How to Make a Machine Embroidered Vertical Wall Hanging

This tutorial can be used with any hoop size of our square designs. Unlike our other panel scenes, this tutorial does not use sashing between the letters. You will just need to leave your preferred seam allowance around the outside edge. For this tutorial we used a 1/2". 

Cut a piece of cotton fabric and cut away stabilizer that are larger than the embroidery hoop you will be using. Spray the cut away stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive and smooth the piece of cotton fabric on top.

Hoop the cotton and stabilizer together firmly so they are drum tight. There should be no wrinkles. 

Put the hoop on the machine. Follow the color change sheet to embroider the first panel of the sign. 

Once all the embroidery has finished, unhoop the embroidered design and stabilizer, set it aside. Do not trim the excess fabric and stabilizer yet.

Repeat the previous steps to embroider all of the designs you will be using.

To begin assembly, first iron one of the embroidered designs with a pressing cloth on top. Try to remove any wrinkles and make the square shape as straight and flat as possible.

From the edge of the design's outline, measure out your preferred seam allowance, we're using 1/2" for the tutorial. The easiest way to do this is with a quilting ruler and rotary blade. However if preferred, you can measure and draw the 1/2" seam allowance around the square with a marking tool and cut it out with scissors instead.

Repeat to press all of the embroidery designs so they are square and flat. Then cut them out leaving the 1/2" seam allowance around all the panel scenes.

Unlike the quilted panel scenes, these signs do not have sashing between the internal details, thus we'll start by assembling the internal part of the design.

Since these designs are meant to be continuous with no sashing between them, lining up the design is important. To do this, lay the second panel over the first upside down. This way the bottom of the first panel will line up with the top of the second panel.

To be sure they don't shift, pin or use quilters clips to hold the panels in place.

Carefully sew the panels together inside the border of the design.

Press the panels flat.

Repeat to attach the third panel to the second.

Repeat to attach all panels together and press.

To finish the front of the sign, we'll need to make the borders. For the borders measure the width and length of the sign. Ours in this example is 8 5/8" wide by 54 1/4". You can make the borders as thick or thin as you would like, for this example we went with 2 1/2" and added 3"-5" to the width and length of the sign.

Take one of the borders and line it up along the top edge of the sign and pin.

Sew the border and press open.

Repeat to attach all borders around the edge.

For the hanger loops, cut three pieces of fabric 4 3/4" X 3.5".

Fold the pieces of fabric in half width wise, sew a 1/2" seam allowance.

Turn right side out, and press the hangers flat.

Fold the hangers in half and line them up along the top edge of the panel sign. Keep the ones on the outside edges in 3/4" inward from the edges, so they don't get stuck when sewing the front to the back. Pin or clip in place.

Sew a 1/4 Seam to hold the hangers in place.

Measure the front panel now with border, ours is now 11 1/2" wide by 57 1/8" long with the border included. Use these measurements to draw the back piece of the sign on your back fabric, then cut out.

Put the right sides together then pin or clip the back piece into place.

Sew around the edges, leave an opening at the bottom. Turn rights side out and press the design flat.

Sew the bottom of the sign closed.

Cut down a wooden dowel to size and add it through the top hangers, tie off a cord on either end.