3D Christmas Train Engine (In-the-Hoop)

All aboard the Christmas train! 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 engine. Step-by-step instructions below will show you how!

Supplies

Project Needs & Notes:

- 1/2 yard quilters cotton, flannel, or similar fabric (for main color)
- 1/2 yard quilters cotton, flannel, or similar fabric (for accent color)
- 1/4 yard quilters cotton, flannel, or similar fabric (for roof)
- Temporary spray adhesive (such as Gunold KK100)
- Tear-away stabilizer
- Medium weight cutaway stabilizer
- Embroidery thread
- Scissors
- Craft knife
- Cutting mat
- Ruler
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Hand sewing needle (if preferred for assembly)
- Pipe cleaner
- Polyester fiberfill
- Wire cutter
- Tweezers
- Narrow stick for gluing (can be a thin wooden stick of paintbrush handle)

Designs featured in this tutorial include:
- X15004, Christmas Train Engine in 3D (In-the-Hoop)

Finished size:
Large size (X15004): 9 1/2" long x 3 7/8" wide x 7 1/4" tall
Small size (X15005): 7" long x 2 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" tall

Products Used

Christmas Train Engine in 3D (In-the-Hoop) (Sku: EMP70194-1)

Steps To Complete

This design has been specially digitized for tear-away stabilizer. After the stabilizer is removed, beautiful fabric and embroidery remain.

When you download the train engine 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 an embroidery software. If you do not have an embroidery software, Wilcom TrueSizer is a free program to use.

First spray one side of a piece of cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive. Smooth the stabilizer onto the wrong side of the fabric piece.