STEPS–
- Cut piece of iron on stabilizer large enough to fit securely in 4X4 hoop.
- Cut piece of felt 5X5 and fuse it onto your stabilizer. You can use a product like Wonder Under or any Iron On stabilizer. Iron it in center of stabilizer.
- Hoop stabilizer with felt and sew thread steps 1 & 2 (outline and small zigzag stitch around). Remove stitched felt/stabilizer sandwich from hoop.
- Cut out piece of felt along lines and spray lightly with spray adhesive – Set aside.
- Place medium weight piece of stabilizer in hoop and stitch the same outline. (thread steps 1 & 2 – outline and small zigzag stitches)
- Take hoop out of machine (do NOT take stabilizer out of hoop).
- Take cut out felt and place it directly over outline on hooped stabilizer and press down to secure, using pins to secure if needed
- Place hoop back onto sewing machine.
- Sew another outline stitch and small zigzag stick to secure felt securely.
- If using felt Be Sure To Use a top layer of (Water Soluble stabilizer) Solvy (light weight will do) over felt to prevent stitches from sinking into fabric.
- Proceed with sewing pattern, up to the final outline. (Last 3 thread changes)
- Be sure to use the same thread in your bobbin as you are using for your satin stitching
- Slip two pieces of medium weight stabilizer and one iron on (not tear-away) under the pattern on the hoop. Make sure the iron on stabilizer is facing UP.
- Finish by sewing outline.
- Unhoop. Tear away layers of stabilizer and cut away the last iron on stabilizer from note pad. Iron back of note pad so the adhesive sticks to pad.
- Secure magnets of choice to top of the back of the note pad.
Thank you soooo much for the instructions with pictures for me this is very helpfull when making in the hoop projects
I don’t get it. What are the two “buttonholes” for ?
Never did this before. Glad to see some instructions. Do we cut the buttonholes for the back of the pad to slip through?
Anayua, that’s what I was thinking but #15 says to iron the notepad on.
The two buttonholes are for you to slip a notepad into. A note pad comes with a heavy cardboard (it’s the final page). Just slip that cardboard into the first buttonhole and out the 2nd.
Very good instructions. Can’t wait to put them to the test
Thank you so much for the notepad holder. I’ve never tried making one before, so the instructions are very helpful.
A single page to print out the instructions would be nice, instead of printing all comments, etc.
[moderator's note: Carol, you can highlight all of the instructions and then when your printer info comes up, choose "print selection"
Rob]
I made the Doggy Noteholders and they turned out just gorgeous. Thanks for the incredible designs.
I don’t understand the last parts about the extra stabalizer? What is that for?
pdf file for instructions or word would be nice for saving and printing purposes with out all the extras and saves a lot of ink and paper
Thanks for the instruction pages, it makes things so much easier for us.
I sure appreicate your quickness and all the help you have given me. I love your designs. I look forward to checking you designs and the ones you run on sale. I use them as christmas gift and things for myself. Thanks very much.
Do these instructions apply to all of the noteholders? The daily free hunt just had a cat noteholder and it didn’t look like felt. Thanks very much for all the wonderful designs.
[moderator's note: Yes, they all pretty much follow the same set of instructions.
rob]