Summer Lovin. Summer is here! Pink sands are bathed in brilliant summer sunlight and the cool ocean breeze invites us all in!

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1 Summer Lovin Summer is here! Pink sands are bathed in brilliant summer sunlight and the cool ocean breeze invites us all in! In this 2-Day Workshop students will master Claudia s multi-hooping technique for perfect placement! Improve your hooping skills; better understand the features on your machine that allow you to manipulate designs for better alignment. Get tips & techniques that make your embroidery flat, fun, & flawless! Minimum hoop requirement 8 x12 Hoops or larger: all formats Pre-class Preparation Needed Each student is required to purchase the pattern $90.00 Note: Please copy and transfer the Design and Instruction folders from the USB drive to your computer. USB drives are a temporary storage and are known to fail. You are responsible for immediately transferring the information from the USB to your computer. The designs and instructions will not be replaced. 1

2 Summer Lovin Supply List Design: Summer Lovin by Claudia Dinnell $90.00 (each student must purchase the design) Fabric Supply List: 2 yards White tone on tone background fabric 1 ¾ yards White tone on tone embroidered border fabric (could be same as background fabric) 1 yard Inner Border and Sashing Fabric 1/4 yard Contrast Fabric for Quarter Inch Border 4 yards Fusible Woven Interfacing by OESD or Shape Flex 101 by Pellon 2 yards Outer Border Fabric (Not needed in class) ¾ yard Binding (Not needed in class) 4 yards Backing (Not needed in class) 72 x 72 Batting (Not needed in class) Embroidery Supply List: Minimum Hoop Requirements: 8 wide x12 high All Hoops must have a grid/template Light to Medium Weight Tear Away (5 yards) 1 Roll Polymesh Cutaway Stabilizer by OESD (15 wide x 10 yards) Temporary Adhesive Spray Removable fabric marking pen (thin tip/ do not use air erasable) Embroidery Needles 80/12 and 90/14 Sharps Terial Magic Starch Basic embroidery kit including small doubled curved scissors, & embroidery tweezers Large Wonder Clips (4) to hold embroidery out of the way Threads: Isacord 40 wt. Embroidery Thread 3962 River Mist Blue (ocean) 1755 Hyacinth Pink (sand) 4114 Danish Teal Blue (ocean) 2051 Teaberry Pink (sand) 3906 Pacific Blue (ocean) 2153 Dusty Mauve (sand) 4531 Caribbean Blue (ocean) 2241 Mauve (sand) 3611 Blue Ribbon (ocean) 1344 Coffee Bean Brown (posts 0608 Sunshine Yellow (sun) 2520 Garden Rose (umbrella) 0931 Honey Brown (fence) 5912 Erin (Bright) Green (grass) Optional Threads: Aurifil 50wt 2 ply Thread Black Color 2910 Grape (surfboard) (used for outline of the designs instead of Black Isacord) 1300 Tangerine Orange (surfboard) 0145 Skylight for small seagulls (lighter than Smoke Gray color) 0131 Smoke Gray (bicycle, seagulls, & dolphin) 0015 White (ocean foam) 0020 Black (outlining) (Optional Sand Colors page 3) Sewing Supply List 50wt. Cotton Thread matching the fabric for piecing Basic sewing kit including scissors, pins, rotary cutter & mat, long straight ruler, etc. Optional but recommended: 20 ½ square ruler for accurate marking & trimming Note: You will receive the full pattern, Summer Lovin, on a USB drive in class. Please bring your own USB drive that you know works with your embroidery machine in case my USB doesn t. 2

3 Suggestions for Sand colors in Cream/Gold/Brown & other thread colors Ocean Threads: 3962 Lightest Blue (River Mist) 4114 Second Lightest Blue (Danish Teal) 4610 Third Lightest Blue (Deep Aqua) 4425 Fourth Lightest Blue (no longer available) 4643 Darkest Blue (Amazon) Sand Thread: 0761 Lightest Tan (Oat) 0552 Second Lightest Tan (Flax) 0822 Third Lightest Tan (Palomino) 0941 Darkest Tan (Golden Grain) 6043 Green (Yellowgreen) 0931 Light Brown (Honey) 1233 Medium Brown (Coffee Bean) 0702 Yellow (Papaya) 1840 Coral (Corsage) 2830 Iris (purple) 0131 Gray (Smoke) Ocean Threads: 4240 Lightest Ocean (Spearmint) 4332 Second Lightest Ocean (Rough Sea) 4032 Third Lightest Ocean (Teal) 4643 Fourth Lightest Ocean (Amazon) 4442 Darkest Ocean ( Sand Threads: 0660 Lightest Sand (Vanilla) 0851 Second Lightest Sand (Old Gold) 0552 Third Lightest Sand (Flax) 0542 Darkest Sand (Ochre) 6043 Green (Yellowgreen) 1532 Coral (Coral) 0142 Gray (Sterling) 2830 Purple (Wild Iris) 0015 White (White) 504 Yellow (Mimosa) 0931 Light Brown (Honey) 1233 Medium Brown (Coffee Bean) 0020 Black Suggestions for Thread Colors for Blue/Grey Fabric Colors 3

