Thank the Nurses that have shown you such great care with one of these adorable mug rugs for their breaks. The fabric is pieced, appliqued, embroidered, and quilted in the hoop. The binding is applied at your sewing machine.
Cut your fabrics per the materials list above and tautly hoop your stabilizer. Fuse the Heat N Bond Lite® to the back of the Medium Blue corresponding fabric.
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Run the first color stop (CS) as a placement line for the fabric 7” x 7 ½” Wall fabric.
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Spray adhesive on the back of the wall fabric and position the fabric so that the bottom of the fabric is about ¼” below the placement line that is 1 ½” above the bottom of the placement lines. The sides and the top of the fabric will exceed the placement lines by at least 1/2”. The 7 ½” width of the wall fabric is placed horizontally across the mug rug.
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Lay the floor fabric right side down aligning the bottom edge with the bottom edge of the wall fabric. No spray adhesive is used on the floor fabric yet. Run CS 2 to stitch the two fabrics together.
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Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Spray adhesive on the stabilizer area below the fabrics seam. Smooth the floor fabric away from the wall and over the bottom placement line. The fabric should exceed the bottom placement line by at least ½”. Place tape where the wall and floor fold over right outside the stitching lines to keep the fabric from being lifted by the presser foot.
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Run CS 3 in a neutral color to tack down both fabrics.
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Run CS 4 as a placement line for the hat fabric.
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Peel the paper off the Blue 4 ½” x 4” fabric; spray adhesive on the Heat N Bond Lite® side and position the fabric over the placement lines so that the fabric exceeds the placements by ½ on all sides. Run CS 5 to tack down the fabric. Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Trim the applique right up next to the tack down stitches and then press the applique with an applique iron.
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Follow the color chart to embroider the Doctor Gnome but do not stitch the last two color stops yet.
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Remove the hoop from the machine – do not unhoop-place the hoop face down on a flat surface. Spray adhesive on the Battilizer® and position it over the back of the hoop aligning it with your front fabric. Spray adhesive on your backing fabric and position it right side up over the Battilizer®.
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Return the hoop to the machine and run the next to last color stop in a neutral thread to tack down the fabrics and batting.
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Run the last CS in invisible thread to quilt over both the wall and floor.
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Remove the project from the hoop. Lay the ¼” mark of a see-through ruler along the tack down lines and trim all sides to a ¼” seam allowance.
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.
