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Supplies
**Clock
**Medium weight fabric (denim, canvas,
duck cloth)
**Masking tape
**Temporary spray adhesive
**Permanent spray adhesive or
double-sided tape
**Screwdriver
Designs used
Click here to see all Clock Face designs |
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You can find
clocks at most home furnishing stores
and discount chains -- like Target or
Wal-Mart.
First,
measure the face of the clock to
determine which size of the design you
will need.
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Prepare the fabric and stabilizer.
When selecting fabric, choose something
sturdy, like denim, canvas or duck
cloth. Back the fabric with a piece of
medium-weight cutaway stabilizer.
Spray
a quick shot of the temporary spray
adhesive onto the stabilizer. |
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Smooth the
fabric on top of the stabilizer. This
helps to keep the two together nice and
tight during the embroidery. |
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Hoop the
fabric and stabilizer. |
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If you're
working with a clock design that is not
split, then embroider the design as
usual.
If you are working with a split clock,
then follow the next six steps:
1. Embroider
the left side of the design. At the
end of the design a cross mark will sew.
We will use this mark a little later on for
aligning the right side of the design.
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2. Remove
the hoop from the machine. We'll rehoop
the fabric to embroider the right side.
To do this, lay masking tape on the inside of
the hoop along the top and bottom.
Leave
a few inches of excess tape on the right
side. |
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3. Unhoop the
fabric and lay the tape flat. |
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4. Rehoop the
fabric with the crosshair close to the
center of the fabric.
Use the masking tape to align
the top and bottom of the hoop when
rehooping the fabric. |
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5. Attach the
hoop to your machine and load the right
side of the design. Move the needle over
the crosshair and lower it so that it's perfectly
aligned over the crosshair. |
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6. Begin
embroidering the design. Another
cross mark will sew directly over the
existing cross mark and then the rest of
the design will sew. |
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Now, take
the clock apart.
On the backside, you
will find small screws--unscrew them,
and gently remove the clock face from
the outer frame. |
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Then remove
the clock hands. They're pliable, so to
avoid bending them, apply slow, steady
and even pressure to the hands. Pull
them gently straight away from the face. |
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On the
embroidered piece,
remove the crosshair stitching by
cutting it and pulling it away. |
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Now we will
mark and cut a hole in the center of the
fabric to allow the stem of the clock to
poke through. Measure the width of the
design, divide by two and make a mark. |
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Measure the
height of the design , divide by two and
make a mark. |
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With a small
scissors, cut a small hole in the
fabric.
If you're working with a clock that has
a satin ring in the center, you can trim
the inside of the ring, rather than
finding and marking the center. |
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Align the
hole in the fabric, right side up, with
stem on the clock. |
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Flip the
clock and the fabric over and trace the
clock shape. |
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Remove the
fabric from the clock and cut out the
shape. |
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Use
double-sided tape or permanent spray
adhesive on the back side of the
embroidery and smooth it over the old
clock face. |
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Carefully
add the hands back onto the clock.
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Add the
clock face to the outer frame and screw
it back into place. |
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And there it is, a new and
improved clock face with your very own personal touch.
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Special notes about
clocks:
If you want to embroider a
large clock face, but your
hoop won't accommodate the
size of the design, then use
editing software to split the
design, and stitch it in multiple
hoopings.
Some clock face designs at
the Embroidery Library are
already split into a right
side and a left side. If a
clock design is split, the
word "split" will be in the
design's name (e.g.
"Bluebird Clock - Split").
Dimensions of the left side
and the right side are given
in the product description.
Click here to see all of the
split clock designs.
If a clock does NOT have the
word "split" in its name,
then the design is not
split.
If a clock design has the
word "split" in its name,
then the zipped download
file will have the right
piece, the left piece, and
the complete clock face
design.
Click here to see the clock
face designs at the
Embroidery Library!
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instructions.
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