Change up your favorite pillow pattern with some fun embroidery including this cute dandelion design. By resizing and rotating embroidery on your Baby Lock embroidery machine you create a fun and unique look to any piece of home decor! Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- Eileen Roche’s Fashion Embellishments II Collection (ADP29J) from Amazing Designs®
- Tear-Away Stabilizer med wt. from Baby Lock
- The Pillow Book by Shannon Okey
- 1 yard silk fabric
- 1 yard Tricot iron on stabilizer
- Madeira® embroidery threads
- Temporary spray adhesive
Tools:
- Baby Lock® sewing and embroidery machine
Steps:
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Set the machine up for embroidery.
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Click on Embroidery category and retrieve the dandelion design (#EREM207) from the Eileen Roche’s Fashion Embellishments II design collection.
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Set the design and click on Edit. Select the Resize icon.
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To resize the design larger click on the icon with the arrows pointing outward or to resize smaller click on the arrows pointing inward.
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In the sample the design was 20% larger. Click on Set.
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To embroider the design in one color under the Edit category click on the Color Spool icon. The machine will not stop after each color.
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Following the directions on Page 28 of the Pillow Book Step 1 for the Basic Rectangular Pillow project cut a section from the silk fabric measuring 21” x WOF (width of the fabric)
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Fuse the tricot iron stabilizer to the backside of the silk fabric.
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Hoop the tear-away stabilizer and lightly spray with the temporary spray adhesive. Place the stabilized fabric in the hoop and finger press to secure.
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Place the hoop on the machine; center the design and embroider.
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For the remaining embroidered designs space the designs approximately 4”-5” apart and rotate them in either direction as desired.
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Repeat the hooping and embroidery process by following Steps 7-8.
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Remove the stabilizer from the back of the piece.
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Follow Steps 2 and 3 from the book to finish the pillow.