Make your Valentine’s gift card a little sweeter this year by inclosing it in one of these felt gift card holders. Only about 10 to 15 minutes to make depending on the amount of embroidery in the design.
Cut a 4” x 6” and a 3 ½” x 4” rectangle of Prime felt and tautly hoop tear-away stabilizer in the hoop.
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Step 2:
Run the 1st color stop (CS) as a placement line for the fabrics. It does not matter what color thread you use for this as it will later be cut away from the project.
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Step 3:
Lay the 4” x 6” felt over the placement lines so that the felt exceeds the placement lines by ½” on all sides. Do NOT use any adhesive spray just lay the felt over the placement lines. Run CS 2 in any color thread to tack it down.
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Step 4:
Follow the color chart to embroidery the design. Do NOT stitch the last color stop yet.
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Step 5:
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Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Place the hoop face down on a flat surface. Lay the 4” x 3 1’2” felt rectangle so that the 4” measurement goes across the width of the project. Lay the top of the 3 ½” edge even with the little marks that stitched out when the tack down stitch was sewn. Tape the side edges of the felt down with embroidery or painter’s tape.
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Return the hoop to the machine and run the last color stop to stitch the border and eyelet on the project.
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Trim all around the gift card holder 1/8” from the stitched border.
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Punch a hole in the eyelet circle for the ribbon.
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Remove the tear-away stabilize from the back of the project. It is only necessary to remove from the top and just a little inside the pocket on the back.
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This is what the back of the gift card holder will look like with a gift card inserted.
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With the help of the awl gently push the ribbon through the hole. Tie a looped knot in the ends and trim if necessary.
Step 12:
Congratulations your first ITH Valentine Gift Card Holder is complete. Make the whole set for easy gifts for the whole family.
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.
