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3 Tips
For Working With Difficult Fabrics
Upcycle Bring Old Favorites Back to Life!
6 Ways
To Applique DIY Tutorial
Painted Embroidery + Towels + Table Runners + Mug Mats + and More! PG 5
Painted Campers Mug Rug Project Tutorial PG 7
Expand Your Embroidery Horizons Are you stuck in an embroidery rut? Well, you are in the right place! Sit back and relax as you uncover unique techniques and material ideas designed to jump-start your creativity. Click on your favorite projects to view free project tutorials!
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Painted Embroidery
6 Applique Tricks
Combine the joys of painting and embroidery in this artform.
Step up your applique game with six simple tricks.
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Master New Fabrics 6 tricks for using specialty fabrics in your embroidery projects.
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Trash to Treasure
Get Scrappy!
Discover how unique thread types can take a project from drab to fab.
Don’t throw that away! 8 ideas for using scraps in your next embroidery project.
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Painted Embroidery This technique allows you to transform any outline embroidery design into your own coloring book. Simply stitch and paint inside the lines.
Painted Sun and Moon Talavera Wall Hanging Project by Pat Williams
Expert Tip
100% natural fabrics (like cotton, linen, or canvas) will absorb the color. While hydrophobic fabrics like Polyester or Rayon will repel the color.
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your Own Painted Talavera Tiles Mini Quilt >
Blackwork Find the perfect blackwork design to try this technique for yourself. View More Designs > 4
Artistic DIY: Painted Embroidery Learn how to use Inktense Ink Pencils®, Aloe gel, and a paintbrush to color an outline embroidery design.
Create Your Own 1. Embroider your design in white or black thread onto natural fabric 2. Paint a small section with fabric medium 3. Outline the edges of the section using Inktense Ink Pencils® 4. Paint the section with aloe gel to distribute color to the desired area 5. Repeat steps 1-4 for other areas that you’d like this color 6. Before changing colors, dry the painted sections with a hair dryer to set the color 7. Repeat steps 1-6 for each color until your piece is complete View step-by-step photos of this tutorial on embroiderydesigns.com.
Embroidery Supplies: • Outline embroidery design • White or black polyester embroidery thread • 100% natural fabric like cotton, linen, or canvas
Painting Supplies: • Inktense Ink Pencils® • Clear Aloe gel • Fabric medium • Water color palette • Water in a cup to rinse your brushes • Small semi-stiff paint brushes (in both round and flat shapes) • Hand held hair dryer
Make Me!
Pat Williams shows how versatile painted embroidery can be with these easy to follow DIY project tutorials.
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DESIGNS IN 1 PACK
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Painted Camper Dishtowels >
Outline Designs Find the perfect outline design to try this technique for yourself. View More Designs > 6
Camper Designs These campers make fantastic mug rugs. Get The Pack >
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Painted Camper Mug Rugs >
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DESIGNS IN 1 PACK
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your Own Talavera Tiles Table Runner >
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Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your Own Cacti to Color Table Runner >
6 Applique Tricks Are you looking to use some of the remnants piling up in your kit? Applique may be the technique you’ve been searching for. These designs are created to help you combine small scraps to form one cohesive image. Explore applique and how to make each design unique with the 6 applique tips.
Free Instructions from Marisa Littleton! Make Your Own Raggedy Edge Flower Hat >
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Raggedy Edge Get more volume to your frayed edge by layering multiple pieces of fabric at each applique step. Use a comb to fray faster.
Free Instructions from Marisa Littleton! Make Your Own Placemat On-The-Go Bag >
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Create a Clean Straight Edge Cut your fabric with straight scissors for a clean look.
Free Instructions from Marisa Littleton! Make Your Own Placemat On-The-Go Bag >
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Create a Crafty Cut Edge Use decorative edge scissors to add fun pattern borders.
Free Instructions from Marisa Littleton! Make Your Own Unicorn Reading Pillow >
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Use Metallic Thread & Glitter Fabric Add some sparkle by using glitter fabric inside your applique. To add extra shine, try using metalllic thread for the outline.
