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How to Embroider on JacketsTake a jacket from basic to beautiful with a bit of well-placed embroidery! We'll show you how to stitch on the back, sides, and cuff of a jacket to add creative style and sophistication. Project Needs & Notes: Products Used
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Steps To Complete
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Start by taking off the jacket sleeve and looking at the two seams. Denim or heavy weight jackets usually have two different types of seams. |
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Now it's time to prepare the sleeve for embroidery. |
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Lay the cuff flat on the table with the right side of the fabric facing up. |
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Cut a piece of medium-weight cutaway stabilizer a bit larger than the hoop. Spray with temporary adhesive and smooth it on the wrong side of the fabric behind where the embroidery will sew. Using a ruler and an air-erase pen, extend the vertical and horizontal axis lines on the fabric and stabilizer. |
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Hoop the jacket and stabilizer together, lining up the marks on the fabric with the marks on the hoop. Some of the fabric may not be hooped, but the spray adhesive will help keep it affixed to the stabilizer while embroidering. Also be sure to avoid any buttons or hardware in the embroidery area as they could damage your needle or machine. In this example, the cuff was hooped slightly lower than the marks to avoid the buttons. |
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Attach the hoop onto the machine and load the design.
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After embroidering, cut away the excess stabilizer from the back of the embroidery. |
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Line up the raw open edges so that they are lined up as they were before you seam ripped them. |
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Then mirror the design using embroidery software or your embroidery machine, and repeat to embroider onto the opposite sleeve. |
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To embroider on the back of the jacket, print a template of the design and arrange it on the back. |
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Spray a piece of cutaway stabilizer bigger than the hoop, and smooth the pocket onto the center of the stabilizer piece. |
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Attach the hoop onto the machine and load the design. |
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Once finished, trim away the excess stabilizer on the back of the embroidery. |
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To embroider accents on the sides of the jacket, print a template of the design and arrange it where you'd like the accent to go. |
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Cut a piece of medium-weight cutaway stabilizer a bit larger than the hoop. |
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Attach the hoop onto the machine and load the design. |
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After embroidering, trim away the excess stabilizer on the back of the embroidery. |
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Then mirror the embroidery file, and stitch it out on the opposite side of the jacket. |