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Fortune Cookie Placemat Embroidery Project

By Kay Brooks on December 01, 2005

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

02:00

Description

Liven up the crowd at your next dinner party with this creative fortune cookie placemat. You determine what their future reveals!

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Materials

2 complimentary cotton fabrics

Matching Double Fold Bias Tape or enough fabric to create your own (2” x 40”)

Floriani Heat N Sta Tearaway (if incorporating embroidery)

Floriani Double Side Fusible Stitch N Shape

Decorative Threads

2 large clear snaps

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Cut a 12 inch circle of 2 different fashion fabrics and a 12 inch circle of Floriani Double Side Fusible Stitch N Shape. *Tip! Use a charger or oversized plate to trace a perfect circle.

Step 2:

If desired, stitch a design or message with your machine onto the center of one fabric circle using Floriani Heat N Sta Tearaway stabilizer to prevent puckering or distortion. Remove the stabilizer.

Step 3:

Iron this circle onto the Floriani Stitch N Shape circle.

Step 4:

Iron the second piece of fashion fabric onto the back of the Floriani Stitch N Shape circle.

Step 5:

You now have one circular item…the Fortune Cookie. Trim away any excess fabric or frays.

Step 6:

Use decorative threads to free stitch through all 3 layers. Make sure that you use the same color of thread in the bobbin so that the stitching will be the same on both sides! Also remember to stitch at a slow speed.

Step 7:

Attach the bias tape or follow the directions below for creating your own.
a. Cut a bias strip (2” x 40”) of a complimenting or matching fabric to use as the trim along the edge of the circle.
b. Fold the edges of the strip to the center and press
c.Encase the edge of the fortune cookie within the bias strip. Pin as you go.

Step 8:

Sew ¼” from the outer edge of the fortune cookie to hold the bias in place. *The bias will allow you to sew along the curve easily without puckering.

Step 9:

Sew a clear snap at the 12 o’clock position and the other part at the 6 o’clock position on one side.

Step 10:

On the other side of the fortune cookie, sew a clear snap at the 3 o’clock position and the other half of the snap to the 9 o’clock position.

Step 11:

Snap the cookie together with your fortune hidden inside.

Step 12:

With the first set of snaps together, push on the cookie to make it flat (looks like a burrito at this point!) Connect the other two snaps and shape the cookie.

Step 13:

Be sure to make matching napkins….and don’t forget the chopsticks!

*Detailed directions on how to use each of the Floriani Stabilizers used in this project can be found on the following website: www.rnkdistributing.com.

This project idea was given to me by a dear friend, Dori Nanry. Dori is an incredibly talented sewer with an extensive industry background. She was an educator for the Babylock sewing machine company for several years as well as a beta tester for many top end embroidery machines and software programs. Her passion is quilting and sharing it with others. Dori and I have worked together for over 15 years teaching and sewing! Thank you Dori.

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Meet the Author: Kay Brooks

Kay Brooks is co-owner of RNK Distributing, a distributor of Floriani products. Kay has been teaching sewing, quilting and embroidery for over 15 years and has a vast knowledge of various types of sewing/embroidery machines and techniques. Having owned her own Sewing Business that employed as many as 12 full time teachers, she has had the opportunity to glean her knowledge from some of the best! Kay’s new joint venture with Walter Floriani and Fred Lebow has lead to the creation of many new and unique stabilizers as well as other embroidery products for the sewing, quilting and embroidery industry.