Level: Intermediate

Michele simply loves Christmas. The new PC Design Card #1014 (Christmas Collection II) gave her even more to love. She created this beautiful embroidered stocking using the MC10000 Edit features. Michele suggests adding metallic thread to your Christmas designs for that extra shimmer by the fireplace.

Janome Supplies Required:

• Memory Craft 11000, 10001 or 10000
• PC Design Card #1014 (Christmas Collection II)
• Square Hoop or Hoop B
• Clothsetter Extension Table or Clothsetter 10000
• Embroidery foot P
• Zig-Zag foot A
• Janome Embroidery thread
• Janome Bobbin thread
• Blue Tip needle 75/11
• Optional: Customizer 11000, Customizer Plus or Customizer 10000

Fabric and Notions Required:

• 5/8 yd. dk. green velveteen
• 5/8 yd. Christmas print for lining
• 1 1/2 yd. gold cording
• 2" gold tassel
• Metallic threads (Light Blue, Fuchsia, & Gold)
• All purposr thread (Dk. green & gold)
• Metalica needle
• Stabilizer
• Temporary spray adhesive
• Pattern paper

Fabric Preparation:

1. Enlarge the stocking pattern onto the pattern paper. 2. Cut 2 stockings from the velveteen, taking care that you have cut one right side up, and one right side down. 3. Cut 2 stockings from the Christmas print, one right side up, and one right side down. 4. Hoop stabilizer in the Square Hoop. 5. Spray the stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive. 6. Position the top of the stocking on the stabilizer. Hint: Use stabilizer with spray adhesive when embroidering velvet or velveteen instead of using sticky stabilizer. The sticky stabilizer has a very firm hold, and will sometimes pull the nap from the velvet.

1. Insert PC Design Card #1014 (Christmas Collection II) into the MC11000.
2. Press the Embroidery Mode key.
3. Press the Edit tab.
4. Press the PC Card tab. Select Design #6.
5. Press the Rotate key. Rotate 45_.
6. Press the PC Card tab. Select Design #9.
7. Position and rotate the design to 'round' the shape of Design #6.
   
8. Press the PC Card tab again. Import 2 or 3 more of Design #9 or Design #10. Position, arrange and rotate the designs until you have a rounded shape that resembles the toe of the Christmas stocking.
   
9. Save the file to the Built-in memory or an ATA PC Card. File Name "TOE".
10. Press Cancel.
11. Press the Edit tab.
12. Press the PC Card tab. Select Design #6.
13. Press the Rotate key. Rotate 270_.
14. Press the PC Card tab. Select Design #9. Position and rotate the design to 'round' the shape of Design #6.
    
15. Press the PC Card tab again. Import 2 or 3 more of Design #9 or Design #10. Position, arrange and rotate the designs until you have a rounded shape that resembles the heel of the Christmas stocking.
    
16. Save the file to the Built-in memory or an ATA PC Card. File Name "HEEL".
17. Press Cancel.
18. Press the Edit tab.
19. Press the PC Card tab. Select Design #25.
20. Press the PC Card tab again. Select Design #31. Position to the right of the first design.
21. Press the Monogram tab.
22. Press the Font Size key. Change to Large.
23. Press the Horizontal/Vertical Orientation (AB) key. Change to vertical.
24. Press the Font key. Select Script.
25. Enter the desired name. Press OK. Position the letters to the left of Design #25.
26. Press the Color key. Change the color of the lettering to Canary Yellow (275).
27. Change the color of the ribbon in Design #31 to Canary Yellow (275). Press OK.
28. Save the file to the Built-in memory or an ATA PC Card. File Name "TOP".

1. Set up the MC11000 for Professional Style embroidery.
2. Insert a Metalica needle into the machine.
3. Thread the needle with embroidery thread and the bobbin with bobbin thread.
4. If the arrangement created for the stocking top is on the Edit screen, press OK. Otherwise, turn on the MC11000 and select Embroidery Mode. Press the Open File Mode key. Select "TOP" file. Press OK.
5. Attach the hoop to the MC11000.
6. Embroider the design, substituting the metallic threads for the suggested colors as follows:
   • Substitute gold metallic for Canary Yellow 275.
   • Substitute blue metallic for Pale Sky 216.
   • Substitute fuchsia metallic for Peony Purple 241.
7. When the embroidery is complete, remove the hoop from the machine, and gently pull the stocking away from the stabilizer.
8. Re-hoop with a new piece of stabilizer, and spray with temporary spray adhesive. Position the stocking toe on the stabilizer.
   Hint: Use Customizer 11000 to print templates of your designs, and the Clothsetter Extention Table for perfect placement.
9. Press the Open File Mode key. Select "TOE" file.
10. Attach the hoop to the MC11000.
11. Embroider the stocking toe, substituting metallic threads as you did for the "TOP".
12. When the embroidery is complete, remove the hoop from the machine, and gently pull the stocking away from the stabilizer.
13. Re-hoop with a new piece of stabilizer, and spray with temporary spray adhesive. Position the stocking heel on the stabilizer.
14. Attach the hoop to the MC11000.
15. Embroider the stocking heel, substituting metallic threads as you did for the "TOP".
16. When the embroidery is complete, remove the hoop from the machine, and gently pull the stocking away from the stabilizer.
17. Place the embroidered stocking face down on a thick towel on the ironing board, and with the iron held about an inch above the stocking, steam.

1. Press the Ordinary Sewing Mode key.
2. Attach the Zig-Zag foot A. Insert a Blue Tip needle.
3. Thread the machine with sewing thread in the needle and bobbin.
4. Match the stocking front to the stocking back, and stitch from the top to the heel, with a 1/4" seam.
5. Repeat for the Christmas print.
6. Spread the stocking open, and place the Christmas print stocking face down, matching the top edges and the seam. Stitch with a 1/4" seam.
7. Fold the stockings right sides together, so that there is a toe at each end.
8. Finish stitching around the stocking, leaving a 3" opening in the foot of the Christmas print stocking.
9. Turn the stocking right side out.
10. Slip stitch the opening closed, and then push the Christmas print stocking inside the embroidered stocking.
11. Using gold sewing thread, hand stitch the gold cording along the seam of the stocking.
12. Create a 2" loop for hanging the stocking. Attach a 2" tassel to the bottom of the loop.