Victorian Treasure Box

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Our design can be reproduced on a Quantum XL-150, XL-1000 or XL-5000 using your PSW software. To stitch out this design we used Robison-Anton® rayon embroidery thread in the following colors:
·2336 - Amber Beige (Sole of Shoe)
·2405 - Dover Grey (Inside of shoe)
·2418 - Red Berry (Shoe)
·2284 - Deep Green (Leaves)
·2458 - Green Petal (Leaves)
·2511 - Illusion (Rose)
·2501 - Petal pink (Rose)
·2251 - Brown (Bottom shoe & heel)
·9006 - Hollyhock Red (Shoe)
·2512 - Melonade (Rose)

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Instructions

FABRIC PREPARATION

9” x 16” Gold silk dupioni:
1. Fuse stabilizer to wrong side of fabric.
2. Place the lid of the box in the center of the fabric piece on right side. With a washable marking pen, draw around the lid.
3. Draw an X and Y line so the intersecting lines are in the center of the outlined lid.

5” x 27” Gold silk dupioni:
Fuse stabilizer to wrong side of fabric piece.

AT THE COMPUTER
The design is sewn out in Multiple-hoop to make it easy to sew the shoe in the center of the marked outline, without having to use any templates!

1. Place Floppy Disk with digitized design into Computer.
2. Go to File: New.
3. Open Image dialog box appears: Click on New.
4. New box appears. Click down arrow. Select: Singer XL-5000 Multiple 250x450. Click OK.
5. In horizontal tool bar, click on Utilities. Drop down menu appears. Click on Hoop. Select: Singer XL-5000 Multiple 250x450. Click OK.
6. Go to File: Paste Design.
7. Open Design dialog box appears. Click on the down arrow. Select: 3½” Floppy (A:).
8. File type: PSW Design (PSW).
9. Click on Victorian Shoe. Click OK.
10. The image appears in Multi-hoop. Right click, then click Finish. Design should be in the center of the Multi-hoop screen.

Sending Design to Smart Media Card:
11. Click on File: Write using Multiple hoop.
12. The multiple hoop design is now ready to be sent to the Smart Media card.
13. Click the left mouse to select the first section, as in illustration 1:



14. After surrounding the section, click the right mouse. A color box will appear at top of the screen.
15. Click the left mouse on each color that will be in the first part of the design to be saved to the Smart Media Card.
16. Click the right mouse to activate the function.
17. A box appears that tells the design has been stored.
18. In the horizontal tool bar, click on the Write Multiple hoop data to card. A box appears on the screen.
19. Double click on Smart Media.
20. Double click on Save in New Page.

Lace Trim Design around Rim of the Lid
1. Place the Memory Card No. IX into the Converter Box.
2. Go to File: Read from Converter.
3. Open Design dialog box appears. Double click on ROM.
4. Select Row 5, Stitch 1. Open.
5. Go to Modify in the horizontal toolbar. Click on Dimensions.
6. Click on right Rotation Arrow. Type in 90 in Rotation Box. OK.
7. Go to Modify in the horizontal toolbar. Click on Center Design.
8. Go to Utilities in the Continuous Embroidery horizontal toolbar. Click on Hoop.
9. Select Singer XL-5000 Continuous 50x120. OK.
10. Go to File: Write using Multiple Hoop.
11. Click on Smart Media: Save in New Page.

Sewing Procedure
1. While sewing machine is off, install the embroidery unit.
2. Attach the embroidery foot, then turn machine on.
3. Press anywhere on screen to begin.
4. Press OK for carriage to move and center itself.
5. Remove the Smart Media card from the Converter Box and insert in the Quantum XL-5000.
6. Press Smart Media Card icon.
7. Press the first box on screen. First design appears on screen. Press the design on screen. Press OK. Enter.
8. Enter the design. In the lower right hand corner, touch OK key.
9. Use the arrow keys to move the “Hoop” on screen, to select the 1st area to be embroidered. Press OK.
10. Place fabric so X and Y axis lines drawn on the fabric are set in the hoop in similar placement to the display on screen.
11. Place hoop and fabric onto the embroidery unit. Press OK.

PREPARING TO SEW – SPECIFYING THE MULTIHOOP POINTS

Specifying the needle entry points is the way the sewing machine receives the
information it needs to stitch the design elements in correct position. Only three needle points are needed to accomplish this. Two on the Y-axis line (points A and B), and one on the X-axis line (point C).

Specifying Point A on the Y-axis line:
1. Touch on screen at one end of the vertical line to move the frame.
2. Turn handwheel to check that needle touches the vertical line drawn on the fabric.
3. If needle is not directly on the vertical line, use the Position Keys on the sewing machine screen to move the needle until it is directly over the vertical line drawn on the fabric.
4. When needle is in correct position, press the Position Memory key on screen, to register this first point.

Specifying Point B on the Y-axis line:
1. Touch on screen at the opposite end of the vertical line to move the frame.
2. Turn handwheel to check that needle touches the vertical line drawn on the fabric.
3. If needle is not directly on the vertical line, use the Position Keys on the sewing machine screen to move the needle until it is directly over the vertical line drawn on the fabric.
4. When needle is in correct position, press the Position Memory key on screen to register this second point.

