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STANDARD EMBROIDERY - STEP BY STEP
A B
C
E
Place your base fabric, print-side up, over the trimmed batting.
Be sure that the fabric extends past the batting edge enough
to provide a 1⁄2” seam allowance when the block is completed.
Place a piece of batting over the top of the squaring stitches,
making sure to cover them completely.
D
F
The third machine step is a tacking stitch for the base fabric.
Use a thread that matches the base fabric for
the tacking stitch, this way when you combine
blocks later, you will not see the seams as easily.
NOTIONS
TIP
To begin, hoop a piece of No-Show Mesh stabilizer. Run the
first step of the design, which is the squaring stitch for the
batting.
Run the next machine step, which is a tacking stitch for the Trim away the excess batting from outside the squaring stitch.
batting.