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FSL Decorated Butterfly Bookmark Embroidery Project

By Bonnie Landsberger on April 10, 2013

SKILL LEVELBeginner
TIME REQUIRED04:00

Description

A free standing lace butterfly design that is decorated with a few beads and ribbon. The time to complete the project of 4 hours is "hands on time." This project requires allowing the design to dry overnight prior to decoration.

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Materials

Sturdy heavy-weight water soluble stabilizer

40 WT thread - your choice of color

About 30 seed beads

1 pearl-like bead about 3 MM

10-12 inch strand of ribbon 1/4" wide

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/FSLB04

Step 1:

Hoop the entire sheet of sturdy heavy weight stabilizer in a hoop of at least 5" x 7". The stabilizer must be hooped taut and you must use a heavy weight stabilizer for the best results. I used one sheet of Badgemaster water soluble stabilizer, simply because it’s what I have in stock. The digitizer of the design, Pat Williams, recommends, “I find the freestanding lace works so much better when sewn on two layers of a water soluble backing, such as Floriani’s Wet N’ Gone, OESD Aqua-Mesh or Sulky Fabri-Solvy.” After hooping, stitch the design.

Step 2:

Remove from the hoop. Cut away excess stabilizer from around the outside of the stitching and place in a dish of lukewarm tap water for a few minutes. Rinse under tap water. Block (adjust and shape stitches) on a paper towel and cover with another paper towel. To avoid the design from curling and losing its shape, rest something heavy like a cold iron on top and dry overnight.

Step 3:

Decorate by sewing the beads where you desire with the same color thread as the bookmark. Use the small pearl-like bead for the head of the butterfly. Tuck the ribbon through the top hole at center of design, pulling through about halfway. Lace each end of the ribbon in and out, through the middle and bottom holes, with both ribbon ends tucked through to the back of the bottom hole of the design (as seen in image). Tack ribbon in place with a couple stitches at the back and bottom of bookmark.

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Meet the Author: Bonnie Landsberger

Bonnie Landsberger has been a crafter and hand embroiderer since childhood and a machine embroiderer and digitizer since 1986. She was the in-house head digitizer for a 50-head embroidery shop for 11 years and later offered custom digitizing services and stock design sales through her web site for Moonlight Design since 1993. She currently also holds a position as a customer service representative at EmbroideryDesigns.com. Bonnie has won several awards for digitizing, including a gold medal in the 2002 Digitizing Olympics and grand prize in all categories & first place for Winter Holidays category in the Stitches Magazine Great Greeting Card Contest 2003. Her embroidery and digitizing technical articles can be found in various trade magazines and she is currently a contributing writer and Editorial Advisory Board Member for Stitches Magazine. You can also find more of her articles online at EmbroideryDesigns.com and will continue to contribute articles to our Learning Center.

FSL Decorated Butterfly Bookmark Embroidery Project

Materials

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FSL Butterfly Bookmark D

Water Soluble Stabilizer - 12" x 25 Yds

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