was working on a birthday gift for Monday and my printer would not work. After going crazy thinking I would have to change my plans for the gift, I taped a put piece of paper in my embroidery hoop, took the thread off my machine and ran the first set of stitches. I left the paper taped to the hoop and just punched out my design like a paperdoll. I left the paper taped to my hoop and loaded my hoop with my backing fabric and then used the punched out design to place my applique cut out. It was on the perfect place when I started stitching my out line stitches. It mande my day and I thought I would share it with you. I will be saving money by not using my printer ink and use scrap paper I will save on paper. Have a good evening.
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WOW! Some really great ideas have been shared by all here! Thanks to everyone!
*4U all!
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62461115749Good idea!
Gals, you can trick your machine into thinking it's treaded by threading it all the way except the needle then tape the end of the thread to your machine to keep it from flopping around.
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7293Thanks for this tip, but my machine don't stitich without the thread, so I will use Martine's way.
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63126Merci! Great idea; will try it soon. *4u!
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1831My machine won't stitch when it's not threaded. So I stitch it with thread - the way you described it - and tear along the stitched line. The thread then comes off easily.
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by marjialexa
04 Jun 2009
Wish mine wouldn't, hee hee hee. Top thread breaks, she's done, but she'll sew without any bobbin thread all day. Ask me how I know, hee hee hee, she said my FSL was done, hee hee hee. Hugs, Marji
by marlakay
04 Jun 2009
Yea, my machine will sew without bobbin thread too - until the top thread breaks. I wish it wouldn't as I have had some projects that the machine said were completed and they weren't!!
145302I do this on puffy foam as well...great ideas shared here..I have been doing this for a long while now...try the puffy foam too!* They taught this on emblibrary too when I first started buying designs...
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by nonmusicmom
04 Jun 2009
I will give it a try. You could use the puffy foam with the bookmarker idea. Thanks
11259for the card makers amongst us you can use this idea to make a bookmarker simply "sew" a perforation line about one inch from back right edge of the card and put a design onto it. it then becomes a nice gift as well as a card. the recipiant simply tears it along the "sewn" perforation line
thanks for this one
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by nonmusicmom
04 Jun 2009
Great idea I will pass this idea on to my daughter who is into card making
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211079Sounds like a winner to me NMM. What do they say"Necessity is the mother of invention. U need so u find a way. *4U
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145791GEE that is a wonderful idea!! And IF it is a complex cut out you could always stitch it on freezer paper and then iron that on the fabric b-4 you cut it out!!!:)
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by marjialexa
04 Jun 2009
Freezer paper irons on? Wow, who knew that! Uh, you, obviously, Barb, thanks! Hugs, Marji
31942Super cool idea!! Thanks so much for sharing! Great way for using up scrap paper, and you can save the 'paper' design for the next time you use that particular applique, too. Wow! Hugs, Marji
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33451WoW that is great i was just thinking when one of the clubs is having a sale of any kind they all phone me & ask if i will make them tickets.I sew on lines on my sewing machine with NO thread On linned paper & wow there free tickets!!!
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by nonmusicmom
04 Jun 2009
When I was teaching I would do this with designs for the kids to learn how to cut 0n the line. Thats a good idea. Thanks
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