How Do You Embroidery Hemmed Walking Shorts?
You see embroidery on everything these days and I have placed it on the hem of my favorite walking shorts. The instructions are simple and if you machine embroider, you will love this project. Determine how long your shorts (I will use shorts as the example, but a skirt or pants can be done as well) needs to be. Do not cut or shorten it at this time. Make sure that you have done a ‘discovery sew’ (on a similar fabric) in which you find exactly the center of the design, the length of the design and the first stitch to penetrate the fabric. The design, to work more effectively, needs to have a satin stitch border for strength in the bottom of the hem. These are three I was looking at, but found that the top design was the best for my purpose. Using an adhesive backed stabilizer, hoop just your stabilizer. And cut away an area to expose the sticky area and hold your shorts. I have also exposed the design area which I determined from my ‘discovery sew’ (where I see exactly what it looks li
