Before stitching out a design, most of the time it is vital to know where your design is going to stitch out! This especially comes into play when you’re floating your material. An example is, embroidering toilet paper! You don’t want to accidentally embroider off of the toilet paper piece. What you want to do is click either of the two buttons in the photo. One looks like a needle going onto a fabric with a red plus where the needle is and the other is a dashed arrow going all the way around in a box. The first one will show you where the needle is going to be for wherever you click. And the second one is going to take you all around where the needle is going to go for the whole design. Now you’ll never have to guess where your design will be again!
Here’s how you can create these cute little treat bags! This is a super fun project and makes an amazing reusable holder for gifts! One of the many things that I love about these treat bags, is that they can be as simple or as intricate as you’d like! They are perfect to hold small gifts too. Plus they can be any size you’d like and are great scrap busters! What you will need: Cotton fabric Iron and ironing board Rotary cutter and cutting mat (or scissors) Seam gauge or measuring tape Sewing machine Sewing machine thread and needle Twine, ribbon or something of the sort Optional: pins The steps: Iron fabric and cut edges straight, pieces can be any size. Sew together the pieces in a strip of about 5-8” wide by 16-21”, it can be any size you’d like! Just remember to account for a seam allowance in the width, and the length will be at least half the size plus account for the cuff. Make sure to iron the strips after sewing each piece together. Also ensure to cut the edges straight if