MATERIALS

u Embroidery machine and accessories
u Design software and transfer device
u Butterflies for Catherine design CD by Jenny
u 45cm x 114cm (18in x 45in) green nylon
organza for embroidery
u Dissolve Magic fibre-based soluble stabiliser
u Jenny’s rayon 40 embroidery threads:

Dark Secret No 180, Pinky No 2,

Fern No 84, Band of Gold No 191
u Four machine bobbins, one wound in each
rayon thread colour
u Machine feet: embroidery, beading
u Microtex 80 machine needle
u Jenny’s Magic Heat-Cutting tool to burn
away organza
u Jenny’s Magic Rhinestone Setter to apply
heat-fix crystals
u Jenny’s Magic Tassel Maker to make the tassel
u Two strands each of Jenny’s cut crystal beads
in amethyst and light amethyst
u 6mm diameter split ring for hanging
u 10 decorative gold metal spacer beads
u 72 Jenny’s heat-fix crystals in rose and
clear for embellishments
u Large double-sided crystal for bottom
of mobile
u Strong clear beading thread and needle
u Craft glue
u Baking paper
u Spray bottle and water
u Large tile covered in aluminum foil to be
used with the Magic Heat-Cutting Tool and
Crystal Wand
u Clothes pegs/pins

PREPARATION

1 Use the design software, transfer device and Butterflies for Catherine design CD to transfer the large butterfly bfc02 and medium butterfly bfc03 to the machine.

JENNY’S TIP: You may wish to use the design software to combine two or three butterflies in one hooping and then colour sort them and save the design before transferring the combination-design to the machine to make the embroidery quicker and easier.

2 Wind the four machine bobbins with one each of the four rayon- 40 embroidery threads as listed in the materials.

EMBROIDERY

3 All embroidery uses the green nylon organza and two layers of Dissolve Magic hooped together, embroidery foot, matching rayon- 40 embroidery thread in the Microtex- 80 needle and bobbin.

 

4 Embroider three, large (bfc02) and six, medium (bfc03) butterflies using the photo as a guide to the thread colours used. Remember to change the bobbin thread each time you change the needle thread so the thread colours will be the same on both sides of the embroidered butterflies.

 

5 Remove the Dissolve Magic and the
nylon organza from the hoop (do not
cut around designs) and then rinse the
embroidered organza in cold water to
remove half the Dissolve Magic. (Leaving
stabiliser in the butterflies means they will
be stiff when dry and can be shaped.)

6 Lay the embroidered nylon organza out to dry on sheets of baking paper (so they will not stick when drying).

7 Use the Magic Heat-Cutting Tool and the tile covered with aluminum foil, to burn away the excess nylon organza from the outside edge of the embroidered butterflies.

 

SIMON’S TIP: Use your embroidery hoop to re-hoop the embroidered organza. Place the hoop over your tile covered with foil and then burn around the edges of your embroidery. In doing this, tension is kept on the organza making it easier to burn close to the edge of the embroidery, as the fabric pulls away as it is burnt. Great idea Simon, thank you!

8 Use a spray bottle and clean water to dampen the medium-sized burnt out butterflies and then lay them on the baking paper once again to dry, this time shaping the right side of the wings up as they dry.

9 Use the Magic Rhinestone Setter and heat-fix crystals to embellish the right side only of the six medium-sized butterflies using the photo as a guide.

MAKING THE TASSEL 10 Use the rayon threads, beading foot and Jenny’s Magic Tassel Maker following the directions that come with it to make a thread tassel using matching thread in the needle and bobbin for the wrapping. Decorate each side of the top of the tassel with heat-fix crystals. (What an easy inexpensive way to make tassels of any colour to match your embroidery!)

PUTTING IT TOGETHER 11 Use the craft glue to glue one medium butterfly centred over a large butterfly (wrong sides together) down the bodies only, leaving the wings and antennae