let`s get organized
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let`s get organized
LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! presented by Michelle Umlauf National Educator Sulky of America 1 July 14, 2015 • Navigate to the webpage for this webinar • Recording • PDF of this presentation • Instructions (available only to those who registered for the live webinar) • Link to the sales page • Link to the free Sulky Embroidery Club Spoolies embroidery design • Questions & Answers • Email will go out Friday at 10:00 pm EDT with link to webpage and a reminder of the promotion code 2 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Citrix Technical Support 855-352-9002 3 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! • Time saving measuring & cutting technique • Recipe for stabilizing quilter’s cotton fabric • Raw Edge Appliqué • Hoopless Embroidery • Mastering built-in decorative stitches • Faux binding for pocket 4 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique My non-traditional approach to cutting fabric 5 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique • 6” x 24” ruler • Additional rulers • Rotary Cutter • Cutting Mat (24” x 36”) 6 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique • Be consistent with measuring and cutting • Not all measuring tools are the same • Get to know your rulers 7 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique • Designate a straight edge (fold) • Use the horizontal lines along the fold to ensure the ruler is straight • Cut along the right edge of the ruler 8 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique • Pick a mark on the ruler that is easy to see • This will help you ensure your ruler is straight 9 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique • Measure from the cut edge (Ex. 2”) • Cut along the right side of the ruler 10 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique Use multiple rulers 11 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Time Saving Measuring & Cutting Technique 12 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 13 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Anatomy of the Organizer • Background • Hang tabs or casing • Label • Pockets with faux binding 14 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Recipe for Stabilizing Quilter’s Cotton To Add A Lot of Stability and Structure to the Background: Apply Fuse ’n Stitch™ Stabilizer to the wrong side of the background fabric. 15 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Recipe for Stabilizing Quilter’s Cotton To Add Light Stability and Structure to the Pockets: Fuse one or more layers of Soft ’n Sheer Extra™ Stabilizer to the wrong side of the fabric. 16 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Recipe for Stabilizing Quilter’s Cotton • Supports decorative stitches • Thread painting and quilting • Foundation for machine embroidery on woven fabrics • Use to stabilize knit sweaters • To prevent show through • And more!!! 17 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Raw Edge Appliqué To Prevent Show Through for Appliqué: Fuse one or more layers of Soft ’n Sheer Extra™ Stabilizer to the wrong side of the top fabric. 18 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Raw Edge Appliqué Apply a layer of fusible web to the wrong side: Trim using a rotary cutter blade with a decorative edge 19 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Raw Edge Appliqué • Apply the appliqué with a warm iron • Sew in place to secure with invisible thread or decorative stitches 20 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 21 Take 35% Off Your Entire Purchase www.sulkyembclub.com (Code SULWEB35) On Our New Shopping Website www.sulky.com Take $5 Off $25 Purchase (Code SULWEB5) Take $15 Off $50 Purchase (Code SULWEB15) Take $35 Off $100+ Purchase (Code SULWEB35) All codes expire Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 3:00am EDT ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Spoolie #5 FREE Download! www.SulkyEmbClub.com (Requires a 5”x7” hoop) 23 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! 24 (Requires a 5”x7” or 6”x10” hoop) ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Door Prize Drawing 25 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Prepare to Embroider • Transfer the design to your embroidery machine 26 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Prepare to Embroider Print out the color sequence sheet and use it as a guide 27 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! 1 of 2 pages 28 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Prepare to Embroider • Insert a 12/80 or 14/90 Embroidery or Topstitch needle • Thread machine with 40 wt. Rayon thread • Wind a bobbin with bobbin thread or use a prewound bobbin 29 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Prepare to Embroider PolyLite™ Thread is the key to stitching out the fine lettering on the Spoolie ends (which is optional). 