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Child’s Nautical Hat Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on September 06, 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

03:30

Description

Use a purchased hat and nautical designs to create a hat for a perfect complement to a child’s outfit.

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Materials

Purchased child’s sailor hat (or make one using a commercial pattern)

Soutache braid in red and blue

Embroidery thread as stated in design sequence

Optional: temporary embroidery spray adhesive

Tearaway stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Hopscotch/1/HS1111039A

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Windmill-Designs/1/JLA000147A

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Begin with a simple hat, stitch embroidery designs and trim with complementary Soutache braid.

Step 1:

Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Print out a paper template of the design and color sequence. Match the red and blue embroidery threads to the Soutache braid.

Step 2:

Press the band of the hat using starch or sizing. Fold the hat in half with the band seam to the left and place a pin at the front center fold.

Step 3:

In software resize and align the designs using the tools to space and center the designs evenly. This will work only if the hat band is not curved. Print the paper template. If not using this method, print templates of the single designs and space them around the band for embroidery as desired. Cut out the template and align it on the hat as planned.

Step 4:

Hoop tearaway stabilizer in the hoop and lay the hoop on a gridded board so the centers at the top, bottom and sides of the hoop align to the grid marks on the board. Spray the hoop with temporary spray adhesive and then align the top folded edge of the band along a straight grid line and pin in place.

Step 5:

Load the design on the machine. Place the hoop on the machine and align the needle to the center of the template. Remove the paper template and start the machine to stitch the designs.

Step 6:

After the designs finish stitching remove the hat from the hoop and remove the excess stabilizer. Measure around the brim of the hat and cut a piece each of the red and blue Soutache braid plus a few extra inches for tucking the ends under the tape. Use a seam ripper to open a few stitches of the tape covering the band edge.

Step 7:

To sew the blue braid to the bottom of the hat, tuck one end of the braid under the tape and stitch the braid all the way around using the same blue embroidery thread that was used for stitching the design. Repeat for the red braid using the matching red embroidery thread.

Step 8:

Press the hat band again and the hat is ready for a child to wear as a complement to a nautical outfit.

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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.

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