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Heritage Celebration Flags Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on April 01, 2015

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

03:00

Description

Food seems always to be at the heart of celebrations with family and friends. On days celebrating heritage, embroider flags to decorate food plates or centerpieces to add to the festivities.

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Materials

White Cotton Fabric

Two layers cutaway stabilizer

Embroidery thread as designated in design sequence

Seam Sealant (Fray Check)

4- Skewers

Hot glue gun and glue

Food to decorate

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/JumpRope-Designs/1/JR_1408053B

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/JumpRope-Designs/1/JR_1408053C

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/jumprope-designs/designs/1/JR_1408012B

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Bella-Mia-Designs/StockDesign/1/83103B

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/jumprope-designs/designs/1/JR_1408050B

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

This is a very simple project to do and will add to the festivities of a national heritage celebration. The flags used for the project were to decorate a Kransekake - a cake used for Scandinavian celebrations such as weddings, Christenings, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day). The flags are stitched using two layers of cutaway stabilizer so they will be stiff when finished. The designs are outlined with a seam sealant before trimming to prevent fraying of the fabric. A 1” seam at the left of the flag is wrapped around a skewer and secured with hot glue. Make as many as you need and keep them on hand for your heritage celebrations.

Step 1:

Gather the supplies and read through all the instructions. Several flag designs may be ganged up in one hooping. Do this in software or at the machine; just be sure to leave enough room between each.

Step 2:

Starch and press the fabric well. Hoop the fabric with two layers of cutaway stabilizer.

Step 3:

Load the national flag design on the machine. For the project, two of each of the “Norway” and “Norge” Flag designs will fit in the hoop for stitching.

Step 4:

Start the machine and stitch the flags following the color sequence.

Step 5:

Continue stitching until all the flags are stitched. Remove the fabric from the hoop and press the fabric outside the stitched areas.

Step 6:

The next step will be to apply a seam sealant such as Fray check around all the edges of the flag. It is useful to use a straight edge to form a clean edge of sealant. You will notice a line when the sealant is wet, but it will dry clear. The seam sealant will prevent the edges of the fabric from raveling after cutting.

Step 7:

Seal all the edges around the three sides of the flag. To the left side, use a ruler to mark a 1” seam allowance.

Step 8:

Apply seam sealant over the line. Apply seam sealant to the top and bottom edges of the seam allowance as well in line with the edges of the flag. After the sealant dries, use a ruler and rotary cutter to cut along the edges of the flag (be very careful not to cut the stitches) and along the pencil line.

Step 9:

Cut away the stabilizer from under the seam allowance.

Step 10:

Heat the hot glue gun. Apply a bead of glue from the top of a skewer the length of the seam allowance.

Step 11:

Roll the skewer to wrap the seam allowance around the stick. Add additional hot glue as needed and hold a few seconds while the hot glue sets up. Repeat for the remaining flags.

Step 12:

Congratulations! The national flags are ready to use as decorations for your festivities

Step 13:

For the Kransekake, order the forms online and use the recipe on the box or search the internet for a recipe.

Step 14:

The national flags of Norway created in this project were used to decorate the Kransekake for a Syttende Mai celebration.

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Meet the Author: 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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