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cheap way to sew out on card stock.
OK. now is the time to start out sewing those wonderful redwork christmas cards.
BUT, oh dear the cost of that stitch and tear makes it a bit costly,
NO LONGER. READ ON.
Forget the expencive stuff try my way.
you are useing a 4x4 hoop and allready sewing on paper. IE cardstock.
so here is how to save a bit of money.
take a sheet of computer printing paper, yep that paper you print on,
now fold it in halftop to bottom and fold and rip along the fold.
This now gives you two pieces that will go from side to side of that 4x4 hoop.
I know it will not fit top to bottom but thats ok.
fit it into the hoop so space is equale top and bottom.
and make sure it if farly tight. put the hoop into the machine and now center your single fold card. hold the card in place and start the machine and sew out the design.
two minutes later, remove the hoop from the machine and loosen the paper.
next is to carefully tear away the copy paper along the outside stitch line the paper in the middle can stay there.
BUT. do not stop there. lets have a bit more fun
find some nice CHEAP Christmas wrapping paper and cut to A4 size and fold and cut as above for the copy paper.
follow the same instructions.
now look at what you have .
when you open the card the design is there but filled with a pretty paper.
Because the paper does not stretch in any direction you can get away with useing it without it being clamped in place all the way around. if you are doing more than one of the same design simply lay a patch of new paper over the hole and re fit
annie in the uk.
Thank you for sharing with us. hugs n roses, Meg
Hugs Pam.
that gives you two from one sheet
i cut a piece of wrapping paper the same size as the card used and pop this face down under the hoop, stick it in place on the corners before putting it back to the machine,Return the hoop to the machine and then start to sew out the design.
once finished you can then remove the paper from round the outside of the stitches.
the cheaper the paper the better as it is thinner.
i hope this will help you understand thngs. annie
It took my Morning Senior Moment more than a few readings to work out the pretty paper on the back idea but .. I have it!!!
What a brilliant idea. Thank you for posting this good/fun project idea.
AlmaG.
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if you wish to embroider on fabric then select the aperture cards that are double fold and then place some glue around the inside of the aperture insert the fabric with onto the glue with a small amount of padding behind apature place more glue onto the inside card section and fold and press down the front of the card.
If you use craftfelt then you can ommit the padding and simply trim to within 0.5 of the aperture opening, glue center card and fold the front section down onto it. place a weight onto the card to hold it down till set.
annie