How to:

faux wood embroidered cuff

kootoyoo…click & stitch

• Embroidery floss, scrap of flooring vinyl, tiny nails, needle, press studs, some scrap paper & thimble.

Step 2:

• Cut a piece of scrap paper the same size as you want your finished cuff to be.

Step 3:

• Position the template onto your vinyl.

Step 4:

• Cut to size allowing a little extra “seam allowance” around the template piece.

Step 5:

• Draw your design onto the paper. You could use text or graphics or something random as I have.

• It’s important that your design doesn’t occupy the whole of the cuff space. • You should also be aware that you don’t want to have too many lines in your design

as each stitch will weaken the vinyl.

Step 6:

• Tape your design onto your vinyl cuff.

Step 7:

• Now it’s time to get to work with your nail & your thimble.• Some vinyls can be stitched straight through but creating this “lacing card style”

pattern just makes everything much easier & certainly reduces the number of tangles.

Step 8:

• Begin by inserting the nail at the junctions of your lines.• The nail should slide fairly easily through the vinyl.

Step 9:

• This is what your design should look like once you’ve made your intersecting holes.

Step 10:

• Now go back & fill in the gaps. Just use your eye. This isn’t time for your fanciest embroidery.

Step 12:

• Remove your paper design from your cuff.• See all those little holes? That’s your dot-to-dot.

Step 11:

• Now thread your needle with your chosen floss. • Use all six strands. This fills up the holes nicely.

Step 14:

• Begin stitching. You can use a backstitch as I have or another outline stitch of your choosing.

Step 15:

• It’s a good idea to tape the original design to the top of the cuff so that you’ve got something to follow…all those pin holes get pretty confusing.

Step 16:

• Once you’ve completed your outline you need to decide which shapes you want to fill.

Step 17:

• Then knock yourself out colouring with floss.• Texture & colour are things to consider here.

Step 18:

• Once you’ve finished all your stitching you need to attach your press studs at either end of the cuff.

Step 19:

• If you’d like to “shape” your cuff now is the time to do that.• I just loosely followed the line of the embroidered design.

Step 20:

• Your finished piece should look something like this.

Finished

• Wear it with pride.

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