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Contents:
Taking a purchased clock apart.
Fabric and stabilizer recommendations
Taking a purchased clock apart:
Don't laugh but the first clock I took apart was a disaster! I
tried to take it apart from the back side and really struggled with it until I
got it apart only to realize that I still had to take the clear face off!
Boy did I learn something with that one!
All you have to do is take a
small butter knife or small flat blade screwdriver and slip it down between the
clear face and the round frame and pry one of the little plastic tabs inward so
that it will pops out of the slot it is in. There are usually three tabs holding
the clock face in place but all you have to do is get one of them loose and the
other two come out on their own. Then just gently pry the clock face off.
Next, pull off the hands (straight up) and take the paper face out of the clock
to use as a pattern for cutting your embroidered face so it will fit perfectly.
Just lay the paper face over the embroidered clock and line up the hole in the
center and the 12's at the top and trace around the paper. Then, very
carefully, trim the fabric on the lines you traced. Now, turn your paper
face over on the back side and use a glue stick
and smear glue on the outer
edges and place your fabric face over it lining the 12's up with the original
paper face so it is not upside down when you put it back in the round frame!
(smile). Then, put the hour hand on first, then the minute hand and
finally the second hand. Put the clear face on and make sure the tabs pop
back into their slots and your done! It takes about 5 minutes and you have
a wonderful gift that looks very professional without even breaking a sweat!
It is really much easier to do than it is to exlpain. I use the
"Mainstays" brand clocks at Walmart that are in the picture/frame
department. They are about $4.88 each and so you don't have to spend a lot
to have a nice gift.
Fabric and stabilizer recommendations:
I use Pellon Stitch 'n Tear stabilizer for clocks. I have tried many different stabilizers and
found that this
particular stabilizer works the best! I use Trigger cloth, sanded twill or denim bull
drill cloth for my clock and frame designs.
Trigger cloth is a sport weight cloth mainly used for shorts, aprons, skirts,
etc and it is 50/50 cotton/poly. I usually find it
a Walmart. When I first started making clocks I used Trigger cloth.
But I tried some 8 oz Denim Bulldrill cloth that I bought at Hobby Lobby
and sanded twill cloth I bought at Walmart and I really liked the
way both fabrics worked with my clock designs. These are both medium weight
fabrics as well. The sanded twill cloth had this information on the end of
the
bolt: James Thompson & Co. 60" Sanded Twill/Natural $4.44/yd.
I didn't think to write down the manufacturer's name for the 8 oz Bulldrill at
Hobby Lobby, sorry! I have a friend that likes to use Osnaburg cloth for
her clocks and she swears by it, but I have not tried it yet. I noticed
that Walmart carries it too.
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