Specifying Point C on the X-axis line:
1. Touch on screen at the opposite end of the horizontal line on either side to move the frame.
2. Turn hand wheel to check that needle touches the horizontal line drawn on the fabric.
3. If needle is not directly on the horizontal line, use the Position Keys on the sewing machine screen to move the needle until it is directly over the horizontal line drawn on the fabric.
4. When the needle is in correct position, press the Position Memory key on screen to register this third point.
5. When stitching is complete, press OK.
6. Remove fabric and press fabric after sewing design. Set embroidered piece aside.

Sewing Procedure: Embroidery (Lace trim around the rim of the lid – white organza ribbon)
1. Turn off the machine and attach the embroidery unit. Turn the machine back on and initialize the embroidery unit. Attach the Continuous Hoop. Insert Smart Media Card in the slot of the machine.
2. Press the Continuous Hoop icon.
3. Press the Card icon.
4. Select the lace border, press the Layout icon.
5. Press the Layout icon again.
6. Thread the machine using embroidery thread on the top of the machine and bobbin thread in the bobbin.
7. Put the Organdy ribbon with two pieces of Sol-U-Web® stabilizer underneath it, in the continuous hoop, centering the ribbon in the hoop and having the top edge of the ribbon extending out approximately 2”. Adjust the guide of the hoop so that the ribbon is in the center of the hoop.
8. Sew out the pattern.
9. When the pattern is finished sewing, press Ok to sew the pattern again.
10. Release the clamp on the hoop, slide the fabric strip backwards, until the needle sits in the base of the positioning “V” and the right edge even with the guide of the hoop. Re-clamp the hoop.
11. The number of lace borders to be sewn out will be determined by how big your box lid is and the circumference of the lid.
12. Remove the fabric from the hoop.
13. Remove the stabilizer from the fabric and clip the jump stitches.
14. Press. Cut away the excess ribbon on both sides of the lace design. Set aside.

Sewing Procedure: Embroidery (Border trim around rim of lid – 5” x 27” Gold silk dupioni)
1. Insert Memory Card #5006 in the slot of the machine.
2. Press the Continuous Hoop icon.
3. Press the Card icon.
4. Select Folder #7, select the third pattern, press the Layout icon.
5. Press the Layout icon again.
6. Thread the machine using embroidery thread in the needle and bobbin thread in the bobbin.
7. Put the 5” x 27” fabric strip with a piece of stabilizer underneath it, in the continuous hoop, centering the fabric in the hoop and having the top edge of the fabric close to the top of the hoop. Adjust the guide of the hoop so that it is even with the right edge of the fabric.
8. Sew out the pattern.
9. When the pattern is finished sewing, press Ok to sew the pattern again.
10. Release the clamp on the hoop, slide the fabric strip backwards, until the needle sits in the base of the positioning “V” and the right edge even with the guide of the hoop. Reclamp the hoop.
11. The number of lace borders to be sewn out will be determined by how big the box lid is and the circumference of the lid. Sew two or three more borders beside the original piece. The extra borders will be used to place on top of the lid. Set aside.

Sewing Procedure (Gold silk dupioni bow)
1. Remove embroidery unit and embroidery foot and replace with regular arm and standard presser foot.
2. With the 2½” x 36” piece of fabric folded in half lengthwise, stitch together with a 5/8” seam. Turn inside out. Press. Do not turn the ends to the inside and stitch until determining how long the bow on the box lid should be.

FINISHING
Embroidery (Victorian Shoe)
1. Remove the stabilizer from embroidered piece.
2. Draw another line around the original marked line, approximately the length of the trim of the lid, minus 1/8”.
3. Trim around the outer marking line. Clip around the edge close to the inside marking. See illustration 2.

4. Lightly spray the lid of the box with an adhesive spray as well as the side of the lid. Place the fabric on the lid and rim so it sticks to box lid. Make sure to not overspray, as it will saturate the fabric piece. It also works well to use a glue gun. Optional: line the lid with fabric if desired.

Border Trim around the Rim of the Lid (5” x 27” Gold silk dupioni)
Fold each side of embroidered border piece to the wrong side, making sure it is wide enough to cover the rim of the box lid. Overlap slightly and glue border piece to rim of box. The overlap should be centered to the back side of box rim.

Lace Trim around the Rim of the Lid (White organza ribbon)
1. Glue the lace to the bottom edge of the rim of box on top of the embroidered border piece that was just glued onto the rim. Try and not overlap the lace if possible. The lace should hang over the box itself. See illustration 3:

2. Glue the extra lace to the top of lid and glue bow on lid as in Illustration 4:

3. Cut fabric piece so it fits the box. (Measure the height of the box to determine how wide to cut fabric, plus 2”. One inch on top to lap over to the inside of box and one inch to lap over the bottom of box. The length will be determined by measuring the circumference of box, plus enough fabric to turn end and lap over slightly. Optional: Glue a lining to the inside of box if desired.