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5x7 FRAME DESIGNS |
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| Supplies: Sanded Twill cloth, duck cloth or 8 oz. denim bull drill cloth to fit your hoop. Pellon Stitch 'n Tear stabilizer or any medium weight tear away Vilene or Aqua Magic wash away stabilizer (1" bigger than the picture openings) Standard 5x7 purchased picture frame (8x10 frame for 8x10 4-pic frames) NOTE: These instructions are for all of my frame designs regardless of the number of picture openings. |
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| 1. Hoop sanded twill or denim bull drill cloth and then center 2 pieces of Pellon Stitch 'n Tear under the hoop. The first color in the design is the outline of the opening. | 2. Remove the hoop and trim the fabric and one layer of the tear away stabilizer from inside the outline. Leave the second piece of stabilizer in the opening for now. |
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| 3. The next color in the design sews a zigzag underlay around the picture opening. | 4. Remove hoop and trim the last piece of tear away stabilizer from inside the picture opening. |
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| 5. Flip the hoop over on the back side. Spray vilene or aqua magic (water soluble stabilizer) with temp adhesive and center it over the picture opening. | 6. Stitch the final satin outline of the picture opening. |
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| 7. Remove hoop, flip it over on the back side and trim the vilene or aqua magic from the OUTSIDE edges of the opening. Leave the vilene in the middle for support. | 8. Stitch the rest of the design following the instructions in the text file that was included with your designs. The last color is the final 5x7 zigzag outline of the frame. |
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| 9. When
finished with design, flip hoop over & trim the vilene from the
opening. Rub a wet rag along the edges to dissolve the left over vilene. Do not get frame too wet! |
10. Use a straight edge and rotary cutter to trim around the final 5x7 zigzag outline. |
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| 11. Steam iron the design on the wrong side until it is nice and smooth and flat. | 12. Add the frame design and your favorite picture to a standard 5x7 frame and you are finished! |