Get into the Thanksgiving spirit with this cute little Turkey appliqué embroidery design! This design is compatible with a 5” x 7” or larger hoop. Download printable instructions. Download design.
Materials:
- Baby Lock Stick-Tear Tear Away or Tear-Away Soft Stabilizer
- Variety of coordinating embroidery thread colors
- Fabric remnants for appliqué
- Napkins placemats or fabric to make drink coasters
- Appliqué design - see project description above
Tools:
- Baby Lock Embroidery Machine
- 5"x7" Embroidery Hoop
- Appliqué Scissors
Steps:
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With pins or a fabric pen mark where you want to place your design on your fabric.
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If using sticky stabilizer hoop the stabilizer with the slick side up.
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Gently score the top layer and remove as much of it as possible revealing the sticky stabilizer underneath.
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Center and stick the project to the stabilizer.
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If using Baby Lock Tear Away Soft layer your fabric and stabilizer center and hoop the two together within the hoop.
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If you used pins to mark your placement make sure to remove them before stitching!
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Place the hoop within the machine and pull up the design. Thread the first color and start stitching!
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If you've never appliquéd before check out the embroidery machine portion at the beginning of this video on How to Appliqué.
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In embroidery appliqué it will start with a placement stitch a tack down stitch and the embroidery/ finishing stitch.
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Let the placement stitch stitch out on the project.
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Then place a piece of remnant fabric completely over that stitch and let the tack down stitch stitch on top of that.
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Next gently remove the hoop from the machine without unhooping your project!
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Using your appliqué scissors trim as closely around that stitch as you can.
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Then place the hoop back in the machine to stitch out the finishing stitch.
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Continue working through the design until you’re finished. Happy Thanksgiving!
