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Floral Planter Greetings
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Floral Planter Greetings Embroidery Project

By   Ramona Baird   on   February 08, 2021
  • SKILL LEVELIntermediate
  • TIME REQUIRED06:30
Description

Add a cheerful touch to your flowers with these vibrant planter greetings. Perfect for brightening any space, these greetings are designed to accompany your floral arrangements. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • Plant pots
  • Flowering plants
  • Embroidery thread as stated in color sequence
  • Cotton fabric in three colors for the embroidery stitching to fit in the hoop
  • Cotton fabric in three colors for the backing
  • Cutaway stabilizer
  • 1 sheet of stiff stabilizer
  • 3- 12” x 4mm thick bamboo skewers
  • Optional: ribbon to wrap around the pots and create bows

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create

    Step 1:
    Read through the instructions thoroughly before beginning and assemble all the materials needed to complete the project. For this project, fat quarters in the stash were used and the embroidery thread colors coordinated with the fabrics.

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    Step 2:
    Hoop each piece of fabric with a piece of stabilizer and stitch the designs.

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    Step 3:
    Trim the fabric to size, centering the design. For the project, two designs were cut 5.5” wide by 6” high. The other was cut about 5” square.

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    Step 4:
    Lay each embroidered fabric over the stiff stabilizer sheet, trace, and cut out the shapes.

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    Step 5:
    Next, choose the fabrics for the backing. Lay each piece of stabilizer over the fabric, measure, mark, and cut the fabric 1” larger all the way around than the stabilizer.

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    Step 6:
    Press the cut edges of the fabric to the cut edges of the stabilizer and then fold and press again over the stabilizer, mitering the corners.

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    Step 7:
    Open up each mitered corner and trim out the fabric underneath; re-pin the corners in place.

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    Step 8:
    Give the piece a good press and pin the sides and corners if needed to hold them down. Next will be to add the fabric holder for the bamboo stick.

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    Step 9:
    Measure the length needed within the border area and double the measurement.

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    Step 10:
    The piece was cut the length needed, plus 1” for a seam allowance, by 2” wide. Fold the piece in half, matching all the cut edges.

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    Step 11:
    Press in ¼” on each long side. Center and place the cut edge down from the top edge (measure to be sure it is not within the border) and pin in place. After sewn, the edge with the fold will be brought straight down. This is a good time to double check the length needed to be sure it won’t run into either the top or bottom border on the other side.

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    Step 12:
    Stitch the top through the backing and stabilizer using; trim off the excess leaving about ¼”.

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    Step 13:
    Flip the folded edge down to the bottom and stitch along both sides of this fabric piece. Place the embroidered piece inside the border—make sure the top of the embroidery is at the top of the piece with the bottom to the opening for the stick.

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    Step 14:
    Bring the border edges over the embroidery, pin the borders and corners in place and edge stitch the borders down. Insert the flat end of the bamboo skewer through the back fabric.

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    Step 15:
    Plant flowers and insert the sticks into the pots and if desired, add ribbon bows. Congratulations! You are about to brighten the lives of family and friends with this thoughtful gift. 

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    Meet the Author: Ramona Baird
    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.
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