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Update your Spring Wardrobe Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on March 17, 2021

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

00:45

Description

Have fun updating your old spring wardrobe by adding up-to the minute embroidery designs.

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Materials

12” x 8” embroidery hoop for TFLW02

12” x 7” embroidery hoop for TFLW01 and TFLW03

Cotton, linen or blend previously worn shirts

Poly Mesh Stabilizer to fit your hoop

Chalk Fabric Marker

Spray adhesive

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/tflw01

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/tflw02

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/tflw03

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/tflw04

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Embroidery designs do not have to be on the left chest of your garments. Try some new locations to bring your previously worn shirts into this spring’s style. The sample shirts are relatively light weight- linen and cotton. Please read the instructions to find out how to embroider them without puckering the fabric.

Step 1:

IMPORTANT: This is the big tip to making the embroidery of these shirts come out perfectly. This tip is courtesy of our own project maker Ramona Baird. Poly-mesh stabilizer shrinks when it is washed or ironed. Cut your poly-mesh stabilizer ½” larger and wider than you normally would to fit your hoop. Press the stabilizer with a steam iron for a minute or two before hooping it with your shirt. This will keep it from shrinking and puckering your embroidery.

Step 2:

Print out the design of your choice which will give you the crosshairs for the center of your design. If you do not have a program to print your design note the width and height of your design and divide those numbers by 2 so you will be able to mark the location of your design on your shirt.

Step 3:

Putting the shirt on a dress form, or even on yourself will help you determine where you want to place the embroidery. Avoid putting the design halfway between the shoulder and center of the shirt. That will almost always put the design two far to the side of the body and not on the front of the shirt. Pin the paper template to the garment and make marks with a fabric marker at the top, bottom and sides and center of the crosshair.

Step 4:

Tautly hoop the stabilizer and shirt aligning the marks you made on the shirt with the marks on your hoop. Follow the color chart to embroider the design.

Step 5:

Unhoop the shirt and trim away the stabilizer. Trimming between elements on the design also helps avoid puckering of the design.

Step 6:

Iron the shirt after embroidery to revel your up-to-the minute new shirt.

Step 7:

Consider different placement options for your new wardrobe.

Step 8:

Dig through your closet to find what else you have that you can freshen for spring.

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.

Update your Spring Wardrobe Embroidery Project

PROJECT DETAILS

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Tall Floral 2

Tall Floral 3

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