was working on a birthday gift for Monday and my printer would not work. After going crazy thinking I would have to change my plans for the gift, I taped a put piece of paper in my embroidery hoop, took the thread off my machine and ran the first set of stitches. I left the paper taped to the hoop and just punched out my design like a paperdoll. I left the paper taped to my hoop and loaded my hoop with my backing fabric and then used the punched out design to place my applique cut out. It was on the perfect place when I started stitching my out line stitches. It mande my day and I thought I would share it with you. I will be saving money by not using my printer ink and use scrap paper I will save on paper. Have a good evening.

WOW! Some really great ideas have been shared by all here! Thanks to everyone!
*4U all!

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by nonmusicmom 07 Jun 2009

I agree and want to thank everyone for adding on to this post.

Great idea!

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by nonmusicmom 07 Jun 2009

Thanks

Thanks for your useful tip

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

I hope you can put it to good use.

Good idea!

Gals, you can trick your machine into thinking it's treaded by threading it all the way except the needle then tape the end of the thread to your machine to keep it from flopping around.

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Good to know thanks

Thanks for this tip, but my machine don't stitich without the thread, so I will use Martine's way.

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by nonmusicmom 07 Jun 2009

There is a post under this topic about this maybe it will help you.

Thanks for sharing this info ;D *2U

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Your welcome

Merci! Great idea; will try it soon. *4u!
Jacqueline

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by nonmusicmom 07 Jun 2009

Good Luck

Thanks for this tip. I'll try in the future.**

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by nonmusicmom 14 Jun 2009

I enjoy trying new tips, especially when it makes a task easier. Thanks

Thanks for sharing this idea.

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by nonmusicmom 14 Jun 2009

You are welcome.

My machine won't stitch when it's not threaded. So I stitch it with thread - the way you described it - and tear along the stitched line. The thread then comes off easily.

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Great

by marjialexa 04 Jun 2009

Wish mine wouldn't, hee hee hee. Top thread breaks, she's done, but she'll sew without any bobbin thread all day. Ask me how I know, hee hee hee, she said my FSL was done, hee hee hee. Hugs, Marji

by marlakay 04 Jun 2009

Yea, my machine will sew without bobbin thread too - until the top thread breaks. I wish it wouldn't as I have had some projects that the machine said were completed and they weren't!!

by nonmusicmom 07 Jun 2009

Man that must be frustrating!

I do this on puffy foam as well...great ideas shared here..I have been doing this for a long while now...try the puffy foam too!* They taught this on emblibrary too when I first started buying designs...

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

I will give it a try. You could use the puffy foam with the bookmarker idea. Thanks

for the card makers amongst us you can use this idea to make a bookmarker simply "sew" a perforation line about one inch from back right edge of the card and put a design onto it. it then becomes a nice gift as well as a card. the recipiant simply tears it along the "sewn" perforation line
thanks for this one

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Great idea I will pass this idea on to my daughter who is into card making

by marjialexa 04 Jun 2009

Cool!!

that is a great idea, thank you

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Glad you like it.

Very good - thank you for sharing it. *4U

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Any time

Sounds like a winner to me NMM. What do they say"Necessity is the mother of invention. U need so u find a way. *4U

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Or the Grandmother fot some of us.LOL

GEE that is a wonderful idea!! And IF it is a complex cut out you could always stitch it on freezer paper and then iron that on the fabric b-4 you cut it out!!!:)

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

Great addition to the idea thanks

by marjialexa 04 Jun 2009

Freezer paper irons on? Wow, who knew that! Uh, you, obviously, Barb, thanks! Hugs, Marji

Super cool idea!! Thanks so much for sharing! Great way for using up scrap paper, and you can save the 'paper' design for the next time you use that particular applique, too. Wow! Hugs, Marji

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

That idea makes it even better.

WoW that is great i was just thinking when one of the clubs is having a sale of any kind they all phone me & ask if i will make them tickets.I sew on lines on my sewing machine with NO thread On linned paper & wow there free tickets!!!

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by nonmusicmom 04 Jun 2009

When I was teaching I would do this with designs for the kids to learn how to cut 0n the line. Thats a good idea. Thanks

Great idea. Thanks for sharing