The running shoes, smart watch, headphones and the logo on the cap will capture the spirit of your runners. These adorable gnomes are embroidered and quilted in the hoop. The binding is sewn on at your sewing machine.
Print out the color chart from the page where your purchase the designs as some color stops represent steps to be taking in the assembly process rather than actual colors that are used in the project. For example: the 1st 3 color stops of these mug rugs can all be stitched in white thread.
Step 1:
Cut your fabrics per the materials list above and tautly hoop your stabilizer.
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Step 2:
Run the first color stop (CS) as a placement line for the sky fabric 7” x 7 ½” and 2 ½” x 7 ½” for the sidewalk.
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Step 3:
Spray adhesive on the back of the sky 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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Step 4:
Lay the sidewalk fabric right side down aligning the bottom edge with the bottom edge of the wall fabric. No spray adhesive is used on the sidewalk fabric yet. Run CS 2 to seam the two fabrics together.
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Step 5:
Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Spray adhesive on the stabilizer area below the fabrics seam. Smooth the sidewalk fabric away from the sky and over the bottom placement line. The fabric should exceed the bottom placement line by at least ½”. Place tape where the sky and sidewalk fabric fold over right outside the stitching lines to keep the fabric from being lifted by the presser foot.
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Step 6:
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Follow the color chart to embroider the Runner Gnome but do not stitch the last two color stops yet.
Step 7:
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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Step 8:
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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. Run the last CS in invisible thread to quilt over both the sky and sidewalk.
Step 9:
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. The number of stitches in these designs may pull in your original tack down stitches a little. Always use the outside tack down line to lay your ruler on when trimming.
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.
