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How to make your Elephant Scissors
Pouch for 4x4 hoops
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to purchase the design
The elephant scissors pouch is split for 4x4
hoops. The design is stitched in two sections and joined together in the
hoop so that no further sewing is required.
Please read through the instructions carefully before you start.
Supplies:
- Water-soluble stabilizer (WSS)
- White felt for scissors pouch back, approx
4.5 x 3.5 inches (12 x 9 cm)
- Brown or gray felt, approx 4.5 x 3.5
inches (12 x 9 cm) for the elephant's face
- Scrap of fabric approx 6 x 3 inches (16 x
8 cm), folded in half with wrong sides together for scissors pouch
- Cord for hanging pouch around your neck
- Embroidery threads
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STEP ONE: Embroider the Scissors
Pouch. |
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Use design named Elliepart01.
Hoop your water-soluble stabilizer (WSS).
Color 1 embroiders the placement lines
for the scissors pouch back
Place your piece of white felt over the
placement area. Secure in place with embroidery adhesive spray to prevent
any shifting. |
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Color 2 attaches the
white felt to the hooped WSS |
Color 3 embroiders a
row of loose stitches across the top half of the design. This is the
placement line for your pouch fabric (the purple arrow points to the line).
Place folded pouch fabric on top of hooped felt with the folded edge in line
with the placement line. |
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Color 5 will also
embroider placement lines at the top of the pouch. This is the shape of the
bottom of the elephant's face and will be your guide for accurately joining
the two pieces together. (the scissors points to the placement lines) Remove the design
from the hoop.
Trim away as much of the WSS as possible and set aside. |
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Color 4 attaches the
pouch fabric to the hooped felt. Remove hoop from machine and trim away
excess felt and fabric, as close to the stitching lines as possible. |
Color 5 embroiders the
satin stitch edging around the pouch design, except at the top, which will
be hidden away under the elephant's face in Step Two. |
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STEP TWO:
Add the scissors pouch and embroider the elephant face
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Use design named Elliepart02.
Hoop your water-soluble stabilizer (WSS)
Color 1 embroiders the
placement lines for the elephant's face (the purple arrow in the photo shown
right points to the placement lines) |
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Place the scissors pouch
piece that you have already embroidered, on top of the hooped design, lining
up the elephant's face alignment stitches. As you see in the photo I've
trimmed away some of the white felt, leaving a narrow border to make sure
the next color catches the scissors pouch. |
You could also turn the hoop over and
check from
the back to see if the
placement stitches are perfectly aligned.
Secure in
place with glue or tape to prevent
shifting out of position.
Then place your brown or gray felt on top of the
face placement area |
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Optional (after Color 6):
If you want to line the back of the
elephant's face, attach a piece of white
felt to the back of the hoop and repeat
color 2. |
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Color 2 attaches the
brown or gray felt to the hoped stabilizer and also stitches the scissors
pouch piece in place |
Colors 3 to 6
embroider the elephant's facial details |
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Trim or soak away the WSS.
Punch through eyelet openings and attach a pretty cord for hanging the pouch
around your neck.
Designed to hold a 4 inch long embroidery scissors.
Please note: The 5x7 inch design is exactly the
same size and is embroidered in one hooping. |
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Now remove hoop from the
machine and trim away excess felt. Color 7 embroiders the satin stitch
edging to finish off the elephant's face. Color 8 embroiders the two eyelets. |
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Doreen C.
sent in this photo of her lovely Scissors Pouches.
"I wanted to thank you for the animal coin purses. They were such a joy to
work up.
Also, thanks so much for the Elephant Scissor holder. I ended up
making 3 of them."
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Designs, or parts thereof, may not
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