Project by Angela Harkness
Create your very own positivity hoopies for your potting shed when you make these fun embroidery samplers.
Supplies:
5 Beehive fat quarter pack fabrics
4 Felt squares
Collall Textile Glue Plus
5 Embroidery hoops of different sizes
Stranded cotton embroidery thread in a variety of colours to coordinate with fabric choices
Heat erasable pen
50” Ribbon
Step 1: Using the embroidery hoop as a guide, position onto the fat quarter to select the chosen fabric design area. Tighten the hoop over the fabric, making sure the fabric sits well within the hoop and there are no creases
Step 2: With your chosen embroidery thread, stitch over the chosen fabric design areas with an appropriate embroidery stitch. This example is a lazy daisy stitch
Step 3: Continue to highlight different elements of the fabric design with different threads and stitches
Straight stitch
French knots
Backstitch
Lazy daisy and back stitch
Step 4: Continue with this technique for a second hoop
Straight stitch
Satin stitch in two colours of thread
Step 5: For the positivity slogan hoops, using a heat erasable pen, write your text onto the fabric: “bee kind” “bee safe” “bee joyful”. Using three strands of cotton, stitch over your text with a backstitch.
Step 6: TO finish the hoops, first trim away any excess fabric around the outside of the hoop, leaving 1.5-2” around the circle. Using needle and strong thread, stitch a running stitch around the edge of your circle of fabric. Position the embroidery hoop in place, pull the thread to gather in the edges then when happy with positioning, tighten up the screw on the hoop
Step 7: Trace around the embroidery hoop onto a piece of coordinating felt. Cut out the circle and glue to the reverse of the hoop to conceal all of the workings, using the Collall textile glue
Step 8: Attach a ribbon bow and hanging loop to complete your project
To see more from Angela, visit her on Instagram @angerellas_crafts
Made by Angela Harkness for The Craft Cotton Company 2020
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