Level: Advanced

Let the music play this holiday season! Maddie used the Musical Instrument designs from the MC8000 Embroidery Design Gallery CD ROM. She resized the designs in Digitizer 10000, changed the fill stitches and added titles of the most popular Christmas songs. You can hear the music playing from this tree skirt and ornament ensemble! Level – Advanced. Time – 1-2 days.

Other Featured Treeskirt And Ornament Sets:
Angels Among Us, Gingerbread Patchwork, Very Victorian, Cowboy Christmas, Snowflake Song, Heirloom Fantasy, and Country Classic

Janome Supplies Required:

• Memory Craft 11,000, 10000, 10001, 9500.
• Digitizer 10000, Digitizer Pro
• USB or RS232C cable, or ATA PC Card
• Clothsetter 10000 or Clothsetter Table
• Memory Craft 8000 Embroidery Design Gallery CD ROM or designs of choice
  
• Standard Hoop A, ST hoop
• Large Hoop B, SQ hoop
• Embroidery foot P
• Zig-zag foot A
• Janome Embroidery thread
• Janome Bobbin thread
• Blue Tip needle 75/11

Fabric and Notions Required:

• 1 yd. music print fabric
  
• 1 yd. gold fabric
• 2 yd. red fabric
• 2 yd. green fabric
• 5 1/2 yds. 1/4" ribbon
• Tear away stabilizer
• Fusible interfacing
• All purpose thread
• Polyfil stuffing

Fabric Preparation

1. Cut eight 10 1/2" squares from music print fabric.
2. Cut eight 10 1/2" squares from gold fabric.
3. Cut four 10 1/2" squares from red fabric.
4. Cut five 10 1/2" squares from green fabric
5. Cut two 19 /2" squares from red fabric for embroider
6. Cut four 26" squares from red fabric for back.
7. Cut two 19 1/2" squares from green fabric for back.

Tree Skirt

Professional-Style Embroidery

1. Open Digitizer 10000 EasyDesign.
2. Insert the MC8000 Embroidery Design Gallery CD ROM into your computer.
3. Click Setup. Click Work Environment.
4. Click Embroidery. Click Insert Design. Change the Look in to the CD ROM drive. Change the File of type to *.JEF. Click on 27 Music Instrument folder. Select design 2705.
5. Click Object Details. Click the Dimensions tab. Change the Width and Height to approximately 175%.
6. Click Lettering. Select a font and letter size of your choice. Type " Joy To The World". Select free line orientation. Click OK.
7. Click on the screen to generate the lettering. Position as desired above the harp as if the letters are music coming from the instrument.
   Hint:Due to enlarging, you may need to or want to change the fill stitches in the design.
8. Save the design as an *.JAN and *.JEF.
9. Follow steps 6 - 11 using designs 2704, 2706 and 2708. For 2704, add "O Holy Night". For 2706, add "Deck the Halls". For 2708, add "White Christmas".
10. Transfer the designs to the MC10000 via USB, RS232C or ATA PC Card.
11. Print templates for each design for positioning with the Clothsetter 10000.
12. Set up the MC10000 for Professional-Style Embroidery.
13. Cut the 19 1/2" red squares in half to make four triangles.
14. Mark each triangle for embroidery using the templates. Be sure to properly stabilize fabric.
15. Place triangle in the Large Hoop B using the Clothsetter for perfect placement.
16. Stitch design.
17. Repeat for remaining triangles.

Construction

1. Set up the MC10000 for Professional-Style Embroidery.
2. Sew 10 1/2" squares into strips following the diagram to the right.
3. Sew the strips together to form the center of the tree skirt.
4. Sew the four 26" red squares. Leave a 4" section, approximately 6" from the center, open on one of the seams for turning right side out later.
5. Cut the two 19 1/2" green squares in half to make four triangles.
6. Sew to the embroidered red triangles, right sides together. Leave the long straight edge open.
7. Turn right side out. Be sure to properly turn points.
8. Fold the skirt in half. Then in half again to establish a center line.
9. At the ends of the folds near the raw edge fill in the fold with a pencil line so it can more easily be seen.
10. On the tree skirt, mark the center of the center square.
11. Extend the lines so that you will be able to match them up with the circle pattern.
12. Trace the circle on the fabric, using the pattern piece provided.
13. From the center of the center green square, draw a line to point to one of the music squares. Do not cut your embroidered point in half.
14. Secure with pins on either side of the drawn line. This line is your cutting line. Cut out the center circle and the line to the point.
15. Turn wrong side out and pin the raw edges of the circle.
16. Using 1/4" seam allowance, sew around the circle. Turn right side out and press.
17. Baste the two sides that you cut. This will keep them from shifting when you put the binding on.
18. Select Stitch #2. Adjust the length to 2.6.
19. Topstitch all around the tree skirt and the center hole.
20. Make binding for the two raw edges,
21. Starting at the point and advancing towards the center hole attach binding to the skirt.

Ornaments

1. Cut six 8" x 11" pieces from each fabric.
2. Fuse interfacing to three 8" x 11" pieces of each fabric.
3. Set up the MC10000 for Professional-Style Embroidery.
4. Open Digitizer 10000 EasyDesign.
5. Insert the MC8000 Embroidery Design Gallery CD ROM into your computer.
6. Click Setup. Click Work Environment. Click Hoop A.
7. Click Embroidery. Click Insert Design. Change the Look in to the CD ROM drive. Change the File of type to *.JEF. Click on 27 Music Instrument folder. Select design 2716.
8. Click Object Details. Click the Dimensions tab. Change the Width and Height to approximately 70%.
9. Save the design as an *.JAN and *.JEF.
10. Follow steps 4 - 8 using designs 2717.
11. Transfer the designs to the MC10000 via USB, RS232C or ATA PC Card.
12. Print templates for each design for positioning with the Clothsetter 10000.
13. Layer embroidered pieces with remaining pieces of fabric, right sides together.
14. Trace the ornament pattern provided on the wrong side of the fabric.
15. Set up the MC10000 for Ordinary sewing.
16. Sew each ornament along stitching line. Be sure to leave a 3" opening for turning.
17. Turn ornament right side out. Slipstitch opening closed.
18. Cut 16" lengths from 1/4" ribbon.
19. Hand sew ribbon to ornament.
20. Stuff bottom with small amount of polyfil.
21. Hand sew points together at top.