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Lace Fruit Doily
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Brighten your
table with a lace fruit doily!
Colorful lace fruit wedges add a
lively look to kitchen and dining
room tables, and coffee tables, too!
Under a vase, holding the
napkins and salt and pepper, or just
decorating the center of a table, a
lace fruit doily adds a lovely look to your decor.
Read on for project instructions for
creating a fresh lace fruit doily for your home!
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Supplies
Needed:
For the lace:
**Water
soluble stabilizer (WSS -- I prefer
Sulky Ultra Solvy)
**Paper
towels
**Fabric glue |
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Designs
Used:
I used designs from
the
large and
small sizes of the
Fruit Wedge & Coaster Design Pack.
Finished Size:
5x7
sizes -- 13 1/2" in diameter
4x4 sizes --
7 3/4" in diameter
A note about water-soluble stabilizers
and needles:
There are many, many different brands of
water-soluble stabilizer available. Some are
thin and light, some are fibrous, and some
are thick and heavy. It can be confusing to
pick the right one for your lace project.
We've digitized and stitched thousands of
freestanding lace designs, and have
consistently excellent results with Sulky
Ultra Solvy (the heavy weight water-soluble
stabilizer by Sulky) and Vilene, a fibrous
water-soluble stabilizer. We order Vilene
from
www.pointetopointe.com.
Use a sharp needle (as opposed to an
embroidery needle) when embroidering onto
water-soluble stabilizer - especially if
using the "plastic-looking" kind (such as
Sulky Ultra Solvy). An embroidery needle has
a larger point, which makes larger holes in
the water-soluble stabilizer, leading to
tearing and misalignment.
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Embroider a total of nine
wedges.
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After the lace has been soaked and dried, arrange
the lace how you want it.
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Next, add fabric glue along the
right side of the first wedge.
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Overlap the left side of the second
wedge over the right side of the
first wedge (the width of the side
border) and press in place.
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Add glue along the right side of the second
wedge, overlap the left side of the
third wedge over the second wedge,
and press in place.
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Repeat this process for the next
five wedges.
To add the ninth and final
wedge, add glue to the open sides of
the end wedges, overlap the last
wedge on top of them, and press in
place.
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You can also sew the wedges
together. Follow the same sequence and
overlapping as instructed above, but
instead of gluing the pieces
together, zigzag stitch the pieces
along the side edges.
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Size: 4.66 x 6.91 (118.4 x 175.5 mm)
Designs in Pack: 12
Price: $17.97
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Size: 3.89 x 3.91 (98.8 x 99.3 mm)
Designs in Pack: 12
Price: $17.97
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