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Perfect Petals
Created by Lina McGehee, Shreveport, LA, USA

Linda loves the built-in editing capabilities of her Memory Craft machines, preferring to manipulate, change colours, alter sizes, and save the results using the touchscreen on her Memory Craft 10001 rather than her computer. Her jewelry project uses a leaf design from her own Floral Dimensions 2 Signature Series CD from Cactus Punch. By layering the petals in various configurations, you can create a striking dimensional look in a variety of sizes.

Janome Supplies Required
  • Memory Craft 10001, 10000, 9500, 350E (Embroidery only)
  • USB, Rs232C or ATA PC Card
  • Customizer 10000 Plus
  • Clothsetter 10000
  • Large Hoop B
  • Embroidery foot P
  • Standard foot A
  • Janome Embroidery thread
  • Red Tip needle 90/14

Fabric and Notions Required
  • Floral Dimensions 2 Signature Series from Cactus Punch by Linda McGehee
  • Two fat quarters sparkle organza in desired colours
  • Water-soluble stabilizer
  • Decorative threads (such as Twister Tweed by Robison-Anton)
  • Clear Monofilament thread
  • Soldering iron or stencil burner
  • Buttons or costume Jewelry for flower centers
  • Ribbon, cord, or chain for necklace
  • Small pieces of faux suede to use as a base for flowers
  • Clips or studs for earrings (available at craft stores)
  • Low temp glue gun

* The Floral Dimensions 2 signature Series CD and sparkle organza can be purchased directly from :
Ghee's
2620 Centenary Boulevard, #2-250
Shreveport, LA 71104
Phone (316) 226-1701
Fax (318) 226-1781
www.ghees.com

Creating the Design
  1. Load the Floral Dimensions 2 Signature Series designs into your computer.
  2. Open Customizer 10000 plus EasyImport.
  3. Click Open. Open the medium size Azalea leaf (Sig7418).
  4. Transfer the design to the machine via USB, RS232C or ATA PC Card.
  5. Press the Embroidery Mode key.
  6. Press the Edit tab.
  7. Open the Azalea leaf design.
  8. Press the Colour key.
  9. Change the thread colour of the vein and outline to the same colour.
  10. Save the design to the Built-in Memory or an ATA PC Card. You will use this design to create the earrings.
  11. Position the design to lower left of hoop.
  12. Press Copy.
  13. Press Rotate. Rotate the design 45 degrees clockwise.
  14. Move the second leaft to the right. Be sure petals overlap slightly.
  15. Press OK to combine designs. Press OK for Hoop size.
    Note: You will not be stitching the design. This is a technique to combine the designs without saving to the Built-in memory or an ATA PC Card.
  16. Press the Edit tab.
  17. Save the designs to Built-in Memory or an ATA PC Card.
  18. Position the design so that petals fit in upper left quadrant of grid with green lines of design matching red lines of grid at the centre.
  19. Press Copy.
  20. Press the Vertical Flip key to mirror image.
  21. Position the designs to match grid in upper right quadrant with green lines of design matching red lines of grid.
  22. Press OK to combine the designs. Press OK for Hoop size.
  23. Press Edit.
  24. Press Copy.
  25. Press the Vertical Flip key to mirror image.
  26. Position the design so the green line matches the red grid on the screen.
  27. Press OK to combine designs. Press OK for Hoop size.
  28. Press Edit.
  29. Position the design to the upper left corner of hoop.
  30. Press Copy.
  31. Position the design to lower left of screen.
  32. Press Size. Reduce the size to 90%.
  33. Press Copy.
  34. Position the design to the right of screen.
  35. Press Size. Reduce the size to 80%.
  36. Press OK.
  37. Press Edit.
  38. Save the designs to Built-in Memory or an ATA PC Card.
    Inside Information
    Touch each design on the screen to position accordingly. You can reduce or enlarge each design as desired. Be certain that the three designs do not touch each other. Once each design is moved to tis designated positon, press OK to combine the three flowers into one design. Do not press OK on the Edit screen until you are please with the location of each design. After they are combined into one, the designs are set. It is impossible to manipulate the individual designs.
  39. Press Delete to clear the screen.
  40. Press the Open file key to import the double leaf design into the screen.
  41. Position the design in the upper right of the hoop.
  42. Press Copy.
  43. Position the second double leaf design in the lower right of the hoop.
  44. Press the Open file key to import the single leaf design into the screen.
  45. Position design to the upper left of the hoop.
  46. Press Copy.
  47. Position the second single leaft design to the lower left of the hoop.
    Hint: These designs fit in the Large Hoop B with one design at 100% and the other at 90% and 80%. Enlarge or reduce your designs as you prefer. Enlarged designs may require re-hooping.

