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As published in Embroidery Journal, Summer/July 15, 2003 Issue
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A 'How To' guide


Project: Easy sweat shirt jacket Created by Gay Gerlack No Sweat

Materials:
• Sweat shirt – 100% cotton
• Embroidery Designs
• Fabric for pockets
• Glue Stick
• Photo Mounting Tabs

Getting Started:

1) Cut your sweat shirt up the middle front.

2) Cut off ribbing from bottom of shirt.

3) Cut off ribbing from sleeves.

4) Fold back "inside" of sweat shirt to form trim, between 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Glue stick in place. Repeat for each sleeve.

5) Miter corners by bringing front bottom edges to a point.

6) Cut off excess sweat shirt.

7) Start at top right neck edge and top stich around entire sweat shirt.

8) At mitered corners sew to edge and back, continue around entire sweat shirt.

9) Stitch around sleeve edges.

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Embroidery:

1) Cut-a-way stabilizer was hooped and photo mounting tabs were placed around edges to secure sweat shirt.

2) Bernina Card 154, design number 8 was used. Shading stitches were omitted and a variegated thread was substituted for butterfly colors. Solid blue was substituted for outline color.

3) Brother Card 47, design number 4 was used for the back. Variegated thread was used for the first four color changes and a solid blue was used for color five.

4) Sew pockets in place.

5) Finished sweat shirt jacket.

6) This project is so easy , children can make their own jackets.

7) Here is a pocket style variation.

8) Here is another pocket style variation.

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Variations:
Although you can use poly blend sweat shirts, the best results are achieved with 100% cotton. Iron-on "sparkles" make a dramatic embellishment. Knit collars can be added to the neckline. Quilted accents are very effective.

Iron-on "sparkles" make a dramatic embellishment.

Embroidery accents are very effective.

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