Take Your Pageant Designs to the Next Level with Embroidery & Applique
If you’ve ever looked at a stunning pageant outfit and thought, How do they get all that detail?—the answer is often embroidery and applique! These two techniques are absolute game changers when it comes to adding texture, dimension, and serious wow factor to your designs.
What I Cover in the Live:
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How to hoop your fabric and stabilizer correctly to get crisp, clean results
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Prepping and applying applique pieces for a polished, professional look
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My best tips for trimming applique (and avoiding those pesky frayed edges)
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Creating custom embroidered patches using felt—perfect for adding unique touches
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Bonus tricks for keeping your designs looking flawless and runway-ready
I’ll be using the Brother PE900 embroidery machine throughout the demo, but even if you have a different embroidery machine, you’ll still find tons of useful info you can apply.
Get Ready to Sew Along!
To help you be fully prepared, I’ve put together a shopping list of supplies you’ll want to have on hand. You can check out the full list [here—link back to your supply list section]. Be sure to gather everything ahead of time so you can follow along and practice these techniques with me live!
Embroidery and applique can seem intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of them, they open up a whole new world of creativity. I hope you’ll join me for this fun, interactive session—and walk away with the skills and confidence to start adding custom embellishments to your own pageant designs.
Shopping List for Embroidery & Applique Live (PE900 Demo):
Brother PE900 embroidery machine (or any compatible embroidery machine)
Embroidery thread (polyester or rayon; metallics for extra sparkle)
Pre-wound bobbins (or bobbin thread compatible with your machine)
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$23.99
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$19.99
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Stabilizer (tear-away or wash-away for applique; cut-away for heavier designs)
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$21.99
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$25.99
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$24.99
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Applique scissors (duckbill scissors are super handy for trimming close)
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$18.95
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$9.99
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Heat n Bond Lite or fusible web (for prepping applique pieces)
Fabric for applique (satins, cottons, or specialty fabrics)
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$10.99
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$7.99
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$8.95
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$8.95
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White felt (for making custom patches)
Spray adhesive (temporary spray glue)
Pins (optional, if you prefer to pin instead of spray baste)
USB stick (if you plan to load your own designs)
Embroidery design file
rhinestones (optional for extra embellishment)
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$7.99
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$7.69
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