Does anyone do embroidery on car mats. Please contact me at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com
Thanks, John
Carpet embroidery - car mats?
Nov 19, 2003
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Yes, I have. With excellent results!
I bought some cheap floor mats at Walmart ($7). Thick ones would be too hard to embroider on, so the thin cheap ones worked best.
I used my Hoop-it-all with sticky stabilizer, then centered my design area on the hoop. With the front floor mats I had to roll up the extra material and clamp it to hold it rolled up and out of the way. A stabilizer on top ensured that the design didn't sink into the pile carpet. I used a Reynolds Oven bag (you could also use a Solvy disolveable stabilizer).
Dulls a needle pretty quickly, but worth it. You can see pictures of my project at:
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If this hadn't worked I was going to buy some upholstery material and embroider on that; then construct a floor mat with it.
Hi Speedy, What kind if machine do you have. Your mats look great. Nana
Those were done on a Brother PE-150. Nothing special!
What needles did you use?
MG
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It was awhile ago so I don't remember what needle I used! Probably a
90/14.They weren't rubber backed were they?
5 foot 2
Yup.
They weren't the ones with the pointy rubber were they? Even so I bow right next to 5 foot 2.
-- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
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