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Layered Lace
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Layered
Lace
Add petals to your flowers
and wings
to your butterflies
with this new layering technique.
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For this project,
we're going to embroider three pieces of a lace
flower, and then layer them together.
Begin by hooping one piece of heavy water soluble
stabilizer. We use Sulky Ultra Solvy. |
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For extra
definition, we're going to sew each piece of the
lace flower in a different color. The back piece
will be dark yellow, the middle piece will be
yellow, and the front piece will be light yellow. |
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Because freestanding
lace is two-sided, we wind the bobbin with the same
thread that we're using in the top (40 weight
rayon). Then, embroider the different pieces of the
design.
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After you have
embroidered all three pieces, trim the excess
stabilizer away. |
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Soak the pieces in
hot water (from the tap) for about 15 minutes. |
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Blot the excess
water away with a paper towel. |
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While the embroidery
is still damp, mold the pieces slightly to form the
shape of a flower. |
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When the embroidery
is completely dry, layer the pieces together. Then,
stitch the center together with a few stitches. For
a flower, I think that a button makes a nice center
- but the button is optional. |
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Now the layered lace
is complete! You can put it on a lapel pin, a
barrette, create a napkin ring - the possibilities
are endless! |
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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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