How to Assemble An In-the-Hoop Bobblin Stuffie

The bobblins are becoming 3D! Learn how to make your own in-the-hoop stuffed bobblin, then make multiple bobblins to keep you company while you work in your sewing room. Project instructions below will walk you through the process.

When you download the in-the-hoop bobblin stuffie 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 without software. We also recommend Wilcom's Hatch software which comes in different levels depending on what you'd like to use the software for. Hatch Organizer works well to view your designs, print dielines and templates, change design colors, and create basic design layouts. (This is an affiliate link, learn more about affiliate links here)

Spray the backside of the printed dieline pieces with temporary adhesive, and smooth them onto the right side of the fabric.

The square dielines should be adhered to the body fabric and the small pieces to the felt ear fabric.

Cut the dieline shapes out of the fabric and remove the paper.

Hoop a piece of tear-away stabilizer firmly. Make sure it is nice and taut with no wrinkles.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the embroidery "a" file (not the dieline files) for the back side of the stuffie first.

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 dieline (or outline stitch) for the front fabric piece. This marks the area on the stabilizer where the fabric piece will be placed.

After the dieline has sewn, remove the hoop from the machine, but do not unhoop the stabilizer.

Spray the wrong side of the back fabric piece with temporary adhesive.

Smooth the back fabric piece onto the stabilizer inside of the sewn dieline.

To prevent the embroidery from sinking into the fluffy fabric, cut out a piece of light weight water-soluble stabilizer that is larger than the design (we used Sulky Solvy).

Lay it over the front fabric piece and tape the edges down onto the hoop or stabilizer around the design.

Place the hoop back onto the machine and embroider the tackdown for the front fabric piece. The tackdown will hold the fabric piece in place for the remainder of the design. The outer line will then stitch that will be the cut line to reference later on in the design.

Then embroider the inner details of the design onto the back piece. 

Once all the inner details are done embroidering, remove the hoop from the machine and unhoop the stabilizer. Carefully remove as much of the water-soluble stabilizer from the front side as possible. For Sulky Solvy water soluble stabilizer, it is quite easy to gently tear it off the design.

Then, gently remove as much tearaway stabilizer from the back side of the fabric as you can.