Free Instructions from Marisa Littleton! Make Your Own Peeker Hand Towels >
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Don't Be Afraid to Play with Patterns Don’t be afraid to mix and match! Applique is the perfect medium to experiment with textures and patterns.
Free Instructions from Martha Montgomery! Make Your Own Mylar Wine Bottle Case >
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Get Reflective with Mylar Fabric Fabrics like Mylar and Reflectra add an iridescent quality to your applique embroidery designs.
Master New
Fabrics
Is figuring out which stabilizer to use with specialty fabrics intimidating? It doesn’t have to be! Our project tutorials are structured to help you know which stabilizer and thread to use with each fabric. Check out the following tutorials to learn how to work with organza, cork, and vinyl. Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your ITH 3D Organza Pansy >
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Organza Tips:
Use water-soluble stabilizer to maintain the beautiful sheer qualities of organza.
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Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your ITH 3D Organza Butterfly >
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your ITH 3D Organza Suncatcher >
Cork Tips:
Cork is a bulky fabric that is difficult to hoop. Instead of hooping your cork, hoop your stabilizer then use spray adhesive to adhere it.
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Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your ITH Cork Hip Bag >
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Free Instructions from Jayne Monsipapa! Make Your Own Coasters >
Vinyl Tips:
Like cork, it’s best to hoop your stabilizer then use spray adhesive to secure your vinyl. This will hold it in place while conserving material and avoiding bulk.
Animal Key Fobs Project by Marisa Littleton
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Free Instructions from Jayne Monsipapa! Make Your Own Vinyl Key Fob >
From Trash to Treasure Flipping outdated items around the house and in your wardrobe doesn’t have to be a huge undertaking. Try using one of these specialty embroidery threads to quickly add an instant style refresh.
Redwork Table Runner Project by Marisa Littleton
Get The Look! Robison Anton Twister Tweed Thread Color Name: Spicy Red Twister Tweed combines two thread colors to add color depth. View More Colors >
Easy Linen Guest Towels Project by Pat Williams
Get The Look! Madeira Rayon Non Solid Color Name: Ombre – 2033 Use a variegated thread to add an ombre effect to your line work design. View More Colors > 18
Kids Applique Daisy Outfit Project by Marisa Littleton
Get The Look! Robison Anton 3CC Super Strength Rayon Color Name: 3CC Gray Add a color gradient to your design borders with variegated thread. View More Colors >
Monogram Shirt Cuff Project by EmbroideryDesigns.com
Get The Look! Robison Anton Metallic Thread Color Name: Euro Gold – 1000 Add instant shine to your designs with metallic thread. View More Colors >
FSL Flower Lampshade Project by Marisa Littleton
Get The Look! Robison Anton Polyester 448+ Colors Available Polyester thread comes in over 448 vibrant colors which makes it easy to embroider multi-color FSL. View More Colors >
Get Scrappy
Do you consistently find you self thinking, “What a waste!” when you look at your leftover pieces? We’ve put together 8 different projects to help you find a new purpose for your scraps.
Boho Chic Fabric Wristlets Project by Pat Williams
Long and Skinny Pieces Use long leftover pieces for Boho Chic Fabric Wristlets and Reusable Coffee Sleeves. Great for gifts, too! View More Designs >
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Reusable Coffee Sleeve >
Project by Linda Mills
Sharp Angled Pieces Scraps that are all different shapes and sizes work perfectly for these projects! View More Designs >
Patchwork Quilt Block Hot Pad >
Project by Marisa Littleton
Patchwork Tic-Tac-Toe Project by Marisa Littleton
Round Pieces Make round scraps the center of attention! View More Designs >
Folded Eyeglass Case Project by Pat Williams
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Free Instructions from Linda Mills! Make Your Own Kaleidoscope Pincushion >
Small Square Pieces Every crafter, beginners to experts, are bound to have these leftovers laying around. Turn them into coasters or even mini house pin cushions! View More Designs >
ITH Flower Power Coaster Project by Pat Williams
Free Instructions from Pat Williams! Make Your Own ITH House Pin Cushions >