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| MATERIALS: Designs from the Sparkle Collection #1 Additional replacement sparkle kits 1 1/4 yard of white trigger fabric Disappearing ink pen Embroidery thread Bobbin thread Kandi Kane™ applicator 3 1/2 yard trim of your choice 3 leg pressed board table 70-inch round base tablecloth or 2 yards of coordinating fabric |
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| INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Fold fabric in half. 2. With a string (I used dental floss) tied to a disappearing marker, measure 18 II2-inches from the pen and hold that point in place on the fold. Pull the string tight and draw a semi circle on the fabric. Cut out. You will have a perfect 37-inch circle. Mark the center point of the circle by folding the fabric in half again and put a dot at the point. 3. Measure your table top across and divide by two. Mark off that number on the string and place that point in the center of the fabric. My table was 20 inches so the half point is 10 inches. Lay the fabric out flat. With the end of the string on the center mark, draw a circle all around the fabric. This will help for perfect placement of the designs around the outside of the top, but will not overlap onto the sides. 4. Print out the poinsettia design and at least three of the holly leaf designs. With a ruler, draw a line horizontally and vertically so the center point is created on the paper pattern. Punch a hole at the center point of each design. Lay the pattern on the cloth and make marks at the edge of the design up and down and side to side and in the center where you punched the hole. |
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| 5. If you are doing the snowman scene, I first printed out a perfect pentagon and folded it at each point until I had the center points of each side. I then had 10 evenly spread points. Punch a hole in the center of the paper pattern and place it in the center of the tablecloth. Using a yard stick and disappearing marker, I extended the fold lines on the pattern onto the topper and was able to perfectly place five patterns around the top and five patterns around the bottom in between the ones on top. Print out a copy of the Snowman design and draw a line through the center up and down and side to side to find the center point of the design. Place the pattern on the lines drawn with the yardstick. Mark where the center of the design should be and also make marks on the sides of the design so hooping will be straight. | ) Click for Detail |
| 6. Stitch the designs. Using the trigger fabric, I did not use stabilizer. Please use
your judgment based on the actual fabric you choose. 7. Using either the Kandi Kane™ Applicator or a little iron, place crystals in their proper spots according to the pictures and/or the circles that stitched out last on your design. The sparkles have glue on them already that is activated by the heat of the Kandi Kane™. The Kandi Kane™ has different tips depending on which size crystal you are using. Although in the sample shown I used Swarovski® Crystals, the metal facets also look great at nearly half the cost. 8. Finish off by adding trim with a serger and/or straight stitch. I am not much of a sewer, so I found it easier to use Steam-A-Seam 2 to both hem and attach the trim. The Poinsettia Topper was placed over the top of a 70-inch green tablecloth, but with the snowman one, I purchased 2 yards of a coordinating fabric and cut 18-inch wide strips of fabric. Gather your fabric slightly and after attaching the trim with Steam-A-Seam, I attached the fabric at the same place making sure the salvage edge was at the bottom and needed no hem. This then became a one-piece tablecloth instead of a topper. |
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| 9. What I didn't do on the snowman cloth was gather the bottom fabric, but I can see that it would make it look much nicer. The extra time to use the fabric instead of a tablecloth not only saved about $20, but gave the tablecloth a one of a kind look. EJ | |
| All supplies except the fabric, table and base tablecloth are available at www.designbydawn.com. | |
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