Floating Florals
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• Wash-Away Stabilizer (2 pieces)
• Tulle (2 pieces)
• Wooden Embroidery Hoop
• Snips or Embroidery Scissors
• Embroidery Thread
• Needlepoint Floral Design File
STEP 1. Begin by hooping two pieces of Wash Away Stabilizer and two pieces of
tulle in your machine’s embroidery hoop. Next, run your chosen Needlepoint Floral
design.
STEP 2. When the design is complete, remove the stabilizer and tulle from the
hoop and proceed to rinse out the design thoroughly. Lay flat to dry.
STEP 3. Once dry, hoop the design in a wooden embroidery hoop of your choice.
Take a pair of embroidery scissors or snips and flip the hooped design over,
trimming away the thread tails on the back. (This prevents the machine’s thread
cuts from being seen through the tulle when displayed).
STEP 4. Either trim away the excess tulle from around the back of the hoop,
or reference the Anita’s Express Needlepoint Florals tutorial in this issue for
instructions on how to glue the fabric or tulle to the inside of the wooden hoop.
Your Floating Floral is now complete and ready to be displayed!
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