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Heart-Shaped Chocolate Box Pin Cushion
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Heart-Shaped Chocolate Box Pin Cushion Embroidery Project

By   Pat Williams   on   February 05, 2014
  • SKILL LEVELBeginner
  • TIME REQUIRED01:00
Description

This charming heart-shaped box is perfect for holding pins or presenting a pair of earrings. Its design is inspired by a chocolate gift box, making it a delightful addition to any sewing or dressing table. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • A small heart shaped box of Russell Stover’s Chocolates
  • 2 4” squares of “dark chocolate” cotton fabric
  • 1 4” square of “milk chocolate” cotton fabric
  • Handful of polyester stuffing
  • Glue gun
  • Candy size baking cups
  • Design file: VCAND which will contain 3 files VCAND1, VCAND2, VCAND3
  • (VCAND1web pic, VCAND2web pic, VCAND web pic3)
  • Embroidery thread, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate and Cream
  • Hand sewing needle
  • Regular sewing thread
  • Poly-mesh or “no-show” stabilizer
  • 4”x 4” embroidery hoop
  • A few ball headed straight pins

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create
    Preface:
    A sweet little gift for someone that does a little hand sewing, or a great item to sit on a dresser to stick the pins in that come in ready to wear shirts. This little box also makes a great presentation box for a pair of pierced earrings.
     

    Steps 1-5:
    1.Buy a box of Russell Stover chocolates in a heart shaped box.
    2.EAT THE CHOCOLATE! This has got to be the best project ever!
    3.Hoop a piece of poly-mesh stabilizer.
    4.The same thread color can be used though all the color changes in each design. The stops are just in the designs to have the machine stop to place the fabric or in case you want to change the colors up for any reason. You will want to embroider one candy piece with cream thread, one with milk chocolate thread and one with dark chocolate thread, but you can mix them up with the three designs to create your own chocolates.
    5.Sew the first color of the design. This is the outline.

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    Step 6 and 7:
    6.Spray a little spray adhesive on the back of the fabric and place over the outline.
    7.Continue sewing the design on the candy with the same color thread.

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    Step 8 and 9:
    8.Remove from the hoop and cut out the candy shape on the outside stitching line.
    9.Thread a hand sewing needle with a double length of regular thread and stitch running stitches between the two outer lines of embroidery thread.

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    Step 10:
    Pull the needle and thread gathering up the outside edges.

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    Step 11:
    Keeping the needle and thread attached stuff the inside of the candy with small bits of poly fiber fill.

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    Step 12:
    Arranging gathers and shaping the candy piece as you go, finish off with a few large stitches as deemed necessary to close the bottom of the candy. This will be glued later, so it doesn’t have to be too neat.

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    Step 13 and 14:
    13.Repeat the above steps for the VCAND2 file shaping it into more of a rectangular shape.
    14.Repeat the above steps for the VCAND3 file.

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    Step 15-19:
    15.If your candy box has a plastic liner – place a little hot glue into the bottom of the box and glue the liner to the box.
    16.Place a little hot glue into one section of the plastic liner and place your candy sized backing cup inside that section. Repeat for the other two sections.
    17.Place a little hot glue into the paper cups (one at a time) and place a completed candy into each section.
    18.Stick a few ball headed straight pins in and you are finished! 
    19.Note: You will have to just lay the pins in the box to put the lid back on to give it as a gift.  

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    For the love of embroidery…
    Pat Williams
    Meet the Author: Pat Williams
    Pat Williams
    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.
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