Professional-Style Embroidery
  1. Set up the Memory Craft for Professional-Style Embroidery.
  2. Insert a Red Tip needle 90/14.
  3. Thread the needle and bobin with Janome Embroidery thread.
  4. Sandwhich water-soluble stabilizer between two layers of Sparkle Organza.
  5. Position layers of fabric in the Large Hoop B using the Clothsetter.
    Hint: To prevent fabric from falling onto the hoop area while stitching, hoop the fabric layers in the upper right corner. By hooping in the corners of the organza, there is space to hoop four times in a fat quarter of fabric using the Large Hoop B.
  6. Attach the hoop to the machine.
  7. Embroider designs.
  8. Using a soldering iron or stencil burner, carefully cut away excess fabric from each of the flower and petal designs.
    Hint: Place the fabric on a tile or other surface that will not melt when using the tool. Sparkle Organza quickly metls when touched with heat. Work carefully in this process to avoid melting too much. Another option is to trim the organza away from the stitchign with scissors and seal the fine threads of fabric that remain with the soldering iron.
  9. Soak the petals in warm water for a few seconds and partially rinse out the stabilizer.
    Note: It is important that some stabilizer remains in the fabric to act as a starch to shape and form petals.
  10. Place the petals on a paer towel to dry. Manipulate and shape the petals if so desired while the fabric is damp.
  11. After petals have dried, it is permissible to spray the flower with water to reshape if desired.

Finishing
  1. Set up the Memory Craft for Ordinary sewing.
  2. Attach the Standard foot A.
  3. Thread the needle with clear monofilament thread and the bobbin with Janome embroidery thread.
  4. Select Straight stitch #1. Adjust the length to 3.0.
  5. Stack the three layers of petals on the faux suede progressing from the largest to smallest.
    Note: The petals should be staggered rather than matching.
  6. Gently lift the top two layers of flowers.
  7. Beginning in the centre and following the centre vein of the flower, stitch about half the distance from the centre out to hold these layers on the suede base.
  8. Lay the smallest layer of petals on the stitched petals.
  9. Hand-stitch a button through all layers.
  10. Attach chain, cord, or ribbon to suede on the backside of flower.
  11. Trim excess suede from back.
  12. To make earrings, centre a single petal on top of the double petal.
  13. Hand-stitch a button through both layers to hold together.
  14. Use a lower temp glue gun to attach earring findings to the back of earring.

Linda's Tips
  • Flowers are naturally pretty on the underneath side as well as the top. In nature their edges curl to reveal both side of the petal. For this reason, it's pretty important to have pretty thread int he bobbin as well as the needle.
  • Always being this project with a full bobbin. Janome's large bobbin will stitch the full design for 30 minutes without stopping.
  • Change the colour of thread with each hooping to modify the colour arrangment. Remember to change the bobbin thread too.
  • Reverse the fabric colours with each hooping for vaariety. Red organza on magenta organza is a different colour that magenta organza on red organza. Orange with red or magenta is a great combination too.
  • Create four different flower combinations from two fat quarter colours by reversing the fabric with each hooping and changing the thread colours.
  • Experiment with colour. Nature's full of wild colour combinations.
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