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Craft Foam Designs Embroidery Project

By Rhonda Slack on February 17, 2014

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SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

TIME REQUIRED

02:00

Description

In this tutorial, I have used the Australian Wildflowers Designs. First I want to remind you that only a design that is specifically digitized for craft foam can be used for this style. Craft foam can be found in any craft store or store that sells crafts

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Materials

Matching craft foam
Tweezers
Designs specifically created for Craft Foam

Designs used in this project:

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

Always try to match your craft foam to your thread. It doesn’t have to be an exact match, but sometimes the craft foam will show through the threads. #30 weight threads are best because it will give better coverage.

Step 1:

First, hoop your stabilizer and your material. For demonstration purposes, I have chosen to glue the material to the stabilizer with a child's school glue stick.

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Step 2:

Stitch out the design areas that are NOT puffy. In this Design Set, Australian Wildflowers, the green swirls or Color #1 is stitched out first. Lay down a piece of craft foam on TOP of the design as show above and stitch out the remaining design. DO NOT remove the craft foam until all areas using craft foam are stitched out.

Step 3:

Remove the design from the hoop. The needle will puncture the foam and cut it. Remove the extra foam by gently pulling it “towards” the design and not away from it. This is the same method as when you remove any tear away stabilizer. For tiny spots, you may need to pull them out with tweezers.

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Meet the Author: Rhonda Slack

I am a work at home mom and a retired Air Force wife of 20 yrs. I have traveled the world with my husbands career and loved it. My favorite is still Guam. I sew and donate to New Borns In Need and to my local Church Humanitarian Projects. I learned to digitize out of the pure love of the embroidery machine. It's great to be an American! God Bless Our Troops and Bring Them Home Safely.

Craft Foam Designs Embroidery Project

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