Embroidered Potato Pockets Tutorial for Learners

Need to take your embroidery abilities to the following degree whereas including a touch of enjoyable to your kitchen?

Create this in-the-hoop potato pocket undertaking (attempt saying that 10x quick) the place creativity meets practicality! Whether or not you’re trying so as to add a personalised kitchen accent or just get pleasure from a hands-on embroidery problem, this tutorial will information you thru each step of the method utilizing the Design Doodler.

Let’s get began on crafting your very personal in-the-hoop potato pocket!

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• 4 items of 10×10 inch Impartial or “potato brown” cotton material
• An previous towel reduce into two 10×10-inch items
• One 10×10 inch piece of contrasting cotton lining materials (we’d recommend pre-washing)
• Embroidery stabilizer – we used cutaway
• Embroidery thread – please do NOT use metallic thread because it cannot be utilized in high-heat settings

Step 1: Open a brand new workspace in your Design Doodler software program. Doodle a potato-shaped define utilizing a run sew. We’re utilizing a ten×10-inch hoop and positioned it diagonally to make it bigger. (You can also make your potato as small or giant as you’d like)

Step 2: Doodle your SPUD eyes!  We used a fill free-form fill form and drew them.

Step 3: Insert lettering from the lettering device.  We choose the lettering device, and within the “properties” tab, we edit the textual content from “TEXT” to “SPUD”. You possibly can seize it and transfer it in place, and use the rotation arm to align it the way in which you need.

Step 4: Duplicate the primary potato-shaped define within the working sew. This line will come final and act as a tack-down line. We selected a double-run sew for extra stability. 

Save your design as your required machine file format. 

Fairly simple, huh?  It’s simply as simple to sew this cute spud out!

Step 1:We’ll begin by hooping a bit of cutaway stabilizer to create the 2 sides of the again.

Step 2: Reduce one of many 10×10-inch towel items in half, leading to two 5×10-inch items.

Step 3: On one of many 10×10-inch brown/impartial cotton material squares lay the towel piece midway. Fold over the material, and also you’ll have a towel piece sandwiched by material.

Step 4: Create two of those flaps and set them apart.

Step 5: For the physique, hoop a medium-weight cutaway stabilizer.

Step 6: FLIP the ring over and safe the liner materials on the again of the ring utilizing momentary spray and tape if wanted.

Step 7: Frivolously spray with a short lived spray and place the remaining 10×10 inch towel piece on it.

Step 8: Place a sq. of the impartial/brown materials within the hoop over the towel piece (the ring continues to be the wrong way up).

Step 9: Insert into the machine and sew by way of all however the final tack down line.

Step 10: Take away your hoop from the machine and lay the 2 again flaps diagonally over the stitching floor (these will likely be your opening pockets).  

Step 11: Return your hoop to the machine and end the stitching line.

Step 12: Take away from the ring and trim to ¼ inch.

Step 13: Flip the pocket inside out and press to flatten

To make use of your new potato undertaking, barely moist it underneath working water and insert a potato that has been pierced a few occasions with a fork. Microwave for 10-12 minutes, flipping as soon as, till gentle and simply pierced with a fork or knife.

Don’t go away your potato pocket unattended within the microwave. 

P.S. You possibly can flip your doodles into stitches with out digitizing abilities and create different enjoyable embroidery initiatives with the Design Doodler.