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Breakfast Time! Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on March 03, 2022

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

04:30

Description

Have fun creating a fast and easy placemat and napkin for “Breakfast Time”!

Project Preview Video

Materials

Round placemat

Napkin

Tearaway stabilizer

Temporary embroidery spray adhesive

Double sided embroidery tape

Simply Stable cover-up

Embroidery thread as stated in thread list

Bakery donuts with sprinkles, berries, and other breakfast foods

Optional: Embroidery software

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Windmill-Designs/StockDesign/1/JLA001678A

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

It’s fun to embroidery designs on purchased items to create simple, yet creative and useful items to make “Breakfast Time” more enjoyable.

Step 1:

Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Choose thread colors to make the donut and sprinkles the colors you choose, or follow the thread as listed by the designer.

Step 2:

Load the “Sprinkle Donut” design in the software. Save the design as a new file and name it “napkin”. If the design is grouped, ungroup it. Select all but the last three colors of the design and delete them.

Step 3:

This will leave only the “sprinkles” to be sewn on the napkin. Save the file and then export the file in the format needed by the machine for stitching. Print paper templates of both the “napkin” design and the “Sprinkle Donut” design. Note: if you do not have software, this can be done at the machine by using the “Sprinkle Donut” design, advancing through the first colors, and sewing only the last three colors which are the sprinkles.

Step 4:

Loosely cut around the paper template of the “Sprinkle Donut” design. Decide where you would like it stitched on the placemat and pin the paper template in place. On the back side of the placemat, tear and place strips of double sided embroidery tape to secure the placemat to the stabilizer in the hoop. Be sure to keep the tape well out of the way of where the “Sprinkle Donut” design will be stitched. Remove the protective paper from the double sided embroidery tape.

Step 5:

Hoop a piece of tearaway stabilizer. Secure the placemat to the stabilizer with the embroidery tape. This placemat has ridges that would show under the design. To help alleviate this, choose a color of Simply Stable cover-up to be placed down before stitching. This will help keep the stitching up off the placemat.

Step 6:

Remove the paper template and lay the piece of Simply Stable over the area to be embroidered. Load the “Sprinkle Donut” design in the machine and stitch following the color sequence.

Step 7:

After the design finishes stitching, remove the hoop from the machine and tear away the excess Simply Stable cover-up. The stitching perforates the product so it tears away cleanly. Flip the placemat over and remove the excess tearaway stabilizer.

Step 8:

Add additional “Sprinkle Donuts” if you’d like. Set the placemat aside.

Step 9:

To create the napkin, press the napkin using spray starch. Generally cut around the paper template of the “napkin” design. Place the template on the napkin as you would like it stitched. For the project, the design will be stitched near the corner as shown. Pin the paper template in place.

Step 10:

Hoop a piece of tearaway stabilizer. Spray the stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive and secure the napkin to the stabilizer. Load the “napkin” design on the machine. Align the needle to the center of the paper design.

Step 11:

Stitch the “napkin” design following the color sequence.

Step 12:

Remove the fabric from the hoop and remove the excess stabilizer. Press and fold the napkin.

Step 13:

Make one or several of these “Breakfast Time” placemat and napkin sets to add a little festivity to enjoy breakfast treats.

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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.