If you would like to order a bear rather then make one I do have an etsy shop and would be willing to do that for you.https://www.etsy.com/shop/coldwineandhotglue?ref=hdr_shop_menu
So I saw a bear online and thought it would look really good made out of my daughter's Christmas pj's.....and that is how it started. Now I can't stop, I have moved from Christmas pjs to 4th of July and looking for more.....I think I may need an intervention!! It is a blast and all done "in the hoop" so it is so easy!! I found the bear at http://embroidery-outlet-com.3dcartstores.com/ITH-Teddy-Eddy_p_708.html I have a step by step pictures that I took to help if you need it.
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| Here is the front before I stuffed it. |
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| Here is the Back |
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| I used the ruffle on the butt of the pjs to make the ruffles on the bear |
I made sure that I cut the fabric as close as possible to make sure I would have enough fabric to make the bear. I just cut as close to the seam as I could.
After I took one of the larger pieces and placed it in the hoop, I sprayed it with some quilt spray to make sure it stays in place.
You can really tell unless you look close but the machine has stitched out the line for the arms
Then I take the smaller pieces and place them over the stitched out arms, I don't want to waste a large piece here because you will need that later for the belly. I placed it back in the machine and it does a final stitch of the arms. You cut 1/4 inch seam around the stitch and turn it inside out. Then you have the arms. Do the same with the legs, head and ears.
Lastly you will stitch out the belly, the first it will stitch out the outline for the belly and the outline for the applique. Remove from the hoop and place your applique fabric, put back to stitch. Remove again and cut the fabric as close as you can to the applique stitch, place back in the machine for satin stitch.
Here to avoid having to hand stitch I placed both arms and legs inside the stitch line, held in place by a little painter tape. Then placed the back of the bear fabric for the final stitch.
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Hope that helps. If you have any questions please just ask. This the first time I have posted anything.
Memory bear
ReplyDeletewhats a hoop?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I didn't see your question, it's called in the hoop sewing, the hoop comes with the sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteCan you post the pattern pieces having trouble making sure there is enough fabric from the sleeper
ReplyDeleteDo you have an embroidery machine or are you stitching by hand? This was done with the machine but I can measure the legs, arms, body and head us you'd like.
ReplyDeletei have a sewing machine but not a hoop, can it be done with out the hoop , just trying to find a pattern that will fit on a 6-9 month sleeper
ReplyDeletei see that you posted where to buy the pattern but wanted to make sure it would work and fit first, I see they have other bear patterns to wondering about those too
ReplyDeletesorry to be a pest but I don't really know about sewing in the hoop so maybe this won't work for me to do with a regular machine is the correct or are there actual pattern pieces to cut out on my sleeper?
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DeleteNot a pest at all, I just never expected people to actually post on here since I just made the page for me lol kind of excited, but wish I would've spell checked/grammar checked a little better
DeleteNot a pest at all, I just never expected people to actually post on here since I just made the page for me lol kind of excited, but wish I would've spell checked/grammar checked a little better
DeleteI watched a tube video on in the hoop sewing it was pretty interesting I do t have a machine that does that so I can see why you don't have pattern pieces so unless you feel like going through the effort to get them don't bother as it seems like a lot to ask thank you so much for the information
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