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Time For Tea And A Free Embroidery Design!

4/3/2022

32 Comments

 
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It's always fun to take a plain tea towel and transform it with a bit of embroidery and some colorful trim!  I created this towel for the Brother Stitching Sewcial blog for the month of April 2022.
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The featured FREE design is available for download in the .pes format and fits a 4-inch hoop size. If you read the instructions in the Brother blog posted HERE on their site, you'll see that I used a special method I call "off site" embroidery to avoid stitching directly on the towel. Please see my important note at the end for a link to the free design.

Essentially, "off site" embroidery consists of stitching the embroidery design on something else, and then applying it to the project as an appliqué. There are lots of advantages to this method. In this case, I wanted the backside of the towel to be free from the customary, unattractive "wrong side" stitches. There are other reasons to use this technique. If you'd like to learn more, below you'll find links to other "off site" embroidery projects I stitched in the past.
  • Dress with Blue Roses-It's Sew Easy TV show 1204-2
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Below you'll find the addition of the Brother Sews YouTube show where I walk through the project with show host Angela Wolf. I shared lots of tips in this video. Enjoy!
No embroidery? No problem! Appliqué is an easy way to add a design element to your tea towel in place of embroidery. I found a cute tea cup design on the Quilting Daily website HERE. Appliqué is an easy way to add colorful accents to your projects. CLICK HERE for an appliqué tip sheet. 

Now, back to the embroidered tea towel project. In celebration of April being National Serger month, I used the serger to make the ruffled trim that ties together my pretty purple color scheme. Follow the instructions and you'll learn how to use a gathering foot on the serger. This foot makes it easy to gather one strip and sew it to a second strip all in one quick pass.

Of course you can use any color combo you choose for the project. The tea cup itself is made up of just three different colors, making it easy to change for your own personal color palette.

I'd love it if you would visit the Brother blog and then come back here to leave your comments. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have too!

Happy stitching!
IMPORTANT UPDATE!
Hooray! The issue with the free design coming up as "not free" has been resolved on the Brother site. Click directly on the link in the project instructions for the free design.
Below is a PDF version of the project you can view or print.
4_22_tea-towel-ruffle.pdf
File Size: 18749 kb
File Type: pdf
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32 Comments
Joan
4/3/2022 04:44:18

The Brother website is charging $4.99 for the design. Is there a problem?

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Julie Ann Crookston
4/3/2022 10:16:12

If you go straight to https://www.ibroidery.com/ then click on the free design tab, it comes up as free. The link inside the blog takes us to a "paid" for design. Hope this helps.

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Christina
4/3/2022 12:20:05

Yes, this worked. Thank you.

Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:10:31

Thanks so much for your note here Julie Ann! You found the fix before I was aware that anything was broken. Thanks for chiming in to help :-)

Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:09:00

Hello Joan! Yes, unfortunately there is a problem with the link on the Brother blog. Please see the note I posted in red. That will take you to the free download. Thanks for checking in. I was not aware of the problem until this morning. Happy sewing!

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Sharon link
4/3/2022 04:59:41

The design is $4.99

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:13:10

Hello Sharon! I'm sorry you encountered this issue. I was not aware of it myself. The link in the Brother blog post is not working but you can get the free version directly from the iBroidery.com home page. Please see the important note I posted above.

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Carol Hiller
4/3/2022 06:51:54

The design is not free! They are charging 4.99

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:15:14

Hi Carol! I'm sorry you has an issue with this. If you read the important note I posted above, you'll find a work around with link to the free version. Thanks for helping to make me aware of the glitch on the Brother site.

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Dee Petree
4/3/2022 08:12:29

It is free, Make sure to sign in to your account first

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Brenda Deutsch
4/3/2022 09:25:08

STILL NOT FREE

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Christina
4/3/2022 12:21:16

https://www.ibroidery.com/

Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:20:01

Hello Brenda! I'm so sorry you encountered an issue with this. If you read the important note I added to my post, you'll see that there is an error on the Brother site. You'll also find the work around to get the pretty teacup design. Hope this helps!

Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:17:38

Hi Dee! I appreciate your attempt to help others here on my page. It is obvious that the link within the instructions is incorrect. However, the link directly on the iBroidery.com webpage will take you to the free version of the design. Thanks for taking the time to write :-)

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Carol Hiller
4/3/2022 09:04:18

I did but it’s still not free

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:22:16

Hi Carol! You are not alone in having a problem downloading the design. Please read the important note I added to this post and you'll find the design you are looking for. Please let me know if you need more help. Happy sewing!

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Carol Thomas link
4/3/2022 09:25:37

After signing in to my account, I still am charged for the design. Something is wrong.

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:35:03

Hello Carol! You are correct that there is something quite wrong with the download. Please read the important note I added to this page and you'll be able to download the pretty tea cup for free. Let me know if I can help further.

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Brenda Deutsch
4/3/2022 09:25:46

Tried several times....."STILL NOT FREE"

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:36:57

I feel your pain and I am frustrated with this as well Brenda. I did find a way to work around the error until it gets fixed. Please read the important note I added to this post and you'll find a direct link for the design.

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Carol Hiller
4/3/2022 09:28:15

It’s working now. There was a problem with Safari but it appears to be okay now.

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:38:17

Hi Carol! I'm not sure if you were able to successfully download the design. Please read the important note I added at the end of this post. Thanks for checking in!

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Carol Hiller
4/3/2022 19:08:31

Hi Joanne, yes I downloaded it fine thanks.

TCasteel
4/3/2022 13:04:17

Do you think a heavy tear away could be used as base for teacup design instead of fabric?

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Joanne Banko
4/3/2022 14:42:46

Hi Theresa! Your question is a good one! Her is the answer - Tear away would not be a good idea because it perforates and would not be a firm base. If white edges are okay for your project you could consider using medium to heavy cut away stabilizer or even white felt to stitch the design "off site." Hope this helps!

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Carol Thomas link
4/3/2022 15:56:19

I was able to download the design by going to ibroidery just like Joanne suggested and had no problems. Thanks Joanne for going the extra mile for us.

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Joanne Banko
4/4/2022 12:06:26

Happy to help Carol! Thanks for leaving your comments here.

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Mary Ann
4/4/2022 08:49:17

Hi Joanne, I love the tea towel and many of your other projects. I'm wondering if there is any way to download the instructions for the projects as a PDF to follow up with later? Thank you!

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