Are you looking for an easy project? This one is so much fun! It does take a while to stitch the designs, but while that is being done you could decorate a little lighted tree. Time stated does not include drying time.
Step 1:
Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Print out a paper template of each of the designs and color sequence.
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Step 2:
All designs are stitched in the same manner, so one instruction is given; just follow it to stitch all the FSL designs. Hoop two layers of fibrous water-soluble stabilizer. Load the FSL design on the machine and stitch following the color sequence. After the design has finished stitching, remove the design from the hoop and just loosely trim away the excess stabilizer.
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Step 3:
Load the next FSL design on the machine and stitch it.
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Step 4:
Continue hooping stabilizer and stitching designs
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Step 5:
until all the designs have been stitched.
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Step 6:
Read and follow the directions for dissolving the stabilizer. Remove each FSL design from the water and pat dry on paper towels. Repeat for all designs and then allow them to dry thoroughly.
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Step 7:
Remove the tree from the box and form the branches. Use the wire cutters to trim small groups of flowers off the floral bunch. Apply hot glue to the back of the small flower group,
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Step 8:
and place on the tree. Place as many as you’d like on the tree.
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Step 9:
Cut about a 10” length of ribbon for each ornament. Slip the ribbon through the opening on the ornament, knot the end, and hang each ornament on the tree.
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Step 10:
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Congratulations on completing a beautiful FSL Easter Tree. You’ll have fun adding to this little tree year after year.
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.