“Although cool weather is just a promise here in Florida, the pumpkins are still ripe and the holiday season is upon us. My daughter loves decorating her new house with seasonal towels and pillows and so I digitized this pumpkin applique as part of her Halloween decorations. I plan to also use it on overalls for my grandson and a t-shirt for my niece. I used the Artistic Edge Digital Cutter for my applique design and sewed it out on the Janome Skyline S9 using my favorite hooping feature – magnets. I hope you all enjoy it!” – Janome Artisan Milinda Stephenson
Janome Supplies Required
- 8″ x 8″ applique fabric
- Blank kitchen towel
- Embroidery thread: outline/applique, interior pumpkin lines, pumpkin stem and heart
- Tear away stabilizer
- Heat N Bond
- Artistic Edge Digital Cutter (optional)
Instructions
Click here to download the .JEF file.
Click here to download the .SVG file.
Step 1: Cut Out Applique
- Iron Heat N Bond to the back of your applique material using your Artistic Edge Digital Cutter and the .SVG File.
Optional: If you don’t have a cutter, apply Heat N Bond to the back of your fabric. Then use the .SVG file as your pattern and cut out the pumpkin applique.
Step 2: Embroider the Applique
- Hoop the paper stabilizer and kitchen towel.
- Load the pumpkin .JEF file into the machine.
- Embroider color 1 – the placement line.
- Fit the pumpkin applique atop the placement line.
- At this point, use a tiny iron to place the applique.
- Sew color 2 – tack down (straight stitch).
- Sew color 3 – applique (satin stitch).
Step 3: Pumpkin Embroidery
- Sew color 4 – the lines giving the pumpkin dimension.
- Sew color 5 – the pumpkin stem.
- Sew color 6 – the top of the pumpkin stem.
- Sew color 7 – the heart.
Step 4: Completion
- Remove from the hoop.
- Tear away the paper backing.
- Enjoy!