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Did you know that our embroidery collections come with artwork fi les so when you order our products your customer’s money goes much further? Not only can they embroider the design, now they can use the artwork fi les to create trendy projects using an electronic die cutting machines. What can artwork do for you? With the age of electronic die cutting machines; just about anything you can imagine!

Hope has a NEW EMBROIDERY CLUB for storeowners called Hope’s Happy Hooper’s Club. Find out more at the end of the article about joining her club. This project is one of the upcoming dealer clubs called “Hot Mess” which features the hot pad quilted project using the utensil applique embroidery design. For inspiration and to add-on store sales during the club Hope created an inspirational piece creating the perfect opportunity for YOU to SOFT SELL electronic die cutting machines. Notice the embroidery design on the hot mess pad matches the glass-etched design.

There are many die cutting machines on the market and your store probably sells at least one brand. While Hope is using the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software the principals are similar with all electronic die cutting machines and software.

Upload our SVG artwork fi les and then with a few simple edits you can create your own masterpiece.

• File> Open> Kitchen Applique Fun Embroidery CD fromwww.HopeYoder.com> SVG> Utensil.

• Select fi le> RC> Ungroup.• Select the knife> RC> Delete.• Select the outer edge of the spoon

and fork and pull off to the side. Select both outer edges> RC> Delete.

• Select all items> Cut Settings> Cut.• Select all items>Release

Compound Path.• Select the Spoon and move it

away from the smaller elements. Select the Fork and move it away from the smaller elements.

• Select the curved highlights> RC> Delete. • Select the white

curly cues> Fill Color Window> Red. Select one of the curly cues> RC> Delete.

• Select the remaining curly cue> RC> Group.

• Open the Scale window and size the Spoon

KITCHEN FUN EMBROIDERY CD PROJECT: GLASS ETCHINGProject by Hope Yoder, Designs by Hope Yoder

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and Fork as desired. In my sample I elongated each element slightly.

• Open the Rotate window and rotate the Spoon and Fork as

shown. Select the Spoon and Fork and make sure it is less than 2” in height to fi t on the casserole dish. Select the Spoon and Fork> RC> Group.

• Select the curly cue and Rotate> RC> Copy> RC> Paste> Rotate.• Move the curly cues on each end of the utensils and space as

desired. To align perfectly, select all elements> Align> RC> Group.• RC> Paste to add a curly cue to use for desired text.

Want to fi nd out how to cut the design and etch glass? Purchase our Digi Die Cutting Project CD: Life Is Sweet Glass Etching. Need die cutting classes to teach in your store? We can help. Order all of our eight Digi Die Cutting Project CDs today. Make sure each student has a copy of the CD and you have an instant class with videos, embroidery and artwork fi les. It’s that easy.

For an organized approach to making the most money out of your embroidery clubs join Hope’s Happy Hooper’s Embroidery Club today! Visit our webpage at www.HopeYoder.com and login to the wholesale site to fi nd out more about the club. With out new wholesale shopping cart ordering has never been so easy. Simply click on over to www.HopeYoder.com and register as a wholesaler.

Hope Yoder is a national sewing and embroidery educator who is known for producing some of the countries highest quality machine embroidery designs and sewing patterns. She writes for several sewing magazine publications and her work has appeared on the cover of several sewing magazines including Designs in Machine Embroidery, Sew News, Creative Machine Embroidery and Sew Beautiful. She has appeared on several sewing TV shows with Martha's Sewing Room. Visit www.HopeYoder.com for more information.

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