Tear Away light or Fast Easy Tear Away Hoops: 260 x 200, 240 x 150, 120 x 120 14 ½ inch ruler’s square, 3 x 18 inch ruler, rotary cutter General sewing notions: scissors, embroidery scissors, pins, wash away pens that can be ironed on, chalk marker, etc.
Below is an unfinished picture of the table cover to give you an idea of where we are headed.
Supplies for the Bonus Project in December: Thread Catcher 1 Fat Quarter (18 x 20) or scraps to make a 14 ½” x 14 ½” rectangle and scraps to make (2) 6” circles 2 Cardboard circles (3 ¾”) Pizza box thickness is great stability weight) 1 Piece of batting or fleece (3 ¾”) 4” Wooden Embroidery Hoop (Hobby Lobby, Handcock’s, JoAnn’s) Pins, needle, thread, glue, scissors Thread: 30 wt. or 12 wt. Sulky thread & sewing thread to blend with fabric Hand Sewing thread that thread will go through easily Cut all pieces prior to class.
A.
Center: Measure (1) 14 ½ square and (1) 16” square B. Cut (2)2 1/2” wide strips the width of the fabric—sub cut in half C. Cut (8) 6” wide x the width of the fabric D. Cut (4) 8 ½ “ wide x width of the fabric
A C B C D . 1.
A & C are tone on tone fabric (cotton) B & D are linen like fabric
Mark the 16” inch square as follows with a wash away pen that allows ironing prior to being spritzed away. a. Draw a line ¾” of an inch line from the outside edge all the way around the square. b. Draw a another line 1 ½ “ in from the first line (total of 2 ¼ from outside edge) c. Draw a third line 1” in from the line in letter b. (total of 3 ¼ from the outside edge) d. Draw a line down the middle of 4 of strip C with an erasable pen.
Supplies:
Sewing/embroidery machine, foot pedal, accessories, power cord and instruction book. Sensor Q foot, A foot, B foot or open toe foot Embroideries: Order from My Embroideries, Embroidery Club #149, and print off a paper receipt or bring the actual disk in you have it. If you have difficulty with this, we will help you order it on my computer while you are doing stitch outs. Yes, I will provide you with all designs needed while we take of this design as we don’t want to waste time in class. Needles: Embroidery 90, Sewing Universal 80 or 90 depending on fabric, Wing needle 100 (came in your pack of needles with the machine.) Fabrics:
o o
Tone on tone Cotton: 2 yards Linen or linen like fabric: 1 ½ yards
Threads: o Embroidery Threads: The sample used 4 colors in a monochromatic scheme: RA-Dk. Maroon (2376), JH (618), JH (177), JH (620) all in a maroon monochromatic range. Choice of threads are up to the student. o 60wt embroidery bobbin thread (white for most colors, black for very dark colors) o Sewing Threads: Thread to blend with the fabrics chosen. Stabilizer: Tear Away Medium or plan on using more layers of Tear Away light or Fast Easy Tear Away Hoops: 260 x 200, 240 x 150, 120 x 120 14 ½ inch ruler’s square, 3 x 18 inch ruler, rotary cutter General sewing notions: scissors, embroidery scissors, pins, wash away pens that can be ironed on, chalk marker, etc.
Below is an unfinished picture of the table cover to give you an idea of where we are headed.
Supplies for the Bonus Project in December: Thread Catcher 1 Fat Quarter (18 x 20) or scraps to make a 14 ½” x 14 ½” rectangle and scraps to make (2) 6” circles 2 Cardboard circles (3 ¾”) Pizza box thickness is great stability weight) 1 Piece of batting or fleece (3 ¾”) 4” Wooden Embroidery Hoop (Hobby Lobby, Handcock’s, JoAnn’s) Pins, needle, thread, glue, scissors Thread: 30 wt. or 12 wt. Sulky thread & sewing thread to blend with fabric Hand Sewing thread that thread will go through easily Cut all pieces prior to class.
