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Embroidered Cards Embroidery Project

By Starbird Inc. on December 14, 2010

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

00:30

Description

Create any of the Embroidered Cards and personalize them with your own holiday message.

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Materials

Designs from the Christmas Cards Design Pack

Card stock

10/70 sharp needle or 11 sharp or smaller

Paper cutting board or ruler and pen

Spray adhesive

Cutaway backing

Full bobbin

Scissors

Glue

Tips:

Use a high quality cardstock to embroider on. Do not use cardstock that has decorative elements inside like leaves or small flowers.

If your cardstock is tearing when you embroider it, use a thicker weight of cardstock with longer fibers.

Needles: make sure to use a size 11 or smaller sharp needle. If you use a universal or ballpoint needle the holes will be much larger in the card and tearing might occur.

Horizontal Christmas Card: when spraying adhesive to the inside cover on the horizontal cards, you will spray the bottom inside cover. Click here for an example.

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Starbird-Inc/DesignPack/1/CD071610AA

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Starbird-Inc/DesignPack/1/DPCD112814AA

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Cut the cardstock that you are going to embroider on. Postcard size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", Card size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Also cut decorative paper cardstock or thicker paper 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" for each postcard/card that you are making.

Step 2:

Hoop 1 piece of medium weight cutaway.

Step 3:

Embroider the first color stop which is the card dieline. Stop the machine. The postcard image appears on the left and the card appears on the right in steps 3 through 9.

Step 4:

Postcard: spray adhesive on the back of the cardstock. Christmas card: with the inside of the card facing up, spray adhesive on the left side of the card. Click here for an example.

Step 5:

Place the card, sticky side down inside the dieline on the backing.

Step 6:

Start the machine and continue embroidering until the design is completed.

Step 7:

Remove the backing from the hoop and gently cut away the excess backing from the back of the card.

Step 8:

Have your decorative paper that has been cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" near. Now apply glue to the back of the embroidered side of the card/postcard.

Step 9:

Place your decorative paper, face up onto the back of the card you have just applied the glue to. Press firmly. Place a book or heavy object on top of the card and let the glue dry before writing on the card.

Step 10:

Now you have a completed postcard & card. You can personalize them with your Christmas message. Click the following link for the image that shows the front and the back of the postcard. For the Christmas Greetings Card: the left image shows the front and the back of the card; the right image shows the inside of the card.

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Starbird Inc. has been digitizing custom embroidery designs for over 25 years. They have seen so many wonderful and creative designs over the years that Starbird decided to create some of their own embroidery stock designs. Starbird Inc. is having a great time creating new and imaginative ideas and would like you to be able to enjoy them also.

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