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Cacti Book Stop / Book End Embroidery Project

By María Cecilia Alcibar on April 18, 2019

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

01:00

FINISHED SIZE

4.3 x 6.3 inches

Description

The book stop or door stop are made of burlap cloth, embroidered with different machine designs and filled with 1.5k sand. We look for functionality in designs without forgetting the aesthetic

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Materials

4 pieces of heavy cloth (i.e. burlap, sackcloth, or similar)

2 plastic bag

sand

Tear away stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/hopscotch/designs/1/hs1706004a

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Cut from your fabric the following pieces: Outer strip

Outer strip
Handle
(x2) Bases

Zig zag or serge thoroughly raw edges to prevent any fraying

Step 2:

Load design into your machine. Trace per your machines instructions to confirm design center placement. Begin the embroidering process.

Step 3:

Once your embroidering is complete, remove hoop from the machine. Cut and trim all jump stitches and loose thread ends. Remove stabilizer.

Step 4:

Place the handle and one of the bases together and sew the edges.

Place the down base and the strim right side together. Stitch all around leaving 0.5 cm free for the back seam. Repeat this step with the upper base.

Step 5:

Sew the back seam leaving a small part open to turn round and filling. Put he plastic bag inside the barrell and fill it with sand.

Step 6:

Tie the bag edge to keep the sand inside it. Hand sew the back open place.

Step 7:

Your book holder barrell is ready!! Personalize these barells with the many designs you have to choose from or words to give them any use you can imagine, or as a special gift for friends with their names or the designs you know they will love.

Hi! We are Cecilia Alcibar and Belen del Campo, mother and daughter, entrepreneurs from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

We are interior designers who make functional decoration objects.

We love our products and feel very proud of them, that's why we wanted to share one of them with you.

You can see more of us in:

www.instagram.com/MBCInteriores

www.facebook.com/MBCInteriores

We have attached a pdf file with our step by step project.

Best regards, Cecilia and Belen

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Meet the Author: María Cecilia Alcibar

Hi, my name is María Cecilia. I am the mother and partner of my daughter, Belén, with whom we have a decoration business. We design decoration and organization products embroidered by machine. We seek to generate a relaxed day to day with details that help a better quality of life and a relaxed routine

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