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Project: Snowman Embellishment Embroidery Project

By Fran Morgan on December 01, 2004

SKILL LEVELBeginner
TIME REQUIRED01:00

Description

This cute guy is just in time for your winter sewing. He’ll look great on a stocking, sweatshirt or wall-hanging!

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Materials

Chenille By The Inch™

01 Strawberry 10"

02 Parsley 10"

03 Coconut 25"

Embroidery floss

Black

Orange

Paper-backed fusible web 1/4 yd.

Two 1/2" buttons

Three assorted-size buttons for body

Chenille Brush™

Chenille Cutting Guide™

Background of choice

Preface:

Fabric Requirements

White tone on tone, small amount
Orange, small amount

Cutting the Fabric

White tone on tone 1 pattern A (snowman)
Orange 1 pattern B (nose)

Step 1:

Trace patterns A and B on paper side of paper-backed fusible web. Cut apart, leaving small margin beyond drawn lines. Following manufacturer's instructions, fuse to wrong side of appropriate facrics; cut out on drawn line.

Step 2:

Following manufacturer's instruction, fuse pattern A to background. Using blanket stitch, matching thread and fabric color, appliqué edges. Fuse pattern B to Snowman face. Using orange embrodiery floss and an outline stitch, appliqué nose.

Step 3:

Remove tear away backing from Chenille By The Inch™. Using the Chenille Cutting Guide™, and cutting between the stiching lines with a rotary cutter, cut into long strips. Following chenille placement lines on pattern, sew Chenille By The Inch™ to snowman and hat.

Step 4:

Using a spray bottle with distilled water, lightly mist sewn Chenille By The Inch™ strips; using a Chenille Brush™, brush vigorously to fluff chenille. Following pattern and using black embroidery floss, sew on buttons and embroider mouth.

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Meet the Author: Fran Morgan

Fran Morgan, an avid quilter, designer, and quilting teacher, has been featured in numerous quilt publications and television shows. She travels regularly teaching her love of Chenille By the Inch® and sculptural quilting. In 2001, she and her business partners, Donna Robertson and Robert Scacci, founded the company Fabric Café, publisher and manufacturer of Chenille By the Inch®.

Project: Snowman Embellishment Embroidery Project

Materials

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Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.

Cut Away Stabilizer - 2 oz wt.