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stay warm - winter is coming.
Fleece is stretchy and tends to bunch up ripple and sag when you try to sew on it. A quick way to handle that is to out line the deign in thread before you embroider your design.

Posted by EstherC from Seattle, Washington, United States • Published See EstherC's 22 projects »
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  • How to embroider . Freehand Embroidery On Fleece  - Step 1
    Step 1

    As the fabric is stretchy --- it will Pop stitches as it stretches. So sew slow and don't pull as you draw out your design.

    every few stitches back sew...

    If hand sewing - a running back stitch works very well.

  • How to embroider . Freehand Embroidery On Fleece  - Step 2
    Step 2

    once you've done a nice outline --- do a tight zigzag also known as satin stitch.

    Try to do a tight zigzag but not too tight your going to want to sew forward and back just like the chain under -this will help make nice even lines with out the fabric getting stuck or getting bunched up or catching causing huge knots.

  • How to embroider . Freehand Embroidery On Fleece  - Step 3
    Step 3

    the best advice for sewing curves is sew slowly...

    to turn a corner put the needle down

    lift the foot, line up where you want to sew lower the foot
    its helpful to do one or two stitches by hand just slowly roll forward 2-3 stitches as this is where designs tend to snag.

  • How to embroider . Freehand Embroidery On Fleece  - Step 4
    Step 4

    fleece is not the easiest thing to work with... it can be super simple as the edges don't fray

    so for no sew its great

    If you wanna get fancy - enjoy

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