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Graduation 2016 Picture Frame Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on April 04, 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

02:30

Description

Graduation time is here! Create a memorable photo frame for a special graduate, parents, and grandparents!

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Materials

11” x 14” photo frame with mat

Piece of white felt large enough to hoop

1 piece cutaway stabilizer

Embroidery thread as stated in color sequence

Rubber cement

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/King-Graphics/1/M5043

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

This embroidery project is very easy to do yet creates a nice memory for a graduate. Simply stitch the embroidery design on felt, cut it out, and use rubber cement to adhere the embroidery to the picture mat. For a nice touch, make the cap and tassel in the school colors of the graduate.

Step 1:

Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. For a nice touch, use the school colors in place of the stated colors in the sequence for the cap and tassel.

Step 2:

Hoop the piece of felt with one layer of cutaway stabilizer. Stitch the design following the color sequence.

Step 3:

After the design stitches, remove the fabric from the hoop. Leave the stabilizer in place until after the next step.

Step 4:

Take the back off the frame and carefully lift out the picture mat. Lay the lower left corner of the mat over the design so there is approximately ½” to the left and bottom. Trace around the corner of the mat on the felt.

Step 5:

Cut out the felt and stabilizer just inside the drawn line.

Step 6:

Now cut around the remaining area of the design following along the shape. Trim away the excess stabilizer.

Step 7:

Lightly place rubber cement on the area of the mat where the embroidery will be placed. Align the felt and mat on the left side and bottom and press the embroidery into the glue. Let the glue dry thoroughly.

Step 8:

Place the mat back into the frame and place a picture if one is available. If this is for a gift, simply assemble the frame as it was purchased from the store; the picture may be added later once it becomes available.

Step 9:

A perfect, yet simple, gift for a 2016 graduate. Perhaps you’ll want to make several so the parents and grandparents will have a nice gift, too.

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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.

Graduation 2016 Picture Frame Embroidery Project

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Graduation Class Of 2016