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ITH Citrus Coasters Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on April 25, 2017

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

00:25

FINISHED SIZE

3.83 x 3.83 inches

Description

Felt, fabric and foam combine to make all of these Citrus Coasters from one embroidery file. Great as summer hostess gifts, party décor and for your craft fairs.

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Materials

5” square of craft felt orange, yellow, green or pink

5” square of quilting cotton orange, yellow, green or pink

5” square of craft foam orange, yellow, green or pink

Tear away stabilizer

Spray adhesive

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ITHFC01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

The orange, lemon, lime and pink grapefruit are all made from one embroidery file. Be brave and use some fun prints from your stash for the centers of the fruits. There is no turning or hand stitching to complete these coaster so they are quick to make.

Step 1:

Have a 5” square in coordinating colors for the fruit you wish to make. Hoop tear away stabilizer in your 4” x 4” hoop. Run the first color stop (CS) in a color to match your felt as a placement line.

Step 2:

Spray adhesive on the back of the felt square; center over the placement line; run CS 2 in a color to match the felt as a tack down stitch.

Step 3:

Run CS 3 in a color to match the felt as a placement line for the inner fabric.

Step 4:

Spray adhesive on the wrong side of the fabric; position over the felt square; run CS 4 in a matching thread to tack down the fabric.

Step 5:

Remove the hoop from the machine; trim the fabric right up next to the tack down stitches.

Step 6:

Run CS 5 in Super White (1001) to stitch the membranes.

Step 7:

Run CS 6 in Corn Silk (1022) to embroider the seeds.

Step 8:

Remove the hoop from the machine; turn the hoop face down.

Step 9:

Spray adhesive on the foam and center over the back of the coaster.

Step 10:

Return the hoop to the machine and run CS 7 in a color to match the felt.

Step 11:

Tear away the stabilizer.

Step 12:

Trim through all layers around the coaster. Do this from the back side of the coaster as it is easier to see the stitch line. Be careful not to cut your stitches.

Step 13:

Congratulations your first ITH Citrus Coaster is complete!

Step 14:

Change the foam, fabric and felt colors to make an orange, lime, lemon and pink grapefruit coasters.

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.

ITH Citrus Coasters Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

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ITH Citrus Coaster

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.