| Construction
- Wrap the small floral garland around the grapevine. Wire it
together if necessary.
- Hoop two layers of mesh stabilizer for the butterfly accents;
embroider. Un-hoop and
carefully burn away the stabilizer from around the finished edges
of the embroidery with a stencil burner.
- Determine the finished size of the frames. Using a pencil and
acrylic ruler, mark the
finished frame size and opening. Make a template of the design.
Trim the design templates; adhere to the paper with repositionable
tape.
- Cut art paper to fit the embroidery hoop. Hoop paper-release
adhesive stabilizer (hoop with the liner side up). Score the paper
inside the hoop perimeter with a pin, peel back the paper to expose
the adhesive. Press the paper
in place. Use the template to line up the hoop placement marks.
Use the machine’s on screen editing features to position the
design over the paper template, if available. Remove the template
and embroider.
- Trim the finished piece following the marked frame line. Cut
out the inside of the frame on the marked line.
- Convert to sewing mode. Attach the clear foot to the machine
and select a straight stitch. Stitch around the inside edge of
the frame, approximately 1/8" from the cut edge, stopping
at the embroidery. Repeat around the outer edge.
- Add decorative stitch accents to the frame. Repeat for each
frame design used.
- Crop the photos and adhere to the frames.
- Run the frames through the Xyron machine to apply permanent
adhesive to the wrong sides. Remove the clear plastic sheet.
- For the single hanging frames: Remove one
of the frames from the Xyron backing sheet, adhere coordinating
paper to the backside. Tack a butterfly to the corner of the frame.
Attach “S” clips to the corners of the frame; run ribbon
through the clip. Tie in place on the garland.
- For multiple frame grouping: Remove the Xyron backing sheet
from the frames. Position the frames the desired distance apart
on a flat surface. Cut a length of ribbon (twice the desired hanging
length), fold in half and adhere to the back of the frames, ribbon
loop hanging down at the lower end of the grouping. Adhere the
coordinating paper to the frame backs. Tack butterflies in place
and stitch across the top of the frame to reinforce the ribbon.
Tie a strand in place on the garland. Attach a clip to the ribbon
lower edge.
- Attach spiral clips to the back of the garland with wire to
hang the completed garland. If the grapevine garland has firm
wire filler, hang it directly from the vine (there’s no
need to add clips).
- Screw small cup-hooks to the underside of the mantel and hang
or use temporary peel-and-stick hooks. If hanging on a wall, use
a picture hanger.
Sources
Oklahoma Embroidery Supply & Design, Pack #11783, designs
FM628, FM622 (butterflies); Pack #11914, designs FP039, FP038, FP037
(pansies)
Oklahoma Embroidery Supply & Design provided the E-Z Glitzer
Applicator Wand.
Tombo Mono Permanent Adhesive from Penwa. |