4 Cutting Instructions for Summer Lovin Background Fabric (2 Yards): Cut (3) strips 24 x 40 or Width of Fabric Sub Cut first 24 x40 strip into: (2) 12 x40 strips Sub Cut each 12 x40 strip into: (1) 12 Block & (1) 12 x24 Block Ending up with the following blocks: (1) 12 x24 Seagulls Block (1) 12 x24 Surfboards Block (1) 12 x12 Beach Ball Block (1) 12 x12 Lighthouse Block Sub Cut second 24 x40 strip into: (1) 24 x 24 Sandcastle Block (1) 12 x12 Sail Boat Block (1) 12 x12 Sunglasses Block Sub Cut Third 24 x40 strips into: (1) 24 x12 Bicycle Block (1) 24 x12 Dolphin Block Starch (saturate) each separate block with Terial Magic: Let dry. Follow manufactures instructions. Press / iron each block. This process is mandatory! It will help eliminate the stretch in the block. Fusible Woven Interfacing: (4 yards of Fusible Woven Interfacing by OESD or SHAPE FLEX by Pellon 101) Cut the Fusible Woven Interfacing into the sections shown above. Center the interfacing (it is smaller than the fabric) to the back side of each starched (with Terial Magic) block. Spray with water: Use your hands to smooth out the moistened interfacing over the fabric Set the steam iron on the center area of the interfacing and hold the iron long enough to seal the two layers together, but not so long that it burns! Repeat until all the interfacing is sealed to the fabric If air bubbles are showing on the fabric, you need to spray with water and press again Continue with the Fabric Preparation Instructions 4

5 Fabric Preparation Instructions Instructions for all Blocks (blocks should already have the interfacing applied to the back of them) Polymesh Cutaway Stabilizer: Cut the Polymesh large enough to have a 3 border around the fabric block. You may need to piece (use adhesive spray) two sections of the Polymesh to get the size needed. Make sure the pieces of Polymesh overlap each other by 3-4. Center the interfaced fabric block on the pieced Polymesh. Use adhesive spray to fuse the Polymesh to the block. The fabric should be smooth and lay flat. Each fabric block will have a 3-4 border of Polymesh surrounding it. This border is important when hooping! Marking the Blocks: Use an erasable pen but do not use an air erasable pen. Mark with thin clean lines. Do not go over the lines multiply times!! On the front (right side) of each block, draw a center crosshair the full length and width of the fabric. The lines are perpendicular to each other. Draw an additional line 5 above & below the center horizontal line on the rectangle shaped blocks. No need for extra lines on the square blocks. Draw an additional line to the left & right of the center vertical line on the Sandcastle block only. Write the word Top at the top of each fabric block: refer to the cutting instructions for the Top of Fabric. Sew the Stabilizer to the Blocks Sew (using a walking/dual feed foot) close to the edge (¼ ) completely around the edge of the fabric. Use a normal stitch length. This will secure the stabilizer to the fabric and reduce stretching during embroidery. The two fabrics must be smooth and lay flat without puckers. (Sandcastle block shown) The Solid Black lines on the fabric area in the picture: Represent the drawn center crosshair lines and the lines 5 above & below the center horizontal line & 5 to the left & right of center. The lines are perpendicular to each other. Dotted lines in the picture: represent the stitches around the edge of the fabric securing the fabric to the stabilizer using a normal stitch length. Repeat this process with each block. Hang the cut, stabilized, & marked blocks from a pant hanger and bring to class. Border, binding, & batting are not needed in class. In class we will embroider the Sandcastle Block first. 5