2709 Lovely Lace Making

with Alix Graham-Michel
Alix Graham Michel joined Sue with wonderful tips for sewing and embroidering lace. The viewers got to take a look at a fantastic, vintage lace cabinet that Sue has in her living room. She and Herb were in a shop that specialized in vintage clothing and the lady and gentlemen who owned the shop were in their 80s and retiring. As Sue was Ooohing and Ahhhing about the hand made bobbin lace in the cabinet, the lady asked if she would like to buy the whole cabinet, with the contents. She was determined to place it in a new home, where it would be loved! Sue couldnt resist! She eventually plans to donate it to Kent State Museum in Ohio.
Sue Hausmann and Alix Graham-Michel Sewing Supplies:
Husqvarna Viking Sewing/Embroidery Machine 40 wt. Rayon Embroidery Thread Bobbin Thread Sulky Fabric Solvy Tulle or Organza Husqvarna Viking #190 Enchantment in Free Standing Lace Embroidery collection CD #413001001 Husqvarna Viking #53 Christmas Lace Embroidery collection CD #412633601 Husqvarna Viking #89 Seasons in Lace Embroidery collection CD #412882701 Husqvarna Viking #185 Lovely Lace on Tulle Embroidery collection CD #413000501 Husqvarna Viking #189 Heirloom Insertion Embroidery collection by Connie Palmer CD #413000901 Husqvarna Viking #201 Floral Cutwork Embroidery CD #413152101 Cactus Punch Sig #35 Battenberg Lace Havels Bent Blunt End Scissors 1
Alixs Lace Sewing/Embroidery Tips:
You need to determine if the lace embroidery is designed to be sewn on water soluble stabilizer alone, or if it needs tulle or organza underneath. Free standing lace can be sewn on Fabric Solvy, which is a water soluble stabilizer. The lace ornaments are beautiful especially when stitched with a matching bobbin thread. Here, Alix stitched the ornaments in gold metallic thread!
Select needle stop down so the needle will stop down and the foot will lift so you can pivot. The table cloth is nice and neutral with the lace inserts. By placing different colored table cloth underneath, you can use it for different holidays. Red for Christmas, pink for Easter etc. Enchantment in Free standing Lace was used in the tablecloth. When embroidering these designs, trim the stabilizer to about 1/2 outside the embroidery when the embroidery is complete. Then place on the fabric. Snap on your open toe foot and select a satin stitch. Satin stitch the lace in place onto the fabric. When it is complete, place in a mesh laundry bag and wash. Then trim the excess fabric out from behind the lace, using a Havels bent blunt scissors.
The green lace insert is beautiful on a purchased t-shirt. You stitch them out on water soluble stabilizer and then wash to remove the stabilizer. Three designs were used around the neck and others on the sleeves. Around the neck, place the lace, and zig zag in place. Then trim the fabric from the back of the lace. Alix created a godet in the sleeve by dividing the sleeve bottom in half. She then cut a slit in the sleeve and separated it to create a space. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and in the bobbin. Select a small zig zag or lightening bolt zig zag and stitch the lace in place.
For a nightgown, she took one design and in her software, turned it in to an endless design to create yards of lace trim.
Next, Alix showed a purple jacket with Cactus Punch Sig 35 Battenberg lace. The design was stitched out in a ne weight coats and clark cotton thread top and bobbin with the purple color. She used an organza fabric behind the lace. Alix stitched the battenburg lace to the jacket lapels with a wing needle and an entredeux stitch.
Sues sweater was embroidered with designs from Herimoom Insertion Embroidery by Connie Palmer. These designs use organza or tulle to create the look of lace shaped insertions.
Alix had a great gift idea. Stitch two lace heart designs on netting. Trim up to the edge. Stitch the two hearts together and stuff with potpourri.
This blue linen has cutwork on the corners. It is from Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Collection 201, Floral Cutwork. Richeliu bars require a heavy tear away stabilizer. When your Husqvarna Viking Embroidery machine stops for you to cut, cut the fabric but not stabilizer. This is easzy to do with Havels Ultimate Embroider Scissors with blunt tips.
The peach top had lace stitched on organza. From Lovely lace on Tulle. then the lace was sewn to the hem edge of the top.
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2709 Quick Project

