Level: Intermediate

Build a whole wardrobe for your child or grandchild. Start with a classic car coat in denim, and add flower shaped toggle buttons, so easy for little fingers to button and unbutton. Repeat the simple flower design on a matching jumper, or vest and skirt set. Choose easy care fabrics and simple patterns, repeating the colors from the jacket and lining, so that all the pieces mix and match, and you have the perfect combination!

See Janome Digest Issue #15 for instructions to create the toggle button embellishment.

For Embroidery:

• Memory Craft 11000, 10001, 10000, 9700, 9500, 9000, 5700, or 5000. The 350E or 300E may also be used, along with any Janome sewing machine.
• Customizer 11000, Customizer 10000 Plus or Customizer 10000
• Customizer 2000 (MC9000, 5700, or 5000 only)
• USB or RS232C cable, USB Memory Device or ATA PC Card
• Embroidery Hoop
• Clothsetter Extension Table, Clothsetter 10000, or Clothsetter II
• Embroidery foot P
• Zig-Zag foot A
• Janome Embroidery thread #205 (Dark Brown), #232(Navy), #244 (Cardinal Red), #226 (Green)
• Janome Bobbin thread
• Blue Tip needle 75/11

For Appliquè:

• Any Janome machine
• Satin Stitch foot F
• Zig-Zag foot A
• Janome Embroidery thread #213(Beige), #205 (Dark Brown), #232(Navy), #244 (Cardinal Red), #226 (Green)
• Janome Bobbin thread
• Blue Tip needle 75/11

Fabric and Notions Required:

1. McCall's pattern #3358 (jumper & skirt)
2. McCall's patter #3342 (vest)
3. Simplicity 9303 (jacket) (This is a discontinued pattern. Substitute a similar pattern, such as Burda 2646, or Butterick 5714)
4. Fabric according to pattern plus an additional 1/2 yd. for the jumper
5. Additional notions according to pattern
6. For Embroidery:
   • -Tear away stabilizer
7. For Appliquè:
   • Assorted scraps of fabric in cardinal red, beige, and green
   • Iron-on interfacing
   • Paper-backed Fusible Web
   • Fabric marking pen

Embroidery Embellishment:

1. Save the *.bmp file above: Click your right mouse button on the above link and choose "Save Target As" from the menu. Save the file as "classic-kids" in your favorite folder.
2. Open Customizer 11000 or Customizer EasyImport.
3. For Customizer 11000, click on the 'New" icon on the toolbar. Choose Square Hoop. For Customizer Plus, click on the arrow to the right of the 'New" icon on the toolbar. Choose Large Hoop.
4. Click File. For Customizer 11000, Click Import Design, Image File. For Customizer Plus, Import Clipart. For Customizer 2000, click Import, then click Bitmap File. Open "classic-kids".
5. Click Edit. Click Outline.
   Hint: It may be necessary to clean up the image using the Pencil and Eraser functions. Use the Zoom icon to enlarge areas that are difficult to see.
6. Click the Line icon. Click the variable width zig-zag stitch. Change the width to 1.5mm. Change the Line color to Dark Brown (205). Click OK.
7. Click on the spirals in the center of each flower. Click Register.
8. Click the Line icon. Click the Straight stitch. The length remains at 1.5mm. The Line color remains Dark Brown (205). Click OK.
9. Click on the veins of each leaf. Click Register.
10. Click the Eraser icon. Remove the spirals from the center of each flower, and the veins from each leaf.
    Hint: The Eraser size can be altered between Small, Medium and Large. Click Edit, click Eraser Options, select eraser size from menu.
11. Click the Line icon. Click the variable width zig-zag stitch. Change the width to 1.5mm. Change the Line color to Navy Blue (232). Click OK.
12. Click on the curlicues. Click Register.
13. Click the Fill icon. Click Vertical Fill. Change the Fill Color to Navy Blue (232). Click OK.
14. Click the middle flower. Click Register.
15. Click the Line icon. Click the variable width zig-zag stitch. Change the width to 2.5mm. The Line color remains Navy Blue (232). Click OK.
16. Click on the flower outline. Click Register.
17. Click the Fill icon. Click Diagonal Fill. Change the Fill Color to Cardinal Red (244). Click OK.
18. Click on the remaining flowers. Click Register.
19. Click the Line icon. Click the variable width zig-zag stitch. Change the width to 2.5mm. Change the Fill Color to Cardinal Red (244). Click OK.
20. Click on the matching flower outlines. Click Register.
21. Click Fill. Click Horizontal Fill. Change the Fill Color to Green (226). Click OK.
22. Click on each leaf. Click Register.
23. Click the Line icon. Click the variable width zig-zag stitch. Change the width to 2.5mm. Change the Fill Color to Green (226). Click OK.
24. Click on each leaf outline. Click Register.
25. Click Create on the Menu toolbar. Click Edit Parts.
    For Customizer 11000 or Customizer Plus:
    • Click (1), Dk brn Z1.5.
    • Click Move. Click on (9).
    • Click (1), Dk brn S1.5.
    • Click Move. Click on (9).
    • Click (9), Green Z2.5.
    • Click Move. Click on (7).
    • Click Make.
    • In the next Prompt Box, click Make.
    •   For Customizer 2000:
    • At the top of the prompt box, click Change Order.
    • Click on (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9).
    • Click Make.
    • In the next Prompt Box, click Make.
    
    Note: When we started our design, we registered the dark brown flower centers and leaf veins first, and then erased them from our outline. This allows us to fill in the flowers and leaves cleanly, with no gaps in the fill area. By changing the order of the color