A Dori-Ble Table Created by Susan Fears

A Dori-ble Table Created by Susan Fears

Pair the BERNINA 780 with the Dori BERNINA Exclusive Embroidery Collection to spruce up any table décor with the A-Dori-ble table runner. Combine beautiful embroidery, embroidery accessories and great sewing features to get the job done easily and with success.

Supplies Finished Dimensions: approx 16” x 44”

Machine & Accessories Fabric & Notions  BERNINA 780/830 Sewing & Embroidery Machine  ¾ yard tan Linen (54” wide)  Large Oval Hoop  Blue and Green Fabric Pieces  Teardrop Embroidery Foot #26  Light Weight Tearaway Stabilizer 10”  Patchwork Foot w/Guide - Dual Feed #57D  Stabil-Stick Stabilizer Tear Away 10”  Spanish Hemstitch Attachment #47  Lite Steam A Seam 2  Open Embroidery Foot #20C  Organ Embroidery Needles, Size 80  Reverse Pattern Foot -Dual Feed #1D  Microtex Needles - Sizes 90 (for sewing)  BERNINA PaintWork Tool  Edding Fabric Pen

Embroidery Design Collection Threads  BERNINA Exclusive Embroidery Collection -  Isacord Thread for embroidery (colors to coordinate Dori #82004 with fabrics)  Embroidery Bobbin thread

 Metrosene Silk Finish Thread for construction and decorative stitching

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©2013 BERNINA of America, Inc. Page 1 of 6 Cutting Instructions  On the Linen piece, draw the boundaries (14 ½” x 17”) of the 2 end panels allowing for about a 2” mar- gin, but do not cut. Cut the linen after the embroidery. Cutting the panels after the embroidery allows for easier hooping with the extra fabric along all sides.  Two 14 ½” x 17” pieces  One 18” x 17” piece—cut after the 2 panels are cut

 Cut the Cotton Fabrics  One 12” x 16” light blue piece—trim to 7” x 9” after paint & embroidery  One 12” x 16” celery green piece—trim to 7” x 9” after paint & embroidery  Fuse Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 to a piece of tarragon green to be cut into the following pieces:  Two 8 ¾” x 3” pieces  Two 5” x 2 ½” pieces  One 7” x 2 ½” piece  One 6 ½” x 2 ¼” piece

½” Seam Allowances are used on all panel edges Follow the Placement Diagram for Embroidery Locations on the 2 end panels

End Panel Placement Diagram All measurements are from the finished edge

2 ½” 3 ½”

8 ½”

4 ¼”

 Select the Hoop Selection Icon and select the Oval Hoop

 Open the ‘I’ and select the Endless Embroidery icon

 Increase the number of motifs to 3

 Increase the spacing between motifs to 10mm

 Deactivate both reference marks

 Check to Confirm

 Close the ‘I’ window

 Select the Needle (sew out icon)

 Engage Resequence to reduce the number of thread changes from 9 to 3

 Hoop the Linen with 2 layers of Ultra Clean & Tear Away stabilizer in the Oval Hoop.

 If the linen is not hooped with the stabilizer, engage the Basting Outline box (around motif only)

 Refer to the diagram for the embroidery placement.

 Embroider

 When finished, select the single option and repeat for the other panel.

Embroider Large Flower #3  Select Dori Embroidery Design #3

 Hoop the Linen with 2 layers of Ultra Clean & Tear Away stabilizer in the Oval Hoop following the placement diagram

 This flower contains fabric appliqué pieces. They can be pre-cut from the patterns on the Dori CD, or they can be cut using the ‘trim in place’ method after the placement line has stitched.

 Embroider

 When finished, select the single option and repeat for the other panel.

 Trim the panels to 14 ½” x 17” and the center panel can be cut (18” x 17”)

©2013 BERNINA of America, Inc. Page 3 of 6 Creating the Painted & Embroidered Appliqués NOTE: Watching the instructional video clips from the BERNINA web site will provide a tutorial for using the PaintWork tool as well as the Cutwork and CrystalWork tools.

 Select the DesignWorks Design

 Select an Edding Pen Color and insert into sleeve #4

 Lower the pen guard

 Hoop a piece of Stabil-Stick Stabilizer paper side up in the oval hoop and peel away the paper

 Smooth one of the 12” x 16” pieces of fabric onto the stabilizer and attach the hoop

 Attach the PaintWork Tool

 Apply a scrap of stabilizer, such as the corner of the Stabil-Stick Stabilizer into the hoop, where the design will draw. Test the pen, and stop the machine before the pen draws off of the scrap stabilizer.

 The dial on the PaintWork Tool can also be adjusted to produce a thicker or thinner line

 When the test results are satisfactory, remove the test piece and begin at the beginning the paintwork design and paint Color #1.

 Omit Color #2

 Remove the first fabric, lay the second fabric onto the same stabilizer and paint color 1 onto the second fabric

 Remove the PaintWork Tool and stabilizer from the hoop

 Rehoop the fabric with 2 layers of Ultra Clean and Tear

 Select Dori Design #12

 Select the ’I’ and Rescale the design to 110%

 Use Virtual Positioning (Absolute Check) to ensure the design embroiders in the middle of the painted vines. Move the design using the multi-function knobs or drag and drop.

 Embroider and repeat for the second piece

 Dori Design # 12 contains tufted satin elements; read the instructions included on the CD to cut these with a craft knife.

 Trim the fabrics to 9” x 7”

 Raise the Feed Dogs

 Attach All Purpose Dual Feed Foot #1D and engage Dual Feed

 Select the Zigzag stitch and move the needle position to –4

 Place the embroidered appliqués and green strips as pictured; iron the green strips into place (if Lite Steam a Seam 2 was used)

 Guide the raw edge of the fabric to the center line of the foot and apply the zig zag stitch with default settings (other than the needle position).

 Set the needle to stop down for easy pivoting at the corners; set the Hover position through Setup > Sewing Settings > Program- mable Buttons > Needle Down

Spanish Hemstitching  Serge all edges of the cut linen panels with a 3 thread overlock

 Press in a ½” hem on the edges that will be hemstitched

 Attach Open Embroidery Foot #20C

 Set the narrow guide in the plate and attach the Spanish Hem- stitch Attachment #47 to the machine

 Select Stitch #725

 Guide the pressed edges of the panel to the spacing guide of the hemstitch device creating a thread lattice to join the panels

 Hemstitch both end panels to the center panel using the Span- ish Hemstitch Attachment

Finishing the Edges  Press under a ½” hem on the remaining raw edges of the runner

 Attach Dual Feed ¼” Patchwork Foot with Guide #57D and engage Dual Feed

 Stitch a straight Stitch around all edges pivoting at the corners

 Mark lines on the strip ½” apart

 Select the Straight Stitch and attach Open Embroidery Foot #20C

 Add one decorative stitch randomly placed in the straight stitched line

 Begin with the straight stitch and stitch

 Add the decorative stitch by navigating to stitch #711 and set Pattern Repeat = 1; Sew

 Select the History Stitch Tab

 Select the straight Stitch and sew

 Work from the History Stitch Menu to select the straight stitch and the decorative stitch until complete. History Stitches records sewn stitches with their settings.

 Enjoy!

 To learn more about the BERNINA Exclusive Dori Embroidery Collection, visit bernina.com.