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Custom Embroidered Duvet CoverThis clean, crisp, and cozy duvet cover provides a warm and sophisticated touch to any bedroom. SuppliesSupplies Needed: **Temporary spray adhesive **Air-erase pen **Tape measure **Seam ripper **6 - 1 inch buttons Design used: Fancy Feathers Thick Border - Lg Products Used
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Steps To Complete
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First, we will prepare the top front panel for the embroidery. |
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If you have embroidery software, print two templates of the design to use for placement. If you don't have embroidery software, you can cut a piece of paper the shape and dimensions of the design to help with placement and centering. Lay the templates on the fabric and decide how many times you want to repeat the design. To space the designs evenly, multiply the width of the design by the number of times it will be embroidered across the fabric. The design we are embroidering is 9.4 inches wide, so we multiplied 9.4 inches by 7 which equals 65.80 inches. Subtract that number from the total width of the fabric (ours is 65.80 inches minus 89 which equals 23.20 inches). |
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Poke a hole in the center of the second template and align it with the center line on the fabric to the right of the first template. Again, use the spacing measurement to measure between the edges of the designs. Mark the center and vertical axis points of the template. |
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Draw lines to connect the vertical axis points of each placement. These lines will be used for hooping. |
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Spray a piece of cutaway stabilizer with adhesive and smooth the fabric on top. Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric. Attach the hoop to the machine and move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric. Embroider the design. |
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When all the designs have finished, carefully trim away the excess stabilizer on the back of the embroidery. |
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Now, we will prepare the bottom front panel. |
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Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the pinned edge only. |
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Lay the fabric wrong side up and press the seam open with an iron. |
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Lets now add button holes along the bottom edge of the front panel. |
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Sew a button hole at each mark. |
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To cut the button holes open, insert a pin at one end of the hole and use a seam ripper to cut (start at the opposite end of the pin). |
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To prepare the back panel, cut an additional 6 inches from the cut edge of the solid colored sheet (the back panel will be slightly shorter than the front panel). |
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Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the pinned edge only. |
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Lay the fabric wrong side up and press the seam open. |
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To add the buttons, lay the back panel right side up and align the front panel on top and align the bottom edges. |
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Lay the back panel flat with the right side up facing up and align the front panel on top, right sides together, with the top edges aligned (the bottom of the front panel will be somewhat longer than the bottom of the back panel). |
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Turn the cover right side out and insert the comforter. Fold the bottom edge of the front panel under towards the back and button in place. |