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HOWTO DO...MACHINĘ EMBROIDERY

Grab yourfabric scraps and get practising

Step 1

YOU’LL need a daming foot. which can often be picked up for less than £10 at your local sewing shop. Consult your sewing machinę manuał for specific instructions on attaching your daming foot as all machines are different

Step 2

MOUNT your fabric into a wooden stitch hoop. the opposite way to normaI. so the inner ring is facing up. Lift up on your daming foot and place your hoop undemeath. Drop the feed dogs. thread your needle and you're ready

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HOŁD the hoop lightly with both hands. Begin sewing. moving the hoop in any direction. Use scrap fabric to practise making squiggles and shapes. It takes a while to get the hang of it. so don't get discouraged.

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We dareyou to find a nicer cushion on the high Street!

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ONCE you feel a bit morę conf ident. try stitching some shapes. starting with squares. Then move on to circles and finally hearts. We've worked all our designs using double outlines. which create a wonderfully sketchy look.

Step 4

TRACĘ our large heart tern piąte on to the smooth side of a piece of Bondaweb. Roughly cut around the shape and adhere to the back of your fabric. Cut out and repeat for the remaining three hearts.

CUT out four pieces of fabnc measunng 20x20cm each. Lay out all your fabric hearts and squares. mixing and matching until you‘re happy with the finał look. Adhere a heart to the centre of each sguare using an iron.

MACHINĘ embroider a double outline in a contrasting thread shade around each heart shape. With nght sides in. sew two of your patches together. Repeat with the other two. Open and press seams fiat.

WITH nght sides in. sew your two sets together. lining up the seams at the middle.

Sew your front piece and a backing piece together. Ieaving an opening. Turn and add a button. Fili with stuff ing and slip stitch closed.

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stitch style

by Poppy Treffry (David and Charles)

For easy-going, rough-around-the edges stitching at its best. look no further than Poppy Treffry’s beginner-friendly guide to the world of machinę embroidery.

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LOUISE CARDINER

www.lougardiner.co.uk

Here’s proof of the limitless possibilities of machinę embroidery. Louise Gardiner's website offers a plethora of inspiration as well as information on upcoming workshops.

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DARNING FOOT

THE daming foot differs to a normal presser foot. as it allows you to stitch m whatever shape or direction you like while still keeping your fabnc smooth Each make vanes so eon suit your instructions for attaching the foot to your machinę Once m place, thread your needle as normal and drop the feed dogs. Slide your fabnc under the foot. drop your needle and you re ready to start. Most daming ^ feet can be moved up and down, allowmg room to fit a hoop undemeath

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the impatient

embroiderer

THE IMPATIENT EMBROIDERER by Jayne Emerson (Rowan Yams Ltd)

Create a vanety of useful and beautifully modem items for your home. from cushions to lampshades. using both machinę and hand embrc«der\

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A8JGAJL MILL

www.aDigailmill.co.uk

Textile artrst Abigail Mtll's use of subtle colour schemes and ayereo ^fabncs gives her werk a wonderfui watercoiour reei Cards. pnnts ano even onginal artworks are avaiiaoie on ner website

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Leam how to make ribbon rosettes and flowers which can be used to embeltish every thing from cushions to candłes.

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