5814 Boot tops
CrystalWork and PaintWork
5814-2 Boot tops with bicycle
Height 12 cm
Materials
0.2 m glazed fabric
0.2 m brown felt, 4 mm
Remnant of orange faux leather
4 closures
PaintWork file from
www.berninadesignstudio.com, Sampler 3, ‘12455-08’
BERNINA 580, 7 Series or 830
BERNINA overlocker
BERNINA DesignWorks/PaintWork
Walking foot or Dual feed (BERNINA 7 or 8 Series)
Cutting out for 41cm boot-top circumference:
2 x glazed fabric 13 x 43 cm plus seam allowance. 2 x felt 12 x 42 cm, without seam allowance.
Instructions
When cutting out fabric, place seam allowances to the back and pin thus onto the felt. Stitch on all around with Extra-Strong thread.
Paint bicycle onto the faux leather with a fine-tip permanent marker. Cut out faux leather to 13 x 8.5 cm.
Decoratively sew cycle onto the boot top and attach closures.
5814-3 Boot tops with crown
Height approx. 10 cm
Materials
0.1 m black faux leather
0.2 m dark-grey felt, 4mm thick
0.8 m fur trim, sequin tape and rickrack
2 m pink cotton cord
Mettler Silk-Finish Multi thread
20 eyelets, 5.5 mm
4 hollow rivets, 4 - 6 mm
DesignWork / CrystalWork file from www.berninadesignstudio.com , Sampler 2, ‘12488-12_CR’
BERNINA 580, 7 Series or 830
BERNINA DesignWorks/CrystalWork
Open-toe embroidery foot no. 20
Cutting out for 41cm boot-top circumference:
2 x faux leather 10 x 40 cm. 2 x each felt and faux leather, 13 x 13 cm
Instructions
Create crystal template with the embroidery module. Iron crystals onto centre of felt square. Let cool thoroughly. Place felt- and faux-leather squares together with wrong sides facing and stitch together with the variegated thread and the triple straightstitch.
Stitch fur trim to wrong side of top edge of leather cut-out. Attach open-toe embroidery foot and sew on the sequin tape with the universal stitch, adjusting stitch length and width if necessary. Sew on rickrack along bottom edge. Hammer in 5 eyelets on each short edge and thread through cord, beginning at the top. Knot off ends of cord. Place square at a slight diagonal on one boot top and fix in place at two corners with hollow rivets.