A Stitch a Half for embroidery designs of Superior Quality

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Nesting "Boxes of Love" appears on the cover of the Machine Embroidery & Textile Arts Magazine: Vol 13 no 6.

To celebrate this wonderful occasion we shall reduce all the "Boxes" collections by 30% - 50%. So you will only pay $10.00 per collection until Monday, 18 June 2007

Daisy Lace-up Box Price $15 Full photo tutorial below
	Now mom or grann can make these easy-to-do, yet very elegant boxes with "ribbons & bows" as part of a project with your daughter or grand daughter. If you do not want to sew panels together, then this box is for you. All panels are completed "in the hoop", then they can be tied together with ribbons. For the 44 & 57 hoops
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	Here you can see the beautifully finished lids of both boxes. I used a little pearl cluster embellishment for the 44 and a pearl string for the 57 box.
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	I used plain ribbon for the 57 box and metalic colored ribbon for the 44 box.
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	A close up look at the way the ribbons keep the panels together as well as the tiny little bows I tied to give it a dainty finish. You might even want to place an embellishment where the panels meet.
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	A close up look at your box lids. They look plush and you will be very tempted to just run your fingers over the lid.
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	And here you can see that even the inside of the box is beautifully finished. Lots of space to put your jewelry, cosmetics or your special the (Embellishments not included)
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Stitch Count:

Sizes:

4x4

5x7

4x4

5x7

5084 - 12214

8360 - 20815

Height: 3.63"

Width: 3.42"

Height: 6.70"

Width: 4.78"

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4*4 & 5*7 Hoop designs included

Pay: $15

Tutorial

The entire box can be completed without any sewing. This collection is to all my embroidery friend who love machine embroidery but who are not very fond of sewing...lol

Materials needed

Water-soluble stabilizer
Embroidery thread (we used marathon viscose rayon 40wt) Use the same top and bottom thread for a professional finish
Fabric of choice half a meter/yard should be more than sufficient for the front and lining
Batting approx 3mm(0.12") 1/4 meter/yard should be more than sufficient
Ribbon 0.4"/10mm wide for the 5*7 box and 0.2"/5mm wide for the 4*4 box. Total ribbon length for complete 5*7 box = approx 600cm/230"
Design file
Embellishment of choice
Fabric glue

Stitch out:

1 x base panel

left & right lid panels

6 x side panels

Basic applique techniques are applied. See pdf file included in collection with purchase. Kindly note that our applique box is neatly lined on the inside. (this step is included in the design)

Click on any pic for an enlarged view.