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ITH Gingerbread Man Softie Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on December 12, 2024

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

00:50

Description

This adorable gingerbread man softie is available in 4 sizes, one for the 5” x 7”, 6” x 10”, 12” x 7” and 12” x 8” hoops. Soft and cuddly as he is made in fleece, he is sure to please.

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Materials

½ yard of tan fleece fabric will make them all or for each size you will need:

GBMS01 for the 5” x 7” hoop 2 8” x 7” rectangles

GBMS01_var_2 for the 6” x 10” hoop 2 9” x 8” rectangles

GBMS01_var_3 for the 12” x 7” hoop 2 10” x 9” rectangles

GBMS01_var_4 for the 12” x 8” hoop 2 12” x 10” rectangles

No show stabilizer to fit the embroidery hoop

Spray Adhesive

Poly fill stuffing

Wooden dowel or tube turner

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/GBMS01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Finished size of the gingerbread man softies are 5 ½”, 6 ½”, 7 ½” and 9”. It takes about 50 minutes to make the 7 ½” gingerbread man, the others take a little less or more time based upon stitch count and stuffing time. The opening left to turn the project is stitched up by hand. The gingerbread man shown in the instructions is the one for the 12” x 7” hoop, all of the sizes are completed using the same steps.

Step 1:

Fleece fabric has a lot of stretch across the width of the fabric and less stretch on the lengthwise grain of the fabric. When you cut the required size rectangles of fabric cut them so that the longest measurement is on the lengthwise grain of the fabric and the shorter measurement is cut on the width of the fabric.

Step 2:

Hoop no show stabilizer in the embroidery hoop. Run color stop (CS 1) in a thread to match your fabric as a placement line.

Step 3:

Spray adhesive on the back side of a rectangle of fleece, making sure that the stretch is going across the body and position over the placement line so that ½” of fabric exceeds the placement line on all edges. Run CS 2 in the same matching thread to tack down the fleece.

Step 4:

Follow the color chart for CS 3 through CS 6 to embroidery the icing and details on the gingerbread man.

Step 5:

Align the second rectangle of fabric face down over the embroidery in the hoop. No adhesive spray or tape is needed. Stitch CS 7 in a thread to match the fabric to stitch the front and backs together leaving an opening for turning.

Step 6:

Cut out the gingerbread man with about a ¼” seam allowance leaving a little extra fabric at the turning opening to make stitching him closed easier.

Step 7:

Clip into the points at the crotch and at both sides of the neck though all layers of fabric. Clip around the curves though the stabilizer to facilitate turning.

Step 8:

Reach inside the opening to the opposite arm and turn the project right side out.

Step 9:

A long wooden dowel, I use the dowel from a tube turner can be used to help smooth out the seam lines.

Step 10:

Using small amounts of poly fill at a time, stuff to the desired firmness.

Step 11:

Turn in the opening seam allowances and hand stitch with a ladder or whip stitch to close the opening.

Step 12:

Congratulations your Gingerbread Man is complete! Make another using all the hoop sizes that you have.

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 Gingerbread Man Softie Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

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Gingerbread Man Softie

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.