Embroidered Wall Plaques

with Julie Mallory
Julie Mallory joined Sue to show how to make cute Embroidered Wall Plaques. When Sue presented a program in Salem, Oregon, an excited Husqvarna Viking owner, Leslie Coleman Zeigen brought her these clever embroidered felt hangings. She makes them for gifts and momentos, for many of her friends. To create the embroidered wall plaque, in 4D Embroidery Software, change hoop size for the nished size you would like. Choose a font. Be sure it will allow you to generate the size font you would like. Leslie gives credit to the author of the phrase whenever possible. You could also create it free motion or with lettering built into your sewing machine. After you have your phrase complete, color sort it down to one color. Send to your Husqvarna Viking machine. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread and bobbin thread. Stitch out on felt. Cut out with pinking shears and mount on another piece of felt. Add a hanger and/or tassel as desired.

Sue Hausmann and Julie Mallory
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2608 Sheer Window Inserts
with Patti Jo Larson Sewing Supplies:
Husqvarna Viking Sewing/Embroidery Machine Cactus Punch Sig106 Feather Embroidery and Quilting Husqvarna Viking Very Cool Christmas #141 Husqvarna Viking enchantment in Free Standing Lace #190 Husqvarna Viking Cross Stitch Borders #75 Husqvarna Viking Lace by Jeanne Harrison #112 Husqvarna Viking Heirloom Insertion Lace #189 Husqvarna Viking Crazy Patch #130 Husqvarna Viking Sparklers #138 Husqvarna Viking Heirloom Insertion #189 Husqvarna Viking 4D Embroidery Extra Husqvarna Viking 4D Sketch Fabric, see below Havels Snips Havels Straight Lace Trimming Scissors Sulky Ultra Solvy Sulky Solvy Liquid Starch Havels Seam Ripper Sulky KK2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive Robison Anton Pre-wound bobbins Clear Open Toe Foot #19-45 Wing Needle When Patti Jo was visiting Sue, she thought how nice it would be to make seasonal window coverings for the side windows by the front door. Sue wanted to let the light in while keeping people from looking in. Patti Jo thought that the windows should tell a story when you walk up to the front door, about the people, who live in the house. Each panel has a thought, about Sue and Herb.
Patti Jo Larson, Sue Hausmann and Julie Mallory
Begin by selecting fabrics. Vintage pieces of fabric or new fabrics can be used. Sheers will give you more of a see through effect, while a voile will offer more privacy. Organdy is also a good choice, has nice body. You can see through cotton voile but it isnt as stable to embroider. Cut the fabric a little larger than your window panel. For the embroidered pieces, be sure to allow enough fabric to hoop. Patti likes to use Solvy soup to stiffen the fabric for embroidery. To make Solvy soup, collect your water soluble stabilizer scraps. Dissolve them in a jar of water. Paint the liquid onto the fabric, on a protected surface, and allow to dry.

Quilting design:

Patti Jo chose a Crazy patch embroidery design from Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Collection #130. Two repeats of the design t in the Mega Hoop. Instead of piecing in quilting fabrics like you usually do, Patti Jo stitched it all in one color, on her white fabric. If you dont have an embroidery machine yet, you could also use decorative stitches.

Lace to Lace Panel:

This lace panel uses the Martha Pullen lace to lace technique. Lace to Lace means sewing different pieces of lace together, to form one large panel. Insertion lace is best, because it is straight on both sides. Snap on Edge Joining Foot. Select Bridging stitch #A31 or zig zag. Place one edge of the lace on each side of the ange of the foot. Stitch the pieces together. Continue adding lace until you have enough to cover the window pane. To block the lace, press with starch to the exact size. Allow to dry.

Cross Stitch

Patti Jo chose a cross stitch design. Hoop your fabric with a water soluble stabilizer.

