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Christmas Tree Gift Card Holder

12/23/2016

 
Check out my Facebook post on December 25th for a chance to relax for a few minutes with a special Christmas video.

When I did my post last week, I was focused on ornaments for the Christmas tree.  After thinking a bit more, I realized that with a few modifications these would also make great  gift card holders -- a personal touch that will stand out and be appreciated!

Let's get started with Part 2 of the video, which covers adding stitches in the embroidery section.  You will only be able to do this if you have EQ Stitch.
After playing with various settings, here is what I finally landed on for my project.  These may be slightly different than what was in the video -- but I continued to enhance my stitch file after the video was done.
On Point Quilter Electric Quilt Tutorial
Applique Edge Stitch for Outside of Ornament
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Applique Edge Stitch for Tree
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Double Run Stitch for Garland
PictureFill Stitch for star, trunk, ornaments, and text. Smooth fill type was used for all. Edge stitch was turned off (red X) for all of these items.

In the Hoop Gift Tag

Here are my steps for creating an In the Hoop Machine Applique design and completing the gift tag.  I am still learning this process -- so if you have suggestions to make this better, please feel free to post in the comments section.  
Step 1:  Hoop a piece of No Show Poly Mesh Plus Machine Embroidery Stabilizer.

Step 2:  Place a 5 x 5 piece of batting and a 5 x 5 piece of background fabric on top and sewed the placement circle using your embroidery machine. The top thread should match the color in the background fabric.  (For my first projects, I sprayed both with Sullivan's Quilt basting spray -- but by the last ones I found I could eliminate that step and just hold the pieced in place while it sewed the circle.)
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Hoop Stabilizer and add Low Loft Batting and Background fabric.
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Sew Placement Line with Matching Thread
Step 3:  I printed a bunch of trees on Soft Fuse Premium Paperbacked Fusible Web. I I used Inkscape (a freeware program that may be used in working with pdf files) to replicate the shape and place them on one page -- but I will save that process for a future post).  

Step 4:  I
ron the fusible web on Christmas Tree fabric and cut out the trees.  
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Step 5:  Embroider the trunk and the tree placement line.  Iron the tree to the background using the placement line as a guide.
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Step 6:  Embroider the rest of the the items (other than the outside edge).
Step 7:  Remove from hoop and trim just outside the placement lines.
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Oops -- forgot to take a photo of my sample project. This was from another ornament (without a name).
Step 8:  Hoop a piece of Wash-away Water Soluable Stabilizer.  I think a tear-away stabalizer would also work for this step.  

​Step 9:  Sew the placement line (the same one you did for the first part of the ornament).
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Step 10:  Add Gift Card Pocket (a 5 x 5 piece of fabric folded in half with right sides together).  The folded seam should be slightly above the center of the placement line.  

​Step 11:  Add a 5 x 5 backing piece, right sides down.  

​Step 12:  Sew another placement line.
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Pocket Added.
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Backing and another placement line added.
Step 13:  Spray the embroidered ornament with Basting Spray and place on the hooped back using the placement lines as a guide.  

Step 14:  Sew the Tack Down.  The tack down thread color should match the background fabric.

Step 15:  Sew the Blanket Stitch.  The blanket stitch may be contrasting thread color.  I like to double stitch the blanket stitch to give it more prominence.
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Step 16:  Trim close to blanket stitch and remove Wash Away Stabilizer.  

​Step 17:  Add gift cards and deliver!
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