3D AppliqueBring dimension to your embroidery with unique 3D applique! These specialized designs feature a freestanding embroidered piece added to a background design, creating lovely depth and texture. We'll show you how to stitch these stunning designs! SuppliesProject Needs & Notes: Products Used
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Steps To Complete
When you download a 3D Applique design, you will see four files. File "a" is the base embroidery design, file "b" is the embroidery design for the freestanding piece, and the two files marked with DL are dieline files for the front and back fabric pieces. Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the right shape and size. |
First cut out around both paper dielines. |
Cut out both fabric shapes. |
There are a couple of different kinds of water-soluble stabilizer. One is clear and plastic, and that brand is Sulky Ultra Solvy. The other is soft and fibrous, called Vilene. Both will work very well. Vilene is used in this demonstration. |
The 3D fabric piece will be seen from both sides, so wind a bobbin with the same thread that you're using in the needle. |
Remove the hoop from the machine, but do not unhoop the stabilizer. Spray the back of both fabric piece with temporary adhesive. Place one piece right inside the sewn dieline. |
Turn the hoop over and place the other fabric piece inside the same shape on the back. |
Once the design has completed, remove the hoop from the machine. Unhoop the stabilizer, and trim the excess stabilizer around the design. |
The stabilizer's packaging should give instructions for removing the excess. For Vilene, soak the embroidered pieces for a few moments. |
Blot the finished embroidery to remove excess moisture, and allow it to air dry completely. |
While the flower is drying, embroider the background design. Start by printing a template of file "a" as described above. Cut out around the paper shape. Arrange the template where you want it on the fabric (we're using a T-shirt), then mark the axis lines using tailor's chalk or an air-erase pen. |
To apply stabilizer smoothly to the back of a T-shirt, turn the T-shirt inside out and lay it flat. |
Spray a piece of stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive, and smooth it over the back of the area to be embroidered. Make sure there is enough stabilizer to be hooped on all sides. |
Hoop the fabric and stabilizer tightly together, making sure that the axis marks align with the marks on the hoop. |
Attach the hoop to the machine and load the full embroidery file "b." Embroider the design. |
When the design has finished, unhoop the fabric and trim away the excess stabilizer on the back side of the design. |
Lay a pressing cloth over the embroidery, and use steam to remove the chalk marks from the fabric. |
Layer the button, fabric shape, and background fabric, and hand-sew them together using a thread that matches the fabric color. |