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Sugar Skull Softies Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on November 21, 2017

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

01:00

FINISHED SIZE

6 x 5.5 inches

Description

Sugar Skull Softies are easy to make and sure to delight the little ones as well as the collectors of everything Sugar Skull. Each skull varies in height and width but are approximately 6” wide and 5 ½” tall.

Project Preview Video

Materials

For each Skull:

6” x 6” embroidery hoop or larger

2 7” x 7” squares of white anti-pill fleece

No Show Stabilizer to fit hoop

Poly Fiberfill stuffing

Spray Adhesive

White sewing thread and hand needle

Wooden dowel or chopstick to assist in turning project right side out

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst01

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst06

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst05

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst04

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst03

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/ssst02

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Hoop no show stabilizer in a 6” x 6” hoop or larger. Cut two 7” x 7” squares of white fleece fabric.

Step 2:

Run color stop (CS) 1 as a placement line.

Step 3:

Fleece does have a right a wrong side. The smoothest looking side is the right side. And though fleece stretches in both directions, there is more stretch in the cross wise grain. Some embroidery formats rotate these designs to have them fit their hoop sizes. We are now going to spray the wrong side of the fleece fabric and position it over the placement lines. You want to position it so the greatest amount of stretch goes width-wise across the face. Also position it so that at least ½” of fabric exceeds the top of the head. Run CS 2 to tack down the fabric.

Step 4:

Follow the color chart to embroidery the face though the next to last CS.

Step 5:

Before the last CS is sewn we will place the back fleece over the project. No adhesive spray or tape is required. Be sure that the greatest stretch of the fabric is going across the width of the face. Place the right side down over the embroidery.

Step 6:

Run the last color stop to stitch the back to the front of the softie.

Step 7:

Trim around the softie from the face side of the project leaving ½” seam allowance over the top of the head where the opening for turning is, leave a seam allowance of 1/8th to ¼” around the rest of the softie. Clip in at the tight corners marked with the red arrows right to the seam line without cutting the seam.

Step 8:

Turn the project right side out through the opening at the top of the head, use a wooden dowel to assist in poking out cheeks or ears if necessary.

Step 9:

With small bits of fiberfill stuff the cheeks or ears first then stuff the rest of the skull. Using small bits of stuffing at a time will result in a smoother sugar skull.

Step 10:

Using the initial tack down stitches across the top of the head as a guideline turn in the front and back seam allowances and pin together.

Step 11:

Whip stitch the opening shut, the stitches will meld right into the fleece.

Step 12:

Congratulations your first Sugar Skull is complete! Make the rest to delight your grandkids or sugar skull fanatic friends.

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.

Sugar Skull Softies Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Preview Video

Sugar Skull Softie 1

Sugar Skull Softie 2

Sugar Skull Softie 3

Sugar Skull Softie 4

Sugar Skull Softie 5

Sugar Skull Softie 6