Scissors Carrier How To

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ACCESSORIES ON THE GO - SCISSORS CARRIER HOW TO

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Instructions are very detailed and 7 pages will print.

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You may make wallets from this design and sell them as long as you embroider and sell the wallet yourself, for example at craft fairs or bazaars. You may not share, trade or sell the design--it is for your own use ONLY.


Preparation
	1/4 Yard of Fabric 1/4 Yard of contrast Fabric 1/4 Yard of Pellon Thermolam® Stabilizer 1/3 Yard of wash away stabilizer Embroidery thread for: Leaves Roses Outline Satin cover stitching that goes around the carrier 1 piece Velcro® iron on hook and loop Masking Tape Sulky® KK2000 Embroidery Adhesive Spray (Optional) Wind a bobbin full of the same embroidery thread you plan to use for the satin cover stitching going around the holder edge. Place bobbin in your embroidery machine.


1st Hooping - Top and Bottom Pieces Load Top and Bottom or Top and Bottom No Rose design into your machine. Hoop wash-away stabilizer into your hoop.
	1. Embroider Thermolam® placement line
	Place a piece of Thermolam® to cover both placement stitching lines. 2. Embroider Thermolam® tack down line. Remove hoop from machine and trim close to stitching.
	Replace hoop on machine. 3. Embroider fabric placement lines. Place a piece of fabric to cover both placement lines. 4. Embroider fabric tack down line. Spray Sulky® KK2000 on back of fabric to hold in place.
	5. Embroider contrast fabric placement line.
	Place contrast fabric to cover both placement lines. Spray Sulky® KK2000 on back of fabric pieces to hold in place.
	6. Embroider contrast fabric tack down line.
	Remove from hoop. Trim contrast fabric close to stitching. Trim fabric close to stitching.
	Embroider as follows: 7. Decorative Trim - Use thread color to compliment fabrics used. 8. Leaves - Use green thread color of choice 9. Roses - Use a thread color to compliment fabrics used. 10 Outline - Use a dark color to compliment thread used for roses. Shown is dark gray. OMIT STEPS 8-10 IF USING DESIGN WITHOUT ROSES.
	Remove from hoop and turn hoop over to back side. Place a piece of contrast fabric to cover both stitching lines. Tape in place. Replace hoop on machine. 11. Embroider back contrast fabric tack down line. Remove hoop from machine and trim back contrast fabric close to stitching.
	12. Embroider top edge satin cover stitching.
	Remove hoop from machine. Remove stabilizer from hoop. Trim pieces about 1/4" from edges being careful not to snip satin cover stitching.
2nd Hooping - Construct Scissors Carrier
In this hooping you will construct the scissors carrier. Load the Scissor Construct design into your machine. Hoop water soluble stabilizer in your hoop. Change to a size 14 Embroidery Needle
	1. Embroider back piece placement line.
	Position one of the prepared pieces, right side down, with the bottom point of the piece matching the placement line.
	Tape in place across the top finished edge only.
	2. Embroider the zigzag tack down line. Hold the point down with your finger until the first couple of inches stitch to help secure the piece.
	Back piece is now secured with zigzag stitching.
	Position the top piece, right side up, and secure at the top with tape as you did for the bottom piece.
	3. Embroider the top piece zigzag line just as you did the bottom piece.
	Top zigzag line has now secured the top piece.
	4. Embroider the satin cover stitching to finish the carrier.
	Trim wash-away stabilizer around edges to about 1/4" from finished edge being careful no to snip satin cover stitching.
	Trim stabilizer from back piece, again about 1/4" away from stitching being careful not to snip material or stitching.
	Hand wash finished carrier by holding under running water until the wash-away stabilizer residue is dissolved. Let dry.
	Use permanent glue and place a drop inside the carrier into the point. Use your finger to spread it over the bottom point area to protect the fabric against being torn by scissors points.

	Trim a piece of iron-on Velcro® , rounding the corners. The Velcro® package comes with directions on proper use. Do not iron on the right side of the Velcro®! Remove the adhesive protective paper from the hook piece of the Velcro and place inside the carrier, in the center scallop on either the front or back of the carrier. Join the loop piece to the hook and remove the adhesive protective paper from the back of the loop piece. Press the top and bottom together at the scallop so the hook and loop Velcro® pieces are positioned correctly and ready to be ironed. From the outside of the carrier, iron each side of the carrier top scallop for a few seconds to set the adhesive on the Velcro® and get a permanent hold. Shown is how the Velcro® should look when finished.
	Finished carrier will hold 4" scissors.