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Copyright(C)2006 Embroidery Central, Inc. Page 1 of 4 Endless Borders Nothing says elegance like an endless border. These designs work great on handkerchiefs, doilies, pillows, and of course curtains and valances. The first thing you must do is choose the right type of design. Some designs are created with repeat borders in mind and some aren’t. Repeat borders are designed with an overlapping section; these are the most difficult to lay out and embroider properly. That is what we will focus on in this tutorial. STEP: 1 Notice the overlap section of the design we chose. STEP: 2 You are going to start measuring the valance. Lay the valance over a flat surface and mark it with a disappearing ink pen halfway up the border on the valance. This will be the center point of the design.
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Endless BordersNothing says elegance like an endless border. Thesedesigns work great on handkerchiefs, doilies, pillows, andof course curtains and valances. The first thing you mustdo is choose the right type of design. Some designs arecreated with repeat borders in mind and some aren’t.Repeat borders are designed with an overlapping section;these are the most difficult to lay out and embroiderproperly. That is what we will focus on in this tutorial.
STEP: 1
Notice the overlap section of the design we chose.
STEP: 2
You are going to start measuring the valance. Laythe valance over a flat surface and mark it with adisappearing ink pen halfway up the border on thevalance. This will be the center point of the design.
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STEP: 3
We will continue placing marking dots in the exactcenter point along the valance every six inches or so.
STEP: 4
We will connect all of the dots creating a line acrossthe whole valance.
STEP: 5
This will be important when we place the designs.
STEP: 6
Print two copies of the design that you want toembroider. This will allow you to properly measurethe repeating sequence
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STEP: 7
Place the first design along the center line.
STEP: 8
Here you can see the proper overlapping of thedesigns.
STEP: 9
Once you have the designs where you want them, it istime to measure the distance between the centerpoints.
STEP: 10
Our center points are marked on the print outs withcrosshairs. The center points of these two designs are5.25” apart.
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STEP: 11
Now that we have the measurement, we mark thepoint with an X along the horizontal line we havealready drawn on the valance.
STEP: 12
We will continue marking the valance as far across aswe want the design to repeat.
STEP: 13
The valance is now ready to hoop and embroider.We attach a piece of cutaway stabilizer to the edge ofthe valance to make it more stable in the hoop.Simply use a basting stitch to affix it.
STEP: 14
When you hoop the design, use standard hoopingtechniques rather than sticky backing. Sticky backingwill not be stable enough for a long job like this, andyou might wind up with puckering and registrationproblems.
