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Thanksgiving Candle Mat
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Thanksgiving Candle Mat Embroidery Project

By   Ramona Baird   on   September 15, 2017
  • SKILL LEVELIntermediate
  • TIME REQUIRED03:30
Description

Enhance your Thanksgiving table with this elegant candle mat, featuring a festive design perfect for the holiday. Ideal for adding a warm touch to your decor. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • 2- 8” x 8” squares of print fabric to coordinate with embroidery design
  • 1 piece white cotton to fit hoop
  • 1 piece poly mesh stabilizer
  • Embroidery thread as stated in color sequence and to coordinate with print fabric
  • Sewing thread to match print fabric
  • Embroidery thread to match print fabric
  • Optional: pinking shears, June Tailor Charming Circles ruler

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create
    Preface:
    This candle mat uses a “cathedral window” technique and a specialty ruler (optional) to create a simple, yet stunning mat that can also be used as a mug rug for holiday entertaining.

    Step 1:
    Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Print out a paper template of the design and color sequence. Coordinate the embroidery threads to the print fabric chosen.

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    Step 2:
    Press all the fabrics well. Quarter fold the white fabric and lightly crease to find the center. Hoop the fabric with a layer of poly mesh stabilizer. Load the embroidery design on the machine and place the hoop on the machine, centering the design in the hoop. Stitch the design following the color sequence.

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    Step 3:
    Remove the completed embroidery from the hoop but do not trim the stabilizer - it remains behind the fabric; press out the crease marks. Use the paper template as a guide for centering the Charming Circles ruler over the design. Use a pencil to draw the square lines on the fabric through the slits on the ruler. Since the ruler is optional, an option is to cut the embroidered fabric scant 5” square, centering the embroidery design.

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    Step 4:
    Stitch the fabric and stabilizer together just inside the drawn line; trim away the excess fabric close to the stitching line. Place the two pieces of print fabric right sides together and draw a circle on the wrong side of the top piece of fabric using the ruler (or use a compass or plate to draw a 7” circle and add a ¼” seam allowance). 

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    Step 5:
    Sew the two pieces of fabric together along the drawn line using a short stitch length (1.5-2.0mm) using the sewing thread that coordinates with the fabric. Use pinking shears to trim away the excess fabric leaving ¼” seam allowance. Separate the two layers of fabric and create a snip in one of them across the bias of the fabric.

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    Step 6:
    Turn the circle right side out through the slit and use your fingers to go all around the circle and push along the seam line to make it smooth; press around the circle seam line. Lay the print fabric with the slit right side up on a flat surface and then place the embroidered square on top of the circle, centering it.

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    Step 7:
    Turn the curved edges over the square and press well. Place pins in the four flaps to temporarily hold them in place (note: if the square is just a bit too large, just trim it so it will fit nicely within the circle). Turn the curved edges of each of the four sections back and press the top of the curve to the top of the straight edge and press again. 

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    Step 8:
    Pin to temporarily hold the sections in place. Wind a bobbin with the embroidery thread and thread the machine with the embroidery thread that matches the print fabric. Edge stitch along all four inner straight edges first and then edge stitch along the curved edges. From the back the thread blends into the fabric.

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    Step 9:
    Congratulations on creating a lovely candle mat for your Thanksgiving holiday.

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    Meet the Author: Ramona Baird
    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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