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Hearts and Ruffles Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on February 01, 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

04:00

Description

Begin with a toddler outfit, embroider with the “Heart Swirl” design, and add ruffled trim to create a one-of-a-kind outfit for a special little girl.

Project Preview Video

Materials

Purchased knit top and pant in the size needed (size 2T was used for the project)

Ruffled trim (amount depends upon the size of the outfit and how the trim will be placed)

Embroidery thread as specified in the design

Sewing thread for sewing the trim onto the outfit

Stabilizer (poly mesh was used for the project)

Water soluble topper (if needed)

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/King-Graphics/1/M2174

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

It is so much fun to find designs to coordinate with purchased outfits. Adding trim and embroidery to a purchased outfit assures the size is correct and saves a lot of time versus cutting and sewing the entire garment. Even printed fabric can be embroidered. With a little coordination of colors, prints, thread and trim, a sweet little outfit can be created in an afternoon.

Step 1:

Read through the instructions and gather the materials. Print out a paper template of the embroidery design. Coordinating the design, embroidery threads and trim is the fun part of designing the project.

Step 2:

Press the top. Cut out the paper template of the design. Decide on the placement of the design and then pin the template to the garment.

Step 3:

Hoop the garment with the stabilizer.

Step 4:

Load the design “Heart Swirl” on the machine. Align the needle to the center of the paper template.

Step 5:

Be sure none of the fabric is caught underneath the hoop area. With smaller garments it is very easy to accidentally catch fabric under the hoop.

Step 6:

Remove the paper template and if needed, place down a piece of water soluble topper. Stitch the design following the color sequence.

Step 7:

After the design is finished sewing, remove the garment from the hoop and cut away the excess stabilizer. Now it is time to decide on trim placement. There are many options and the amount of trim used will depend upon how the trim is placed on the garment. Shown are some options: along the length of the top opposite the design, along both lengths of the top almost like suspenders, diagonally across the top stopping before and after the embroidery.

Step 8:

For this outfit, the trim will be sewn around the neckline, bottom of the sleeves, and bottom of the pant hem.

Step 9:

Working from the inside of the sleeve, align the trim along the bottom edge of the sleeve and stitch in place using matching thread. At the end, turn under the cut edge and backstitch.

Step 10:

Repeat adding trim for the sleeve edges.

Step 11:

And for the bottom of the pant legs.

Step 12:

What an adorable outfit that is not only appropriate for Valentine’s Day, but for any time!

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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.