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Floriani Embroidery ProjectTravel Pillow Case
Floriani Embroidery ProjectTravel Pillow Case Presented by RNK Distributing
Floriani...The Name That Means Beautiful Embroidery!Floriani...The Name That Means Beautiful Embroidery!Floriani...The Name That Means Beautiful Embroidery!2
Supplies Needed:
• �yardfabric,45”wide• FlorianiTemplateTearaway• FlorianiHeatNSta• Threadsforembroideryandsewing• 12”x16”pillowform• SweetheartBordersandCoordinatesfromMyFairLadyDesigns
• Monogramalphabetofyourchoice
Thishandypillowcaseforatravel-sizepillowincorporatesapockettokeepthepillowforminplace.Thepillowcasefrontisaperfectplatformforembroideredembellishments.
1. BeginbyprintingfullsizetemplatesoftheembroiderydesignsandasingleinitialfromyourmonogramfontonFlorianiTemplateTearaway.Besuretoindicatethehorizontalandverticalcenterlinesoneachtemplate.Trimeachtemplatejustoutsidethedesignarea.Thetemplatesareespeciallyusefulifyouaremakingtheprojectwitha4”embroideryhoop;themaindesignhasbeenrotated45�soitfitswithinthesmallhoopwithoutagreatreductioninthedesignsize.
Thetemplatesarealsousefulforlocatingascriptinitialwithintheembroideredframe,sincematchingthecenterpointsoftheinitialandframedoesnotalwayscreateavisuallypleasingarrangement.
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2. Cuta13”x20”rectangleforthepillow-casefrontanda13”x24”rectangleforthepillowcaseback.
3. CutapieceofFlorianiHeatNStaabout4”widerthanthepillowcasefabric,orbigenoughtofillalargehoop.Fusethestabilizertothefabricwrongsideatoneshortendofthepillowcasefrontsothestabilizerextends2”beyondthefabricatthesides.
(Theadditionalstabilizerallowshoopingnearthefabricedges.)
4. Witharemovablemarker,drawalineonthepillowcasefront5”fromthestabilizedshortend.Thisisthebaseline(notthecenterline)forthecentralembroidery.Alsodrawalinealongtheverticalcenterofthepillowcasefront.
5. Removetheprotectivepaperbackingandpositionthetemplatesonthemarkedfabric,usingthecenterlineandbaselineasguides.Thecentermotifsitsonthebaseline,whilethesidemotifsextend1/8”belowit.
6. Hoopthefabricatthefirstembroideryplacement.Usethemachinecontrolstopositiontheneedleoverthedesigncenterlines.
RemovetheTemplateTearawayandembroiderthedesign.
RememberTemplateTearawayisaPlacementaid,notastabilizer.Removeitbeforestitching.
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12.Ontheembroideredendofthepillowcasefront,pressunder�”,then2”,tocreatethehem.Edgestitchthroughalllayerswitharegularstraightstitch,orsetthemachineforanentredeuxstitch,insertawingneedle,andstitchtheheminplace.
13.Laythepillowcasefrontonthepillowcaseback,rightsidestogether.Stitchthesidesandtheunfinishedendwitha�”seam.Useaserger,orsetthemachineforanovercastingstitchtofinishtheseamedges.
14.Turnthepillowcaserightsideout.Thefoldonthepillowcasebackwillliebetweenthefabriclayers.
15.Insertthepillowform,tuckingitinsidethepocketofthepillowcaseback.
7. Repeatfortheremainingfloralmotifs.Ifyouareusingalargehoop,itmaybepossibletostitchallthedesignswithoutrehooping.
8. Rehoopthefabricsothecentralfloralmotifiswithintheembroideryfield.Usethetemplateofthemonograminitialtopositionthemonogramwithintheembroideredframe.Locatetheneedleovertheletter’scenter,removetheTemplateTearaway,andstitchthemonogram.
9. Whenembroideryiscomplete,removethemarkingsandasmuchHeatNStaaspossible.Laytheembroideredfabricfacedownonathicktowelandcarefullypressfromthewrongside.
10.Setthesewingmachineforaregularstraightstitch.Ononeshortendofthepillowcaseback,turnunder¼”twiceandpress.Edgestitchthehem.
11.Fold6”ofthehemmededgetothewrongsideandpress.
DesignedbyRebeccaKempBrentforRNKDistributingSourcesEmbroiderydesignsarecourtesyofShellySmola,MyFairLadyDesignswww.myfairladydesigns.com
MonogramwasdigitizedwithPEDesignfromtheTrueTypefontEnglish111PrestoBT.