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ITH Penguin Softies Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on July 26, 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

00:45

Description

Cute, fun and easy to make In the Hoop!

Project Preview Video

Materials

Small version: 2 rectangles of black polar fleece 8” x 6”; large version 10” x 8”

Small version: 1 rectangle of white polar fleece of felt 7” x 5”; large version 9” x 6”

Small version: 2 3” strips 5/8” orange grosgrain ribbon; large version; 2 4” strips of 7/8” orange grosgrain ribbon

Black Sharpie

Scotch Tape

Embroidery tape

Premium poly fill stuffing

Optional:

Color fleece for scarf; small version 1” x 14”; large version 1” x 17”

Rattle boxes or squeakers if desired

Spray Adhesive

Poly-mesh Stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/PNS04

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/PNS03

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/PNS02

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/PNS01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

The small penguin softie is 6” tall by 3.5” wide and only takes 45 minutes to make including stuffing him and whip stitching the opening. The larger size is 8” tall be 4.75” wide and takes about an hour to make. You may dress them up with colorful scarves and add rattles or squeakers if you like. Make sure the crosswise stretch of the fleece goes across the body. I used both white polar fleece and felt for the applique. Due to the fuzzy nature of both fabrics sometimes a small amount of white fuzz shows in the wing tip area through the black stitching. Just a touch of black sharpie pen will permanently fix that. I liked both fabrics, the fleece is a little softer the felt is a little easier to trim, so use whichever you choose. I did use felt yardage rather than felt craft squares as it is softer. Here are your instructions.

Step 1:

Assemble the size fabrics needed for the penguin you are making. I could only find orange grosgrain with a yellow stitching down the sides, I really liked the touch it added to the feet.

Step 2:

Hoop poly mesh stabilizer in your hoop and run color stop (CS) 1 in black for a placement line.

Step 3:

Spray adhesive on the wrong side of a black fleece rectangle and position over the placement lines; run CS 2 to tack down the fabric.

Step 4:

Run CS 3 in white for a placement line for the white felt or fleece.

Step 5:

Spray a little adhesive just in the center of the white fleece and lay over the placement line. Run CS 4 in white to tack down the white fabric.

Step 6:

Trim the white fabric as close as possible to the tack down stitch down both sides and across the top, just leave the excess fabric at the bottom of the body.

Step 7:

Follow the color chart to embroider the border on the white; the facial features; wing and bows until the third to the last color stop.

Step 8:

The third to last color stop is a placement line for the feet.

Step 9:

Fold the sections of ribbons in half and securely tape them over the placement lines. Place the ribbons so that just the tip of the folded edge touches the tip of a wing, have the raw edges of the ribbon at least 3/8” over the placement line to go into the seam allowance. This picture is of the smaller penguin; when taping down the ribbon on the larger penguin use two pieces of scotch tape above the placement line as well as one below the placement line so that the presser foot will not get caught in the ribbon when the hoop moves.

Step 10:

The next to the last CS is the tack down for the feet.

Step 11:

Remove all the scotch tape.

Step 12:

Place the back fabric over the whole project right side down, use embroidery tape to secure it to the hoop and or stabilizer.

Step 13:

Stitch the final CS for the seam which will leave an opening, circled in red, to complete the project.

Step 14:

Remove the project from the hoop. With the stabilizer side facing you trim through all layers of the fabric leaving a ¼” to 3/8” seam allowance.

Step 15:

Clip the curves. Turn the penguin right side out through the opening.

Step 16:

Stuff the penguin to the desired firmness and add squeakers or rattle boxes if desired.

Step 17:

Turn in the seam allowances on the side and whip stitched closed.

Step 18:

If any of the white felt or fleece is pushing its way through the black border of the wings like this…

Step 19:

A little touch of black sharpie pen will solve it.

Step 20:

To make the scarves simply cut a 1” strip of colored fleece 14” long for the small penguin or 17” long for the large penguins. Snip ½” into each end about 1/8” apart to fringe the ends; tie around the penguins body.

Step 21:

Congratulations you first penguin is complete! Make a village full!

For the love of embroidery…
Pat Williams

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

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