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Music Lover's Soft CD Holder
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Music Lover's Soft CD Holder Embroidery Project

By   Ramona Baird   on   February 02, 2015
  • SKILL LEVELIntermediate
  • TIME REQUIRED05:00
Description

Craft a soft-sided CD holder using fabric with a musical theme. Perfect for music enthusiasts, this holder features a prominent musical note design and can store your favorite CDs safely. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • Music fabric: 1-right border 1.5” x 11.5”, 1- left front cover 9” x 11.5”, 2-pockets 7.5” x 14.5”
  • Pink dot fabric: 2-borders 5” x 3”, 1 lining 14.5” x 11.5”
  • White fabric for embroidery 6” x 5” (cut this piece larger to enable hooping, then after embroidery it will be cut down to this size)
  • Fusible tricot knit interfacing for white fabric, lining and 2 pockets
  • Tearaway stabilizer
  • Embroidery thread to compliment fabric
  • Headliner fabric 1- 14.5” x 11.5” (lightweight foam used in vehicle upholstery work available in the upholstery section of the fabric store)

    • Designs used in this project
    Preface:
    Headliner fabric is used as the basis for this soft-sided CD holder. White fabric is embroidered, then music and pink dot fabric is cut to frame the embroidery. The same fabrics are used to create pockets and line the case.

    Step 1:
    Gather the supplies and print the paper template of the design. Read through all the instructions before beginning.

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    Step 2:
    Fuse the tricot knit interfacing to the back of the white fabric. Hoop the fabric with one piece of tearaway stabilizer. Load design “I Love Music” and stitch following the color sequence.

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    Step 3:
    After the design has stitched, remove the fabric from the hoop, remove the excess stabilizer and press the fabric well.

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    Step 4:
    Using the crosshair on the paper template, measure and cut the template so it is 5“ wide and 6“ high. Place the paper template under the embroidery, aligning the images. Draw the outline of the rectangle on the fabric and cut it out.

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    Step 5:
    Place the headliner fabric face up on a flat surface. Measure from the right edge 1” and place the right edge of the embroidered fabric.

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    Step 6:
    Measure down 2.75” from the top of the headliner and align the embroidered fabric; this will center the embroidery vertically along the right side. Pin the embroidered piece in place. The small fabric pieces will now be pinned and sewn to border the embroidered piece.

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    Step 7:
    With right sides together, place the pink dot border pieces over the embroidered piece as shown. Stitch along the upper and lower edge using a ¼” seam allowance through all layers.

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    Step 8:
    Flip the pieces up and press. Place the right music fabric border, right sides together matching the right edge of the pink/embroidered strip. Stitch through all layers using a ¼” seam allowance. Flip the fabric to the right side and press.

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    Step 9:
    Place the left front music fabric piece, right sides together over the left side of the embroidered/pink pieces and pin in place.

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    Step 10:
    Sew this in place using a ¼” seam allowance. Flip the fabric to the right side and press the seam. Pin the fabrics to the headliner around all four outside edges.

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    Step 11:
    Baste the fabrics together along all four edges.

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    Step 12:
    Now it’s time to prepare and sew the inside fabrics. Press fusible tricot knit interfacing to the back of the two pocket pieces and also to the back of the lining piece. Fold the pocket pieces in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press.

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    Step 13:
    Measure down 5” from the top of the lining piece and place the cut edge one pocket along this line. Sew the pocket to the lining using a ¼” seam allowance.

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    Step 14:
    Flip the pocket up and press. Pin the side edges of the pocket to the lining. Pin the second pocket to the bottom of the lining, meeting the three cut edges and pin in place. Baste the pocket edges to the lining as pinned.

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    Step 15:
    Fold the lining/pockets right sides together and press to form a crease. Open up the lining and sew along the crease line stitching the pockets to the lining.

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    Step 16:
    With right sides together, place the lining over the cover front. Stitch along all four edges using a ¼” seam; leave an opening at the bottom through which to turn the fabric.

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    Step 17:
    Turn the fabric right side out through the lining, forming the corners well. Turn under the seam allowances of the opening pin and hand stitch the opening closed.

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    Step 18:
    Press the fabric well. Stitch through all layers ¼” on each side of the creased line stitching.

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    Step 19:
    Place the music CDs in the pockets.

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    Step 20:
    Close the cover and the cases are protected in a beautiful “I Love Music” CD holder.

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    Meet the Author: Ramona Baird
    Ramona Baird
    Ramona Baird has been in the embroidery industry for over 23 years. She and her husband owned a commercial and retail embroidery store in Arizona for many years. She is an experienced digitizer having been mentored by award-winners Pat Williams and Lindee Goodall. Ramona is a contributor to “Creative Machine Embroidery” magazine having 5 covers to her credit. Ramona has worked for Wilcom America and served many years as Education Director for the American Sewing Guild. With a degree in fashion design, she is able to design and execute patterns which Pat Williams says are “out of the box” in creativity and application. Ramona likes to challenge the boundaries of embroidery and bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and projects to EmbroideryDesigns.com. She wants embroiderers of all levels to increase their skills and enjoyment in using their embroidery machine for gift-making and personal pleasure.
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