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Shoe Wings (In-the-Hoop)Craft soaring style with these unique shoe wings! Just stitch each design in-the-hoop, then add metal grommets and lace onto shoes for a playful accent that all ages will love. We'll show you how! SuppliesProject Needs & Notes: Products Used
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Steps To Complete
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This in-the-hoop design has six files. Two are full embroidery file. The other two are dieline files, marked with the letters DL. Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the right shape and size. |
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Spray the back of the paper dielines for the right wing (file "a") with temporary adhesive, and smooth them onto the right side of the fabric. |
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Then carefully cut out both shapes, and remove the paper dielines. |
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Now that the fabric pieces are ready, hoop a piece of tear-away stabilizer tightly. Madeira E-Zee Tear 1.5 oz. or Floriani Tearaway Medium are good choices. Those brands are more fibrous, less paper-like, and will tear more cleanly. |
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Attach the hoop onto the machine and load the embroidery file (not a dieline file). |
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Remove the hoop from the machine, but do not unhoop the stabilizer. Spray the backside of the front fabric piece with temporary adhesive, and place the fabric right inside the sewn outline. |
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Attach the hoop back onto the machine, and continue to embroider the design. The "front piece tackdown" step will sew first, adhering the fabric to the stabilizer. |
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Stop the machine before sewing the "back piece tackdown" step. Take the hoop off the machine, but do not unhoop it. Spray the back fabric piece with temporary adhesive, and place it inside the shape over the back side of the embroidery. |
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As all the embroidery will be seen on both sides of the design. Wind a bobbin to match every thread color used in the rest of the design. |
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Place the hoop back onto the machine, and embroider the "back piece tackdown". This will bind all the layers of fabric and stabilizer together. Then continue to embroider all the inner details. |
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Once the embroidery is finished, unhoop it, and tear away all the excess stabilizer from around the design. The dieline stitches will also be removed with the stabilizer. |
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Then use a craft knife to cut a small "x" shaped hole where the grommet goes on the tag. |
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Follow the manufacturer's instructions, and add the grommets onto the tag. |
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Then repeat the previous steps to embroider and add the grommets onto the left wing (file "b"). Attach the wings by lacing the shoes through the grommets on the wings as well as the shoes. |
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To have two wings on each shoe, simply embroider another pair of wings (both files a & b) following the instructions above. |