Looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift idea? Use Letter It! by Amazing Designs to create an embroidered memento. This is a great project to get the kids involved; they’ll love getting their hands messy and making a gift for Daddy. Click here to download instructions.
Materials:
- Baby Lock Tear-Away stabilizer
Tools:
- Baby Lock® Flourish machine - Model# BLMFO
- Letter It! from Amazing Designs®
Steps:
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Open the Amazing Designs App on your desktop and follow the next set of steps:
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To place the hoop on the workspace select the Tool tab and click on Select Hoop. Select the 130mm x 180mm hoop.
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Place a checkmark in the Rotate 90 field.
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Click on OK.
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Click on the Letter It! tab on the top toolbar
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Click on the Text icon.
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Click anywhere on the workspace to open the Text Input field.
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From the drop down Font menu select the “Freeform” font.
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Type in the following phrase:
My hands are tiny now but as I grow they will always reach out to the best Daddy in the whole wide world.
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Change the Height to 8mm.
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Change the Slant to -20.
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Click on Apply for the changes to be applied.
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Click on File Save As a working file format (blf) and then save as the format that your machine will read.
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Set up the machine for embroidery.
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Retrieve the lettering design from its saved location.
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Hoop the Stabilize It! Tear-Away stabilizer with the fat quarter fabric centered in the hoop.
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Embroider the lettering design using black Madeira embroidery thread.
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Trim the section so that it is one inch larger on all sides then the cardboard backing.
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Stretch the embroidered section over a sturdy piece of cardboard cut to size. Pull the raw edges to the backside of the cardboard and tape to secure.
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To make the hand print place the child’s right hand on the ink pad to coat with ink. Place the hand on a blank piece of white paper to create the hand print. Let the ink dry. Wash the child’
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Cut the picture of your little one and the handprint to fit below the lettering. In the sample a 3” x 4” picture was used. Place the picture on the bottom left side and the hand print on the
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Adjust the picture and the hand print as desired.
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Place the back on the frame.