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Fishing Sit-upon Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on August 02, 2016

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SKILL LEVEL

Experienced

TIME REQUIRED

08:00

Description

Make a sit-up for your favorite fishing person. This project can hang on a wall or actually used during a fishing adventure.

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Materials

14” square white fabric to embroider and set on point for the center of the sit-upon

½ yard 45” wide “fishing” themed fabric

2- fat quarter prints to coordinate with fishing fabric

1-fat quarter solid color fabric to coordinate with all the fabrics for the binding

1- 19” x 25”Fleece batting

Vinyl – one or two layers 25” x 30” to place on ground under sit-upon

Embroidery thread to coordinate the design with the fabrics

Poly mesh stabilizer

Sewing thread to coordinate with all the fabrics (for sewing strips on)

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Hopscotch/1/HS1202034C

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

This project presumes you know how to do “quilt-as-you-go” projects. The embroidery is done and centered on a backing and batting fleece and then strips of fabric are added and sewn on to frame the embroidery and create the fishing sit-upon. Binding sewn on and then pieces of vinyl are cut to place on the ground underneath the sit-upon protect it from soil when sitting on the bank of a creek fishing.

Step 1:

Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Print out a paper template of the design and color sequence. The backing, batting and white fabric are cut larger than needed and then cut to fit.

Step 2:

Begin by cutting the white cotton fabric for hooping. I cut the piece for the project 14” square. Quarter fold the fabric and lightly crease to create guide lines.

Step 3:

Cut out the template of the embroidery design and center it in the fabric. Hoop the fabric with a piece of poly mesh stabilizer. Load the embroidery design on the machine and center the needle to the center of the template. Remove the paper template and stitch the design following the color sequence with the chosen embroidery thread colors.

Step 4:

Using a gridded ruler and the creased guide lines, mark and cut the embroidered fabric so it is a 10” square on point.

Step 5:

Press the fishing themed fabric well and cut a rectangle 18” high and 24” wide for the sit-upon back. Also cut a piece of fleece batting ½” larger on each side (19” x 25”).

Step 6:

Quarter fold both the batting and then center it over the wrong side of the back piece. Using the creases on the batting, center and align the points of the embroidered piece to the fold lines and pin the embroidered fabric in place in the center of the sit-upon (pin through all three layers: back, batting and embroidered fabric).

Step 7:

From the remaining fishing themed fabric, cut four strips 14” x 1.5”. Lay them into position as shown. Use the “quilt-as-you-go” technique to place the strips around the embroidered piece, right sides together and stitch them on using a ¼” seam allowance.

Step 8:

Start with the upper right strip, sew that on, flip it up and pin it into position. Add the next strip, cutting off the excess.

Step 9:

Repeat until all four sides are sewn on and flipped up into place.

Step 10:

Using one of the fat quarter prints, cut four strips 2.5” x 18”. Beginning in the upper right hand corner, sew these strips on through all the layers like before.

Step 11:

From the remaining fishing themed fabric, cut four strips 2.75” x 18”. Position them and sew them on, repeating the stich and flip “quilt-as-you-go” method through all the layers. Now from the remaining fat quarter print cut four strips of 6” x 18”. Place them into position along the corners and sew them on using the same quilting method. Flip them over the corners and pin the fabric along the edges of the sit-upon.

Step 12:

From the wrong side, stitch a scant ¼” from the edges of the backing fabric. Trim the excess batting and top fabric even with the backing fabric.

Step 13:

Cut strips of fabric from the solid colored fat quarter and use your favorite binding method to complete the sit-upon.

Step 14:

Cut one or two pieces of vinyl larger than the finished sit-upon to place under the sit-upon prior to it being placed on the ground.

Step 15:

Enjoy this project yourself or gift it to your favorite fishing buddy.

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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.

Fishing Sit-upon Embroidery Project

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