| "body"> | | | | When you have finished, you will need to remove the |
| As technology advances our embroidery machines | | | | excess stabilizer and organza from around your |
| come equipped with more and more wonderful tools | | | | stitched out design. If your embroidery decoupage |
| to make our embroidery more perfect. | | | | design is a simple design, you can cut it away with nice |
| There are embroidery machines that allow you to | | | | sharp scissors, but the best results are achieved by |
| combine embroidery designs, color sort your designs, | | | | using a stencil wand. There are a variety of these on |
| rotate embroidery designs, scale and resize your | | | | the market, many of them packaged with a variety of |
| designs. | | | | interchangeable tips. Choose a tip that is narrow and |
| The hoop sizes on our embroidery machines are | | | | pointy (some even have a curve on them) since this |
| incredible now...some large enough to do an entire quilt | | | | type of tip will give the cleanest edge on your |
| block in one hooping. | | | | embroidery decoupage design, and it will be the |
| But even with all of this technology, there is still the | | | | easiest to use. When the stencil wand is hot run it |
| fear that we might just place our embroidery design(s) | | | | around the edge of your design, and it will melt the |
| incorrectly on our project...What if the designs don't line | | | | nylon or poly stabilizer, but it will not melt your rayon |
| up? What if one is slightly angled? What if I do the first | | | | thread. |
| 8 embroideries correctly and then there is a problem | | | | Note: When using a stencil wand for the embroidery |
| with the 9th design? | | | | decoupage technique it is important that the threads |
| Embroidery Decoupage to the Rescue! | | | | are clipped from the front and the back of your |
| Quite simply put, embroidery decoupage (a name | | | | project prior to using the wand. Remember you used |
| coined by Jenny Haskins) is a technique that allows | | | | rayon thread, since we did not want the embroidery |
| you to turn almost any embroidery design into a free | | | | decoupage design to melt when the stencil wand |
| standing design that can then be stitched to your | | | | touches it, so trimming all the threads makes this part |
| project in the exact location you would like it to be. | | | | of the embroidery decoupage technique go much |
| Sew... let's get started with our new embroidery | | | | easier. |
| decoupage technique! | | | | Once the excess stabilizer is removed, use a glue |
| Place one layer of a poly or nylon mesh cut away | | | | stick to put a bit of glue on the back of the |
| stabilizer, and one layer of sheer poly or nylon organza, | | | | embroidered design and place it on your project in the |
| together in your hoop. (Normally the organza goes on | | | | exact location you want it to be. |
| top, but it doesn't really matter) | | | | Next, use a matching thread, or a monofilament thread |
| Use RAYON thread to stitch your design, changing | | | | and your sewing machine to stitch the embroidery |
| thread colors as you would if you were stitching | | | | design in place. |
| directly onto your project fabric. Rayon thread will not | | | | All that is left now is to enjoy the perfect placement of |
| melt like a polyester thread will, so this is an important | | | | your embroidery decoupage project! |
| part of the embroidery decoupage technique. | | | | |