Towel TopperDress up your kitchen with this easy to create,in-the-hoop towel topper.

Skill Level: BasicCreated by: Christian Staum, Software Q.A. Specialist

Required Software:

Amazing Designs Embroidery CD - ADC-161J, In-The-Hoop For Home

Supplies:

• 9” x 12” piece of fabric

• 6” x 6” piece of fabric

• 12” piece of ribbon or bias binding

• One large button

• Needle and thread

• Embroidery thread

• Cut-away stabilizer

• A kitchen towel or tea towel that coordinates with the

embroidery design and fabric being used

Read all instructions before beginning.

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Hoop a piece of 9” x 12” fabric with heavy or medium weight cut-away stabilizer.

2. Load the towel topper design you wish to use on your embroidery machine and sew out the design but stop before sewing the last color.

3. Take the piece of ribbon or bias binding and tape it to top of embroidery design with the open end facing away from the embroidery design. The ribbon ends should not overlap and should extend out 1/2” from the embroidery design. (Image 1)

4. Take the 6 x 6” piece of coordinating fabric and place it centered on top of the embroidery design with the correct side of the fabric facing the embroidery design.

5. Sew the last color of the design which is a running stitch that sews both pieces of fabric together and fixes the ribbon in place.

6. Remove the hoop from the embroidery machine and remove the fabric from the hoop.

7. Cut around the outside of the running stitch, leaving about 5mm of fabric from the stitch. When trimming around the open end of the fabric, be sure to not cut the ribbon. The outline stitch extends out from the embroidery design 1cm on the open end. Cut the fabric straight across from one end to the to the other leaving 1-2cm of fabric extending from the design.

Project

Continued on back page

In-The-H

oop For Hom

eA

DC

-161J

In-The-Hoop For Home

www.amazingdesigns.com

ADC-161J

®

In-The-Hoop For Home20 Classic Designs

Lit# ADPF-ADC161J

THESE DESIGNS CAN BE SEWN AND SOLD

Legal Notice: Making a copy, by any means, of Amazing Designs’ artwork or design software is a violation of copyright law.

Designs contained herein are intended for the original purchaser only for use on home embroidery machines.

* 5 x 7 or larger©2010 AMAZING DESIGNS IS A REGISTEREDTRADEMARK OF TACONY CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ©2010 MORANGODESIGNS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

INCLUDES:Re-color! • Re-size! • Preview & Print!

Contains Jumbo designs for 5" x 7" hoops or larger on 1 CD-ROM compatible with these embroidery formats:

ART (Bernina), BLF (Outline File), DST (Tajima), EXP (Bernina, Melco), HUS (Viking),

JEF (Janome), PES (Baby Lock, Bernina, Brother), SHV (Viking), VIP (Pfaff, Viking), VP3 (Pfaff, Viking).

CONTAINS DESIGNS FOR 5" x 7" HOOPS OR LARGER

HOOP101*W: 2.1"H: 5.5"

HOOP109*W: 2.1"H: 5.5"

HOOP112*W: 2.1"H: 5.5"

HOOP102*W: 2.1"H: 5.5"

HOOP107W: 3.5"H: 3.5"

HOOP110W: 3.5"H: 3.5"

HOOP113W: 3.5"H: 3.5"

HOOP103*W: 2.0"H: 5.5"

HOOP118*W: 2.1"H: 5.5" HOOP104*

W: 2.0"H: 5.5"

HOOP105*W: 2.2"H: 5.5"

HOOP106*W: 2.1"H: 5.5"

Suggested Retail Price: $50.00

FREE PROJECT

Included with

Collection

HOOP119W: 3.5"H: 3.5"

HOOP115*W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

HOOP120*W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

HOOP111*W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

HOOP116*W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

HOOP114*W: 5.1"H: 5.2" HOOP108*

W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

HOOP117*W: 5.1"H: 5.2"

Bookmarks, Coasters & Towel Toppers

Bookmarks, Coasters & Towel Toppers

(Image 1)

8. Fold up the ends of fabric on the open end of the towel topper and iron flat. This is where the towel will be inserted. There should be a small amount of fabric showing below the embroidery design that will be sewn on in the last step. (Image 2)

9. Turn the towel topper right side out and push out all the sides and corners to make it square. Remove the tape from the ribbon being mindful of any stitching the tape may pull.

10. Sew a button onto the back piece of fabric of the towel topper about 1 inch from the top and centered with the ribbon. This is how the topper will be attached to a towel rod or oven handle. The button can be moved up or down to your preference if you need more or less slack in the ribbon. (Image 3)

11. Fold a kitchen towel in half width wise and cut the towel in half. Only one half of a towel is needed for the towel topper.

12. Gather or pleat the cut end of the towel and insert it into the towel topper. Arrange the towel into place inside of the topper and pin if necessary. There should be about a 1/2” of the towel inside of the towel topper.

13. Use a sewing machine to sew a straight stitch along the bottom of the towel topper to fix the towel into place.

For other exciting projects like this one, visit our website at www.AmazingDesigns.com

You are ready to hang your towel.

(Image 2)

(Image 3)