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ITH Buttoned Christmas Tree Swag Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on November 19, 2021

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

00:10

FINISHED SIZE

4.5 x 7 inches

Description

Nothing could be simpler. You can create this 6 tree Buttoned Tree Swag in one hour!

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Materials

For each tree:

5” x 7” embroidery hoop

2 rectangles of quilting cotton fabric 9” x 6”

1 rectangle of Battilizer® or low loft batting

Star Shaped 1 1/8” Wooden Buttons (Joann’s or Amazon)

1/8” Mixed Media Jute Rope (Hobby Lobby item # 793493

Poly mesh stabilizer to fit your hoop

Spray Adhesive

Pinking Shears

Needle and thread to sew on buttons

Optional: Thread beeswax

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/csts01

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Cut two pieces of fabric and 1 of Battilizer® 9” x 6”. Tautly hoop poly mesh stabilizer in your hoop.

Step 2:

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

Step 3:

Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Spray adhesive on one piece of the fabric and position over the placement lines.

Step 4:

Turn the hoop over. Spray adhesive on the Battilizer® and position over the back of the hoop. Spray adhesive on the remaining fabric and align over the Battilizer®.

Step 5:

Return the hoop to the machine and run CS 2 to stitch the tree.

Step 6:

Remove the project from the hoop. Trim all the way around the tree with pinking shears about 1/8th to ¼” from the stitching. It is easiest to trim in individual sections of the tree rather than trying to go around the whole tree in one fell swoop. Take caution to not cut the outline stitching.

Step 7:

Cut a 60” length of the jute rope. Thread your hand sewing needle. Using beeswax on the thread will help it keep from tangling while sewing the button to the tree and through the rope.
Align the button over the top of the tree and position the center of the jute rope behind the tree. Take 4 or 5 stitches through all at the same time.

Step 8:

Measure down 5” along the rope to stitch the second tree to the rope.

Step 9:

Continue adding each tree 5” apart on either side of the center tree.

Step 10:

Congratulations your ITH Buttoned Christmas Tree Swag is complete. Keep one for yourself and make many for your friends!

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 Buttoned Christmas Tree Swag Embroidery Project

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ITH Christmas Tree Swag