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Harvest Accent Rug By Marie Duncan

Our indian summer corn is perfect to accent an autumn inspired throw rug. It brings a touch of fall into the house and can be used year after year.

Make this autumn rug using the October 2012 free design.

Our corn design is the 2012 October Monthly Design #413300. It is free for the month of October 2012 from www.myembroideries.com. Click on the link, Free Monthly Design, on the HUSQVARNA VIKING® website to download it.

When you get to the Checkout, enter the coupon code FreeOCT2012 in the box. Click Apply Coupon. After October 2012, the design will be available for purchase on www.myembroideries.com.

Sewing Supplies: • Three Hole Yarn Foot 413187045 • Clear Seam Guide Foot 413034845 • Do All Quilter's Hoop 920115096 • INSPIRA® embroidery needles, size 90 620071896 • INSPIRA® topstitch needles, size 90 620099096 • INSPIRA® 4mm twin needles, size 90 620105096 • INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way stabilizer 620112296 • INSPIRA® 6” applique scissors 620102696 • Purchased throw rug with NO rubber backing (Ours came from Target) • Four yards of ⅜” wide twill tape or grosgrain ribbon • Yarn • Scraps of fabric for corn and husks • Robison-Anton 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread • Bobbin thread • Sewing thread

Let’s Build a Fence: 1. Snap on your Three Hole Yarn Foot.

2. Insert a size 90 topstitch needle. The topstitch needle has a sharp point and will accommodate heavier threads and fabrics. While we won’t be using any heavier threads, we will be sewing through our rug which is a heavy fabric. The sharp point of the needle will help to penetrate and form a nice stitch.

3. Select stitch X1:16 . This is one of the stitches specifically designed to be used with the Three Hole Yarn Foot.

4. Adjust the Stitch Length to 22.0. Stretching it out a bit looks nicer for our fence.

5. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin.

6. Cut strips of Tear-A-Way stabilizer for the fence. Because of the thickness of our rug, we won’t stitch our decorative stitches for the fence directly on the rug. Instead, we will stitch on twill tape and stabilizer. Then, after we have torn away the stabilizer we will stitch the decorative strips to the rug.

7. Using the threader provided, thread the yarn into the Three Hole Yarn Foot. Place the twill tape on the strips of stabilizer and place centered under the foot. Stitch the length of the twill tape adding stabilizer strips and needed.

8. Tear off the excess stabilizer.

9. Insert an INSPIRA® 4mm twin needle, size 90.

10. Select stitch A1:2 . Adjust the stitch length to 3.0.

11. Thread with two spools of sewing thread to match your trim. When threading for a twin needle, keep the two threads together until the tension. Place one thread on each side of the tension disk. Then keep them together until the last thread guide above the needle. Place one thread in the guide and leave one out. Thread the two needles.

12. The exact placement of the strips for the fence will depend on your individual rug. Ours has a 4” wide border that we used for our placement. We have given you the chart with the exact measurements we used, but feel free to design your own fence to compliment your rug. If yours doesn’t have a border, you can mark a line 4” from the edge of the rug on two adjacent corners. We focused the embellishment in one corner. Keep your lines uneven lengths and let the ends remain raw to enhance the casual, raw edge look of the embroidery.

13. We stitched the first row of trim along the border line.

14. Then, snap on your Clear Seam Guide Foot. The ⅝” guide is a perfect distance to space your fence rows.

15. Stitch the remainder of the fence rows in place.

Embroider: 1. Do NOT colorSort this design! Each color stop is needed!

2. Hoop Tear-A-Way stabilizer in your 150 x 150mm. Do All Quilter’s Hoop. Because we are hooping stabilizer only, use the inner hoop marked “Light”.

3. Thread with Robison-Anton 40 wt. embroidery thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin.

4. Place your rug on the hooped stabilizer aligning the edges of the rug with the sides of the hoop.

5. Touch to baste the rug to the hooped stabilizer.

6. Stitch the first color. This will outline the area where you need to place the first appliqué fabric.

7. After color 1 is complete, place your corn husk fabric in place and stitch color 2. Be sure the fabric extends at least ¼” beyond the stitched outline. This will secure the appliqué fabric in place.

8. Using your 6” appliqué scissors trim approximately ¼” outside the stitching. Because this is raw edge appliqué, this will be the finished edge. The 6” appliqué scissors are perfect for this because they cut all the way to the point and they are easy to maneuver in the hoop!

9. Stitch color 3. This will stitch the accents in the first corn husk.

10. Color 4 outlines the area for the corn. After color 4 is complete, place the appliqué fabric for the corn.

11. Stitch color 5. This secures the corn in place. When color 5 is complete, trim away the excess fabric leaving approximately ¼” edge around the corn.

12. Stitch color 6 which is the detail in the corn.

13. Stitch color 7. This outlines the area for the next husk.

14. When color 7 is complete, place the appliqué fabric for the husks.

15. Stitch color 8. This will secure the husk fabric in place. When color 8 is complete, trim away the excess fabric leaving approximately ¼” edge around the husks.

16. Stitch color 9. This will add the details in the husks.

17. Stitch color 10. This outlines the area for the next husk.

18. When color 10 is complete, place the appliqué fabric for the husks.

19. Stitch color 11. This will secure the husk fabric in place. When color 8 is complete, trim away the excess fabric leaving approximately ¼” edge around the husk.

20. Stitch color 12. This will add the details in the husks.

Your Harvest Accent rug is complete! Enjoy for years to come.