Crown-in-the-Hoop for American Girl Doll

These are instructions of how to embroider the Crown- in-the-Hoop for 18-inch dolls.
The design is for machines with commercial size size, not less than 8" x 12".

Besides embroidery thread (either polyester or rayon), you will need

• light- to medium-weight tear-away stabilizer,
• Puffy Foam by Sulky,
• a piece of stretching fabric for the top,
• a piece of light-weight polyester leatherette fabric for the lining,
• rhinestones and beads for decorating the crown,
• glue to attach the rhinestones (altenatively you can sew them on)

Emboridery

Step One: Hoop tear-away stabilizer. Start the machine. The first color will embroider the outline of the design and stop.

Step Two: Place a piece of Puffy Foam on the outline and start the machine. It will embroider the same outline and stop.

Remove the foam outside the crown.

Step Three: Take the hoop from the machine, cover the back of the hoop with a piece of leatherette. Pin it in place from the right side outside the embroidery. Return the hoop to the machine and start it.

The third color embroiders the same outline.

Step Four: On the right side, cover the puffy foam with a piece of stretching fabric (we used stretching velvet). Start the machine.

Step Five: Take the hoop from the machine and with a pair of sharp scissors, cut away the excess fabric both on the right and wrong sides. Do not open the hoop!

The right side:

The wrong side/lining:

Step Six: Return the hoop to the machine and finish embroidery. The last color will finish the raw edges.

Step Seven: Remove the excess stabilizer.

Step Eight: Decorate the crown with rhinestones and beads to your taste.

Step Nine: Fold the crown in a ring and sew the short ends.

The crown is ready. Enjoy!

Enjoy!

Happy Stitching!

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