30 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery Fuse one layer of Soft ’n Sheer Extra™ to the wrong side of the pocket front fabric 31 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery Mark embroidery center position on the right side of the pocket front • Draw a horizontal line 5” down from one of the short, raw edges • Find the center of the horizontal line and draw a vertical line through it 32 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery Use Sulky KK 2000™ to secure 2 pieces of Tear-Easy™ Stabilizer together 33 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery Hoop the 2 layers of Tear-Easy 34 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery Spray the top layer of Tear-Easy™ with KK 2000 and position the marked fabric on top, matching up the lines with the notches on your hoop. 35 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery 36 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery • Place the hoop on your machine • Stitch a basting stitch to secure the fabric to the stabilizer • No basting stitch? Use KK 2000 on both layers • Stitch the design 37 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Hoopless Embroidery • Remove the hoop from the machine and take out the the basting stitches • Remove the fabric from the hoop • Press the design from the wrong side • Remove the 2 layers of Tear Easy™stabilizer in opposite directions 38 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 39 Take 35% Off Your Entire Purchase www.sulkyembclub.com (Code SULWEB35) On Our New Shopping Website www.sulky.com Take $5 Off $25 Purchase (Code SULWEB5) Take $15 Off $50 Purchase (Code SULWEB15) Take $35 Off $100+ Purchase (Code SULWEB35) All codes expire Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 3:00am EDT ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Sulky Supply List Fuse ’n Stitch Soft ’n Sheer Extra 440 yds Black PolyLite thread Spoolie #5 Tear Easy 41 Rayon Thread LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Mastering Your Machine’s Built-In Decorative Stitches Smaller the number the thicker the thread Larger the number the thinner the thread 60 wt. 40 wt. 30 wt. PolyLite (11/75) Rayon (12/80) Solid Cotton (14/90) Bobbin Poly Deco 12/80 Blendables (14/90) Rayon (14/90) 12 wt. Solid Cotton (16/100 or 16/100 Jeans) Blendables (16/100 or 16/100 Jeans) Cotton Petites 42 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Mastering Your Machine’s Built-In Decorative Stitches • • • • • • Industry Standard Derived from a natural product Sulky is ENKA certified Similar to silk thread Can be used as bobbin thread Cannot use optical brightners 43 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Faux Binding • Pin the embroidered or appliquéd pocket piece to the pocket lining piece, right sides together • Notice that the lining is 2” larger that the front pocket piece 44 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Faux Binding • Sew the long sides using a ½” seam allowance and a 2.5mm stitch length • Thread the machine with PolyLite thread in the top and bobbin 45 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Faux Binding • Do not trim the seam allowance • Turn right side out • The excess fabric will become the faux binding 46 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Faux Binding Optional: Stitch-in-the-ditch along the edge of the binding 47 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Faux Binding Test some decorative stitches on a scrap of fabric and apply them to the pocket 48 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Anatomy of the Organizer • Background • Hang tabs or casing • Label • Pockets with faux binding 49 LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! • Time saving measuring & cutting technique • Recipe for stabilizing quilter’s cotton fabric • Raw Edge Appliqué • Hoopless Embroidery • Faux binding for pocket • Mastering built-in decorative stitches 50 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 Rachel N. 51 • Navigate to the webpage for this webinar • Recording • PDF of this presentation • Instructions (available only to those who registered for the live webinar) • Link to the sales page • Link to the free Sulky Embroidery Club Spoolies embroidery design • Questions & Answers • Email will go out Friday at 10:00 pm EDT with link to webpage and a reminder of the promotion code 52 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 Take 35% Off Your Entire Purchase www.sulkyembclub.com (Code SULWEB35) On Our New Shopping Website www.sulky.com Take $5 Off $25 Purchase (Code SULWEB5) Take $15 Off $50 Purchase (Code SULWEB15) Take $35 Off $100+ Purchase (Code SULWEB35) All codes expire Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 3:00am EDT LET’S GET ORGANIZED and “Sew” Much More! Door Prize Drawing 54 ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 55 www.blog.sulky.com www.facebook.com/sulkyofamerica www.sulkyembclub.com If you have any other questions about our threads or stabilizers, you can send an email to 56 [email protected] ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015 Take 35% Off Your Entire Purchase www.sulkyembclub.com (Code SULWEB35) On Our New Shopping Website www.sulky.com Take $5 Off $25 Purchase (Code SULWEB5) Take $15 Off $50 Purchase (Code SULWEB15) Take $35 Off $100+ Purchase (Code SULWEB35) All codes expire Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 3:00am EDT ThisIsIt.key - July 15, 2015