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ITH Joy Triptych Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on September 10, 2018

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

03:45

Description

Spread Joy this holiday season with this quick ITH Joy Triptych. Each block is made in the hoop with the binding applied at your sewing machine and with a hanging sleeve applied by hand.

Project Preview Video

Materials

6” x10” embroidery hoop

1/3 yard of quilting cotton print or solid for fronts and backs

¼ yard of quilting cotton for binding

10” of Battilizer® or low loft batting

10” of 2.5 ounce stable cut away stabilizer

Ackfeld Manufacturing 4” x 9 Scroll Tri Stand

Spray Adhesive

Water Soluble Thread – Optional

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/joy01

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/joy02

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/joy03

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

The three blocks that make up this triptych are embroidered and quilted in the hoop. Apply the binding using your favorite method or see our article on Binding Small Embroidery Projects. Add a hanging sleeve to the back of each section in order to hang them on the frame. These versatile quilted blocks can also be joined together to create a pillow or small wall hanging.

Step 1:

Cut 6 10”x 6” rectangles of your background fabric and 3 6” x 10” rectangles of Battilizer®. Tautly hoop 2.5 ounce cut away stabilizer in your embroidery hoop.

Step 2:

Run the first color stop (CS) in a neutral color as a placement line for the fabric.

Step 3:

Spray adhesive on the wrong side of a background fabric rectangle and position over the placement line so that the fabric exceeds the placement line by ½” on all sides. Run CS 2 in water soluble thread to tack down the fabric. Note: water soluble thread is used so that if any of these tack down stitches show after you have applied your binding to the block you can remove them with a damp sponge or cloth. If you never have any trouble covering your tack down stitches you can stitch these with a thread that matches your fabric.

Step 4:

Follow the color chart to embroider the design. Stop before the last two color changes are sewn.

Step 5:

Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop, and place the hoop face down on a flat surface. Spray adhesive on a rectangle of batting and position over the back of the block aligning it with the fabric on the front of the block. Spray adhesive on the wrong side of the back fabric rectangle and place it over the batting.

Step 6:

Return the hoop to the machine and run the next to last CS in water soluble thread to tack down the batting and back fabric.

Step 7:

Run the last CS in white or whatever thread color you choose for the quilting of the block.

Step 8:

Remove the block from the hoop. Lay the ¼” mark of a see through quilter’s ruler on the water soluble thread stitching and trim the block on all sides.

Step 9:

Your block will now look like this. Repeat Step 2 through 8 with the other two designs for this project.

Step 10:

Cut 3 2 ¼” strips of binding from your binding fabric and apply the binding with your desired method. Y

Step 11:

To create hanging sleeves cut 3 pieces of fabric 4 ½” by 3”.

Step 12:

Fold over the 3” sides ¼” twice, press and stitch down to hem the ends of the hanging sleeves.

Step 13:

Fold each hanging sleeve, raw edges even for the 1st pressing. Open up the hanging sleeves and bring both long sides in to meet the middle for the second pressing.

Step 14:

Open up the hanging sleeve again. Align the raw edges wrong sides together and stitch together using the edge of your presser foot as a guide for the seam width.

Step 15:

Fold your sleeve on one of the side crease lines and pin it ½” below the top edge of a quilt block. Pin it in place. Be sure it is straight or the quilt block will not hang straight on your frame. Whip stitch the top of the sleeve in place.

Step 16:

Ignore the center crease we pressed into the sleeve and go to the bottom crease, pin it to your block. This will create an open area in the sleeve which the hanging rod will be slipped through. Whip stitch down the bottom sides of the sleeve that touch the block, across the bottom and up the other side of the sleeve where it touches the block.

Step 17:

Insert the split in the rod into one end of the hanging sleeve, push the quilt as far as possible to that one side of the rod and slip the other side of the rod into the hanging sleeve. Congratulations your ITH Joy Triptych is complete.

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 Joy Triptych Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Preview Video

ITH Joy Quilt Block 1

ITH Joy Quilt Block 2

ITH Joy Quilt Block 3

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.