By The Sea Shore Embroidered Beach Towel

With Palette Petite you can be by the beach in no time enjoying your new embroidered beach towel. Embroidering your designs on different items such as a beach chair or a beach tote will certainly inspire you to keep on discovering your new-found hobby. Download printable instructions.

Materials:

• Beach towel
• Madeira® Embroidery thread
• Baby Lock® Tear-Away Soft Stabilizer
• Baby Lock® Aqua Melt Topping
• Temporary spray adhesive

Tools:

• Baby Lock® Flourish Embroidery Machine
• Baby Lock Palette™ Petite (Installed)

Steps:

1. For the seashell attach the reader/writer box into the USB hub and open Palette Petite.

   1. On the left toolbar click on the Auto Punch icon. From here we will locate the built in images.

   2. The path to the images is as follows: C:/Program files/Babylock/Palette Petite/Samples/Clip Art/Celebrations. Select Shell 2 and click on Open.

   3. In the Auto Punch field you can make several changes to the image before we complete the auto digitizing process.

   4. Click in that area to remove the crosshatch area.

   5. Click on the background area to place the crosshatch. By doing this you will remove any stitches that would have been placed there and giving the design the look of a patch.

   6. Click on Finish to digitize the image and send it to the workspace.

   7. In any area where you wish to adjust the stitch direction hold down the Alt key and left click in the area. Click on the Sewing Attribute icon to open the Region Sew field.

   8. Slide the cursor over the red rotate arrow to turn it into a rotate tool.

   9. Note: the number degree changes as you rotate the cursor. Click on Apply when you are satisfied with the stitch direction. Repeat this for any area that you wish to alter.

   10. If you want to see the design in a realistic mode click on the Realistic Preview icon. When you wish to continue working with the design click the Preview icon.

   11. To change the colors on the design hold down the Alt key while selecting the area you wish to change.

   12. Just above the workspace will be loaded the toolbox that will show the existing color.

   13. Click on the spool and the color palette will open. In this field you can change manufacturer’s palettes and change to any color within the chosen palette.

   14. Make your color changes at this time to any area in the design and click OK.

   15. Click on the Write to Card icon . Follow the positive prompts. This method will allow you to write one design at a time to the memory card.

   16. Click on File menu and choose Save As. Save the design to a location of your choice in the .pes file format which can be read by Baby Lock machines.

   17. Your design is ready to be embroidered.

2. For the seahorse follow these instructions:

   Follow the same steps as the Seashell directions but substitute the Shorse1 image and click OK.

   1. Follow the same steps as the Seashell directions but substitute the Shorse1 image and click OK.

   2. In the Auto Punch field click on Finish to send the design to the workspace.

   3. Following Step 6 from the Seashell design for changing stitch direction.

   4. Follow Step 8 to change color on any area within the design.

   5. Click on File menu and choose Save As. Save the design to a location of your choice in the .pes file format which can be read by Baby Lock machines.

3. For the lettering...

   Left click to select the Text icon on the left toolbar. On the Text Attribute bar select the number 10 font. Change the font size by highlighting the number and typing in 18.5mm. Set the Text body to Satin Stitch. Left click on the workspace to open the properties for the text. Type in “UNDER THE SEA” and click on OK. To select the lettering click on the Select Object tool and left click anywhere on the lettering. To move the lettering slide the cursor over the lettering and when the four sided arrow appears left click to move the lettering into position.

   1. Left click to select the Text icon on the left toolbar.

   2. On the Text Attribute bar select the number 10 font. Change the font size by highlighting the number and typing in 18.5mm. Set the Text body to Satin Stitch.

   3. Left click on the workspace to open the properties for the text. Type in “UNDER THE SEA” and click on OK.

   4. To select the lettering click on the Select Object tool and left click anywhere on the lettering.

   5. To move the lettering slide the cursor over the lettering and when the four sided arrow appears left click to move the lettering into position.

   6. Click on File menu and choose Save As. Save the lettering design to a location of your choice in the .pes file format which can be read by Baby Lock machines.

   7. To save multiply design files to the Memory Card click on menu File Write to Card and from the sub menu choose Other Pes Files.

   8. When the Write to Card field opens select each of the designs individually that we saved from the left side and click on the Arrow pointing to the right to move them to the right side.

   9. Click on Write to card tab to send them to the Memory card.

   10. Follow the positive prompts to finish the task.

   11. To embroider the towel hoop the tear-away stabilizer and spray with the temporary spray adhesive. Place the towel on top of the hoop and finger press in place.

   12. Place a piece of aqua melt topping on top of the towel to contain the fibers and to give the finished towel a professional look.

   13. If your hoop is large enough combine some of the designs to reduce some of the hoopings. Follow the photo of the image for placement of the designs.