Seasons Window:

Julie Mallory created the different seasons window inserts in the Husqvarna Viking 4D Software. The rst one is for Easter. Using clip art, she quickly turned it into embroidery! Heres how!

12. Click Color Change and the Color Selection box will open. At the bottom under Quick Colors click the drop-down arrow and choose Spring for the Theme. Choose the lightest purple, click OK, then click Next. 13. On the Design Preview page do not worry if it looks like the cross doesnt have stitches everywhere. There are stitches, they are just graphically not visible because it is such a small area. 14. Click Finish and the design will appear in the work area. 15. Click Save As and save the design in your C: \4DEmbroidery\MyDesigns folder as Easter cross.vp3. 16. Click Send 1 and send your design directly to your Designer SE, Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Stick, oppy disk, d-Card or embroidery card.

Easter

1. Double-click on the Shortcut to the 4D Embroidery System folder located on your desktop. 2. Double-click 4D Embroidery Extra to launch. 3. Click Hoop. Put a checkmark in Enter Hoop Size. Set the Width to 100 mm and the Height to 225 mm and click OK. 4. Click Express Design Wizard and the Express Design Wizard will open. 5. Click Create Express Trace and click Next. 6. On the Choose Picture page, click View Picture. Browse to C:\4DEmbroidery\Samples\4DEmb\ Pics2\Holidays. Select Ho08.png (the cross with lilies) and click Next. 7. The cross does not need to be rotated, just click Next. 8. On the Outline Finder and Expander page, we do not need to nd the outline so click Next. 9. On the Monochrome Threshold page make sure you can see the entire cross and all the sections of the owers and leaves. If you cannot, slide the bar at the bottom until everything is visible then click Next. 10. The picture is cropped, so click Next. 11. On the Express Trace Options page choose QuickTrace Heavy so the design will be stitched out with a triple stitch.

Valentines Day:

1. Double-click on the Shortcut to the 4D Embroidery System folder located on your desktop.
2. Double-click 4D Embroidery Extra to launch. 3. Click Hoop. Put a checkmark in Enter Hoop Size. Set the Width to 100 mm and the Height to 225 mm and click OK. 4. Click Preferences and set the Grid Size to 5 mm then click OK. 3
5. Go to the Shape tab. 6. Click the drop-down arrow next to Shapes and choose Hearts 1. Choose the heart in the rst column, fth row. 7. Set the size to 98 mm and click Apply. 8. Put a checkmark in Multiple. Set the Size to 75 mm and click Apply. Move the second heart close to the center of the hoop. 9. Add a third heart by changing the Size to 50 mm then click Apply. Move the third heart close to the center of the hoop. 10. To add the nal heart, change the Size to 30 mm and click Apply. 11. Go back to the Design tab. 12. Click Center in Hoop. 13. Press the tab key on your keyboard to move thru the different hearts in your design. 14. Click Center in Hoop for each heart to center all the hearts. 15. Click Combine ColorSort. then

21. Click Save As and save the design in your C: \4DEmbroidery\MyDesigns folder as Valentine Hearts.vp3. 22. Click Send 1 and send your design directly to your Designer SE, Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Stick, oppy disk, d-Card or embroidery card.

Leaves:

Fall leaves America Sews 1. Double-click on the Shortcut to the 4D Embroidery System folder located on your desktop. 2. Double-click 4D Embroidery Extra to launch. 3. QuickLink to 4D Sketch. 4. The Load Design Wizard will appear. Choose Load Picture for a New Embroidery and click Next. 5. On the Hoop Size page, click Change Hoop. The Hoop Selection dialog box will open. Put a checkmark in Enter Hoop Size and set the Width to 100 mm and the Height to 225, then click OK. Click Next to move to the next page in the Load Design Wizard. 6. Click View Picture. In the Picture Viewer box, Browse to C:\ 4DEmbroidery\ Samples\ 4DEmb\Pics2\ Motifs. Click Page Down once and nd the leaf motif 1CMo23.png. Select it and click Next. 7. On the Rotate Picture page, change the Rotation to 4
16. Move the set of hearts towards the top of the hoop having the bottom of the heart sitting on the rst grid line below the horizontal solid line as shown. 17. Click Copy Paste. then
18. Click the triangle on the top of the selection box to mirror image the design top to vertically. 19. Move the second set of hearts so the bottom part of the hearts (now the top because the hearts are ipped) is lined up on the rst grid line above the horizontal solid line as shown. 20. When happy with the hearts, click Combine ColorSort. then
270 so the leaves are upright then click Next. 8. The leaves are automatically cropped however only the top leave will be sketched. Click on the bottom blue dotted line and drag it up to the bottom of the stem as shown. 9. Click and drag the left blue dotted line close to the leaf as shown, then click Next. 10. On the Picture Size page, set the Picture Height to 90 mm. 11. Click Pick Color for the First Thread Color and click anywhere on the picture of the leaf. 12. The Color Selection box will open. Down at the bottom under Quick Colors, click the drop-down arrow and choose Fall for the Theme. Choose the rst column bottom row red color block and click OK then click Next. 13. On the Add Alignment Stitches page no alignment stitches are needed because we are only using the picture as a stencil. Choose None for Alignment Stitch Style and click Finish. The leaf will appear within the selected hoop on screen. 14. Go to the Motif tab. 15. Under Motif, click the drop-down arrow next to group and choose Universal. 16. Click the Category drop-down arrow and choose Hand Stitches 2. 17. Click the drop-down arrow next to Pattern and choose pattern 13. 18. Under Size with Proportional checked, change the Height to 3.0 mm. 19. Click Zoom In then click and drag a box around the entire leaf to zoom in on it. 20. Under Draw Motifs click Motif Motion. Starting at the bottom of the stem draw around the leaf going up the stem and to the right, around the top and back down

the left side. When you approach the stem again go up into the leaf and over the center veins. Draw up a vein and back down on itself, then up the center, then back down and to the other side and back. Go back down the stem to the bottom and then right click. 21. Click Zoom to Fit. 22. Go back to the Design tab. 23. Click the drop-down arrow next to Picture and choose Background Off to hide the picture of the leaf. 24. Click Make Block from Visible Area to select the whole leaf. 25. Click inside the leaf and move it to the top section of the hoop. 26. Click the rotation circle on the selection box and rotate the leaf to be at an angle. 27. Click Copy then click Paste. 28. Move the second leaf to the middle of the hoop. 29. Click the triangle on the left hand side of the selection box to mirror image the leaf horizontally then position the leaf to your liking. 30. Click Paste again to paste a third leaf. Move the leaf to the bottom of the hoop and rotate and place the nal leaf to your liking. Make sure to stay within the hoop for all three leaves. 31. Click Save As and save the design in your C:\ 4DEmbroidery\MyDesigns folder as fall leaves.vp3. 32. Click Send 1 to send the design directly to your Designer SE, Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Stick, d-Card or embroidery card.
Patti Jo stitch sparklers for Fourth of July from the Husqvarna Viking Sparklers #138 collection.
Cut Totally Stable the size of the window pane glass. Iron it onto the back of nished embroidery. That will be pattern to stitch satin stitch around to create the border. You can create a border in your 4D Software by creating a hoop, the size of your glass. Then create a satin stitch border that size. You can also satin stitch using your pre-programmed satin stitch in your machine. Snap on your Clear Open Toe Foot and stitch around the edge of the Totally Stable pattern. trim excess away. Patti Jo stitched a beautiful hemstitch fram/border on Sues Inserts. Thread with ne thread on top and bobbin. Insert a wing needle. Select stitch D4 and stitch around the panel. Trim up to the outside row of hemstitched holes. Some other suggestions that Patti Jo had for decorating window panes were starching on doilies or crocheted embroidery decorations. Use what you have or create your own.

