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“I Do” Bridal Slippers Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on March 14, 2018

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

02:00

Description

Spa slippers embroidered with “I Do” make the perfect shower gift accessory to protect a pedicure on the big day.

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Materials

Waffle Weave Spa Slippers

Embroidery thread in chosen colors

Adhesive Tearaway stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/jumprope-designs/designs/1/jr11819

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Search Amazon or your favorite embroidery blanks supply company for the slippers and then embroider them for a beautiful bridal shower gift to protect the bride’s pedicure on the big day.

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. Import the embroidery design into software or your machine and enlarge the design so it will fit the size of the slipper; for the project the overall design was enlarged to 2" and a double zig-zag underlay was added. Separate the design into two files: “I” and “Do”. Save the files and export to your machine.

Step 2:

The first thing to do is to find the center of the top of each of the slippers. Fold the top in half lengthwise and place a pin along the fold.

Step 3:

Secure the slipper closed. Measure along the middle of the top of the slipper from side to side, divide in half, and place a pin at this center point. Repeat for the other slipper.

Step 4:

Cut out the design templates and decide how you’d like the lettering to face—so you can read it or so others can read it. For the project the latter was chosen.

Step 5:

Align the center of the design template to the center of the pins on both slippers.

Step 6:

For a project like this I prefer to use a tearaway stabilizer with adhesive; but, I ran out of sheets and had only the squares left. So, I hooped a piece of tearaway stabilizer, removed the protective paper from the adhesive, creased under the ends and then adhered the sticky stabilizer to the hooped tearaway. Since this is a small project, this worked well.

Step 7:

Place the top of the slipper in the hoop, centering the design in the hoop. Press down firmly on the slipper top so it adheres to the sticky stabilizer. Load the “Do” design in the hoop and center the needle over the center of the paper template.

Step 8:

To make sure the top of the slipper is aligned squarely in the hoop, “track” the needle up and down along the crosshair on the paper template. If needed, realign the top of the slipper and repeat the process. Bring the needle back to the center crosshairs. Remove the paper template and stitch the design.

Step 9:

After the design has finished stitching, remove the project from the hoop. Carefully remove the tearaway from the back of the slipper one layer at a time.

Step 10:

Repeat the steps of hooping, aligning, and stitching the “I” design on the other slipper top, rotating the design so the bottom of the slipper remains on the left side of the machine bed.

Step 11:

Congratulations ono creating a wonderful shower gift for the bride-to-be’s special day.

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Meet the Author: 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.

“I Do” Bridal Slippers Embroidery Project

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