ITH Mermaid Clock  Embroidery Project

Step 1:

• For the Mermaid part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2 and 3.

Step 2:

• Run color-stop 4 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with green light fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 5. Cut the excess fabric.
   

Step 3:

• Run color-stop 6 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with green fabric with the help of the repositionable adesive spray, and run color-stop 7. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 4:

• Run color-stop 8 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with khaki fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 9. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 5:

• Run color-stop 10 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with blue fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 11. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 6:

• Run color-stop 12 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with red fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 13. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 7:

• Run color-stop 14 through color-stop 22.

Step 8:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 23.

Step 9:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 10:

• For the Sand part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2.

Step 11:

• Cover the placement line with khaki fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 3 and 4. Cut the excess fabric. And run color-stop 5.

Step 12:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 6.

Step 13:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 14:

• For the coral part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the  placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2 and 3.

Step 15:

• Run color-stop 4 as a placement line. Cover the placement line  with pink fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 5. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 16:

• Run color-stop 6 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with red fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 7. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 17:

• Run color-stop 8 and 9.

Step 18:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 10.

Step 19:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 20:

• Follow the previous step for the other Coral.

Step 21:

• For the seaweed part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2 and 3.

Step 22:

• Run color-stop 4 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with green light fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 5. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 23:

• Run color-stop 6 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with orange fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 7. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 24:

• Run color-stop 8 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with green fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 9. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 25:

• Do the same for the other seaweed.

Step 26:

• Run color-stop 16 through color-stop 18.

Step 27:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 19.

Step 28:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 29:

• For the coral reef part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop, and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2 and 3.

Step 30:

• Run color-stop 4 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with red fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 5. Cut the excess fabric. Do the same for the other.

Step 31:

• Run color-stop 8 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with pink fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 9. Cut the excess fabric. Do the same for all the horns, just change the fabric.

Step 32:

• Run color-stop 16 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with orange fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 17. Cut the excess fabric. Do the same for all the horns, just change the fabric.

Step 33:

• Run color-stop 20 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with green light fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 21. Cut the excess fabric. Do the same for all the horns, just change the fabric.

Step 34:

• Run color-stop 22 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with printed fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 23. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 35:

• Run color-stop 24 through color-stop 29.

Step 36:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 30.

Step 37:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 38:

• For the snails part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop, and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stops 2 and 3.

Step 39:

• Run color-stop 4 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with lilac fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 5. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 40:

• Run color-stop 6 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with purple fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 7. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 41:

• Do the same for the other, run color-stop 12 through color-stop 15.

Step 42:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 16.

Step 43:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 44:

• For the clock part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop, and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 2.

Step 45:

• Cover the placement line with red fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color stops 3 and 4. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 46:

• Run color-stop 5 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with orange fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 6. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 47:

• Run color-stop 7 as a placement line. Cover the placement line with purple fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 8. Cut the excess fabric.

Step 48:

• Run color-stop 9 through color-stop 13.

Step 49:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 14.

Step 50:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 51:

• For the background part tautly hoop 2.5-ounce cutaway stabilizer in your embroidery hoop, and run color-stop 1 as a placement line.
• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the placement line with batting with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color-stop 2.

Step 52:

• Cover the placement line with printed fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray, and run color stops 3 and 4. Cut the excess fabric. And run color-stop 5.

Step 53:

• Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Cover the back of the hoop with white fabric with the help of the repositionable adhesive spray and run color-stop 6.

Step 54:

• Remove the project from the hoop. Cut out the outline of the design, with sharp scissors, and save it for later.

Step 55:

• Follow the same steps for the rest of the parts.

Step 56:

• We put all the pieces together.

Step 57:

• Join the 4 pieces of the background as illustrated in the image. Stick the seaweed to the top of the background. Place the coral reef on top of the seaweed.
• Stick the corals to the bottom of the background. Put the sand on top of the corals and place the mermaid on top of it.
• Place the clock in the center of the background.
• And finally hang the snails with the help of jute twine through the holes that are in the sand.
• Use complementary decoration.