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3D Christmas Train Car (In-the-Hoop)The original 3D Christmas Train Engine is a customer favorite, and now, you can make your own train cars, too! Hop on board as you craft a holiday classic with this gorgeous machine embroidery design. Stitch each embroidered fabric piece separately, then fold and glue to build your own colorful train car. Make multiple to make a train that's a custom length. Step-by-step instructions below will show you how! Supplies
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Designs featured in this tutorial include:
- EMP81748-2, 3D Christmas Train Car (In-the-Hoop)
Finished Size:
Large (EMP81748-1): 8 5/8" long x 3 7/8" wide x 6 3/4" tall
Small (EMP81748-2): 6 3/8" long x 2 7/8" wide x 4 1/2" tall
Steps To Complete
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This design has been specially digitized for tearaway. After the stabilizer is removed, beautiful fabric and embroidery remains. |
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When you download the train car design, you will find multiple files. Some are the embroidery files, and the others are dieline files marked with the letters "DL". Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the correct shape and size. Open and print each dieline file using embroidery software. If you do not have embroidery software, take a look at our helpful video on using dielines. |
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First, spray one side of a piece of cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive. Smooth the stabilizer onto the wrong side of all the fabric pieces. |
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Then spray the backside of the printed dieline pieces with temporary adhesive and smooth it onto the right side of the fabric. For this design, every fabric piece (the front, back, and accent panels) of every file needs to have cutaway stabilizer on them. |
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Cut the dieline shapes out of the adhered fabric and cutaway stabilizer. Some of the fabric pieces have openings that need to be cut with a craft knife. Cut out each of the openings using a craft knife and cutting mat, then remove the paper dieline. |
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Hoop a piece of tearaway stabilizer firmly. Make sure it is nice and tight with no wrinkles. |
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Attach the hoop onto the machine and load the first embroidery file (not the dieline files). Use a 75/11 sharp sewing needle instead of an embroidery needle. The sharp sewing needle has a finer point and it will make smaller perforations in the stabilizer. Embroider the design. The first thing to embroider will be the "front piece dieline" (or outline stitch). This marks the area on the stabilizer where the fabric piece will be placed. |
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