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ITH Lip Balm Holders Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on November 20, 2019

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

00:20

FINISHED SIZE

2 x 4.38 inches

Description

Fun to make and appreciated these vinyl lip balm holders are the perfect gifts for any time of year. They will also be popular items at your craft fairs.

Project Preview Video

Materials

5” x 7” embroidery hoop

1 9” x 12” sheet of marine vinyl will make two – read the notes in the preface

Long Kam Snaps® if vinyl is thick – short Kam Snaps if vinyl is thick Size 20

Kam Snap® Tool and Awl

Swivel clasp is approx.1-5/8” in length and 1” (outside) and 3/4” (inside) in width

Tear away stabilizer – perforated tear away is preferred

Polyester embroidery thread with a bobbin to match for the final outline

Spray adhesive

Embroidery Tape

Cellophane Tape

Size 12 machine needle

Tweezers

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh01

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh02

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh03

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh04

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh05

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh06

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh07

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh08

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh09

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/lbh10

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

I purchased vinyl from two different sources for this project. The Mirror Glitter vinyl and regular marine vinyl is from MikriWorld on line. Their marine vinyl is a nice thicker vinyl. Their Mirror Glitter vinyl is great as there is a vinyl coating over the glitter so that it does not get into your machine. The Mirror Glitter vinyl is quite thin. I don’t think I would want to put regular glitter vinyl in my embroidery machine. I also ordered marine vinyl from Amazon. This vinyl was about half as thick as the marine vinyl from Mikri World. All of the vinyl was useful in making these lip balm holders. There are three layers of vinyl being used to make the project. Using three layers of the thinner vinyl makes a lighter weight lip balm holder but requires the shorter pronged Kam Snap®. Using three layers of the thicker vinyl or two layers of the thicker vinyl and one layer of the thinner vinyl require the use of the Long Kam Snaps. As I am sure some of you will be interested, the wooden base for the Kam Snap® tool shown in some of the pictures was purchased from an Etsy shop GGdesignsinWood.
The vinyl and the snaps came in an assortment of colors. Each design is a one color design. To choose the combinations of materials for each design, choose a color of Kam Snap® that will look good on one of the vinyl sheets and match the polyester embroidery thread to the Kam Snap. As the final outline stitching will show on both sides of the project wind a bobbin with the same thread that you on top. Use a bobbin with regular bobbin thread for all the steps except the final one.

Step 1:

Lay out your required tools: a Kam Snap® tool, the awl, tweezers, two sets of Kam Snaps one with the female and one with the male pieces and a swivel lobster clasp with a 1” flat bottom.
Put a size 12 needle in your machine.

Step 2:

Tautly hoop perforated tear away stabilizer in your hoop. Cut a sheet of vinyl in half so that you have two 9” x 6” pieces. Sub-cut one of those pieces into two 6” x 2 ½” strips and one 2 ½” x 3” rectangle. Wind a bobbin with matching thread for the final color stop.

Step 3:

Run the 1st color stop (CS) as a placement line for the vinyl.

Step 4:

Place the 2 ½” x 3” rectangle of vinyl just over the two little inside placement lines pointed out in the previous picture. The 2 ½” width goes horizontally across the placement lines. Tape the vinyl in position. Two pieces of the Mirror Glitter vinyl and one piece of the thicker vinyl were used in this sample.

Step 5:

Run CS 2 to embroider the front of the pocket.

Step 6:

Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop, and lay the hoop face down on a flat surface. Note that in the next step you will place the second vinyl on the face down on the back of the hoop. The next stitching will sew about ¼” above the top of the placement line, so make sure you position your vinyl about ¼” below the bottom stitching so that about ½” of the vinyl is above the top of the placement line.

Step 7:

Place a 6” strip of vinyl face down as directed in Step 6 and use embroidery tape to hold it in place.

Step 8:

Run CS 3 which will tack down the back vinyl around the pocket and will stitch a tear away line around the top of the holder.

Step 9:

Trim the tear away around the outside tear away line and across the top of the pocket.

Step 10:

Run CS 4 to stitch the decorative stitching on the top front of the holder.

Step 11:

Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Spray adhesive on the final 6” strip of vinyl and place right side up over the previous vinyl.

Step 12:

Replace your regular bobbin with the bobbin that matches your top thread. Return the hoop to the machine. Place a small piece of cellophane tape over the area where the pocket meets the top of the holder to prevent the presser foot from lifting the pocket as the final seam is sewn. Bring the bobbin thread to the top of the work by holding onto the top thread and hitting the needle up button twice. Holding onto both the top and bobbin thread run a few stitches, stop the machine and trim those two threads. This will keep the tie-on stitches from making a mess on the back of the holder. Run the last CS to seam the whole project together.

Step 13:

Tear away the stabilizer from around the project.

Step 14:

Trim around the whole project about 1/8” from the stitching lines. Remove the stabilizer from the top edge of the pocket with tweezers.

Step 15:

Trim off the tie off threads from the back of the project, do not cut off the knot.

Step 16:

Fold the tab to the back so that the end of tab meets the base of the holder.

Step 17:

Lay the project on your cutting board, find the approximate center of the folded tab and push the awl through both layers of the tab. You will have to pick the project up to actually get the awl through both layers, just make sure your fingers are out of the way.

Step 18:

Insert the Kam Snaps® into the holes in the tab following the manufacturer’s instructions.

Step 19:

Insert the swivel key ring and snap the tab together.

Step 20:

Congratulations your first ITH Lip Balm Holder is complete. Have fun mixing and matching the vinyl thicknesses and colors to create these unique Lip Balm Holders.

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 Lip Balm Holders Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

Project Preview Video

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Cut Away Stabilizer - 2.5 Oz wt.