Christmas In July

Do you have a square to spare?

For the person on your shopping list who has everything…Why not, embroider Toilet Paper!!!

Make your bathroom merrier with this cute idea!

Sports teams, monograms, seasonal motifs—stitch a roll or two for every occasion!!!  And if you make a mistake, just tear off the sheets with the error and start again!

Supplies:

·       Toilet Paper (we used Quilted Northern)

·       OESD Heavyweight Cut Away Stabilizer

·       Embroidery Needle (we used a Gold Schmetz size 75)

·       4x4 hoop

·       Double sided tape

·       Isacord thread

·        Embroidery Design

Directions:

1.    Hoop the stabilizer in the 4x4 hoop.  Remove any torn sheets of toilet paper.  Fold the 1^st two squares of toilet paper under the next two squares.  Fold these four squares under the next two.  You will have three thicknesses of toilet paper and you will be embroidering on the 6^th square of toilet paper. *Make sure your toilet paper is unrolling from the top of the roll (so you can roll it back up later).

2.   Center this square on top of the hooped stabilizer (one square, three layers thick, will be to your right and the roll will be to your left). Place the hooped stabilizer on a cutting mat and usethe grid on the cutting mat to center the toilet paper. Secure toilet paper square to the stabilizer using tiny pieces of double sided tape.

3.   Place your hoop on your embroidery machine.  Be careful not to rip your toilet paper with your needle when putting your hoop on and off your machine. Unroll a bit more toilet paper so it has some slack while the embroidery arm is moving.

4.   Stitch out your design.   Again, be careful when taking your hoop off of your machine.

5.   Remove stabilizer from hoop.  Gently cut away extra stabilizer from the back of your design.

6.   Re-roll the toilet paper and secure loose end with double sided tape.  Wrap in a pretty package and enjoy the reaction of family and friends!