Applying your Window Panels:
To apply your panels to the glass, spray with Sulky KK2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive to place it. Use sponge brush and wet the fabric completely with liquid starch. Use a regular brush and poke into corners. Allow to dry. To remove, just pull off, and wash the windows to remove the starch residue.
2608 Quick Project Shaggy Heart Pillow

with Cassi Gowin

Cassi Gowin, Husqvarna Viking Educator joined Sue with a fun raw edge appliqu pillow. She used both traditional raw edge appliqu and reverse appliqu as well!
Sue Hausmann, Patti Jo Larson and Cassi Gowin

Sewing Supplies:

Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machine 3/8 Yard of Denim or Similar Weight Fabric Three 4x4 Scraps of Red or Pink Fabric 1/4 Yard of Fabric for Rufe Sewing Thread to Match Denim Fabric Serger Thread 30wt Sulky Blendable Thread Button Foot with Placement Tool #412934545 Chaco-Liner Chenille Brush Rotary Cutter and Mat Quilters Ruler Open Toe Free Motion Spring Foot #413037646 Fab-U-Motion with Stitch Regulator Huskylock 936 Serger
1. Cut one piece of denim 17 x 13 and two pieces 17 x 9. 2. On right side of the 17 x 13 piece, mark a line along the 17 length down the center. Find the center and mark it. Measure 4 out from the center on both sides along the center line and mark as shown.

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4" 9"
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3. Mark the center of each of the 4 x 4 pieces. 4. Place one of the 4 square pieces with the wrong side against the right side of the denim piece of fabric lining up center marks. Pin to hold in place. Place the other two 4 squares
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underneath the denim with the fabric right sides against the wrong side of the denim on either side of the center piece matching the center marks with the marks 4 out from center on the denim these two pieces will be reverse appliqu. Pin in place. Trace heart template onto the 4 square matching the center mark with the center mark on the appliqu. The center heart will be traced on the appliqu fabric and the outer two will traced on the denim. Set for free motion stitching. For more infomation on free motion stitching, go to www.husqvarnaviking.com. Attach your Open Toe Free Motion Foot. Set up your Fab-U-Motion with your Husqvarna Viking sewing machine. Thread with Sulky Blendable 30wt thread on top and in the bobbin. Place the fabric on the Fab-U-Motion platform. Start at the point of one of the hearts, stitch around the outline of the heart several times staying within of the outline. The outline is a guide for the stitching not an exact stitching line. Dont worry about stitching straight. Curvy lines give and artsy look. On the center heart trim excess fabric from outside the heart stitching staying at least

strip. 12. Fold strips in half lengthwise, wrong sides together and press. 13. Set your Huskylock for a 4-thread overlock stitch following the instructions on the Sewing Advisor. Increase differential to 2.5 this will speed up the front set of feed teeth causing the fabric to gather. Increase your stitch length to 4.0. Feed folded strip of fabric with raw edges toward the cutter. Rufe the entire strip. Set rufed strip aside. 14. Fold under 1 1/2 on one long edges of each of the two 17 x 9 pieces and press. 15. Find Center and mark on each piece. Measure 4 from center each direction and mark on each piece. 16. On one piece sew buttonholes at each mark placing them perpendicular to the folded edge. 17. On other piece Snap on your Button Foot with Placement Tool and sew buttons 1 from folded edge at markings. 18. Button pieces together. Set aside. 19. Lay the edge of the rufe along the edge of the pillow top, serged edge to the outside and stitch in place. 20. Place buttoned back pieces together on top of pillow top right side down with raw edges along the raw edges of the pillow top. Pin in place. Stitch around all sides of the pillow. Unbutton the buttons to turn right side out. 21. Insert pillow form and button closed.
inch from outermost stitching line. 9. For two outer hearts carefully cut away the denim about from the inside of the heart outline stitching being careful not to cut the fabric behind. 10. Use a chenille brush to help frayl the raw edges or wash and dry the piece to fray the fabric edges around the hearts. 11. Cut two 4 wide strips across the fabric width for the rufe. Place strips right sides together and sew across the short ends to form a long