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Rodeo Jacket Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on January 31, 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Experienced

TIME REQUIRED

03:30

Description

Many times all that is needed is a lightweight fleece jacket for outdoor events. Rodeos are lively events with talented riders. Enjoy the event with a jacket made especially for the event.

Project Preview Video

Materials

Fleece jacket in the color and size needed (project used a tomato red colored jacket, trimmed in dark gray in a size men’s 3XL)

Embroidery thread in a color to coordinate with the jacket trim (dark gray was used in the project)

Poly mesh stabilizer

Water soluble topper

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Balboa-Threadworks/1/BTW273

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

The design used for this project is in a Trapunto-style. The beautiful digitizing creates lofty areas to the design created by empty areas of fabric surrounded by stitching. This design is very large, so be sure there is a hoop for your machine to accommodate it.

Step 1:

Read through the instructions before beginning and then gather the materials. It is very important a fleece style jacket is chosen. The loft in the fleece allows empty areas of the design to be lifted by the surrounding stitching creating a “Trapunto”-like look. Print a copy of the template. This design is very large, so be sure it will fit within the hoop you have for your machine. It is not recommended that a design like this be resized.

Step 2:

Fold the fabric in half lengthwise with the front of the jacket to the inside. Be sure the sides, shoulders and neck edges match to get the true center of the garment back. Use a marking chalk to lightly mark a line along the fold for centering the fabric within the hoop.

Step 3:

Plan the design placement. The center of the hoop should align to the vertical center of the jacket back, and the hoop large enough to accommodate the design.

Step 4:

Cutout around the paper template. Plan the placement of the design on the jacket back. The top of the design on the jacket back should be approximately 8” down below the bottom edge of the jacket back neckline. This is a men’s 3XL jacket, so the design was placed even a little lower. If possible, it is best to have the person try on the jacket and then center, align, and pin the template to the jacket while it is on the person.

Step 5:

Hoop the fabric with stabilizer centering the hoop to the template placement. Remove the template and place a piece of water soluble topper on top of the fabric and then snap the inner hoop ring in the outer hoop ring securing the fabric, stabilizer, and topper in the hoop.

Step 6:

Load the “Rodeo” design on the machine. Place the hoop on the machine and then do a check to be sure that the presser foot easily clears the sides of the hoop. Also, be sure there is a full bobbin in the machine. With a design like this it is best not to have any interruption of the design while stitching.

Step 7:

Double check the clearance and then start the machine stitching. This is a one color design.

Step 8:

Designs like this are so much fun to watch while they are stitching. The pathing and stitch direction creates the pattern for the design. This design does take some time to stitch, but just watch it and enjoy the stitching process.

Step 9:

After the design has finished stitching, remove the fabric from the hoop and cut away the excess stabilizer from the back. This design has such small open areas it is best to throw it in the washing machine to remove the water soluble topper. Wash and dry the jacket following the label directions.

Step 10:

Here is the jacket right out of the dryer. The open areas of the design are raised by the loft of the fleece fabric and areas of stitching around the open areas. Once friends see this jacket, rest assured, you’ll be making more!

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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.