Making Embroidered Patch-type Fridge Magnets

Step-By-Step Instruction:

1. Hoop a piece of water soluble backing, insert the hoop into embroidery machine, load patch embroidery design and embroider the first thread directly on water soluble fabric. The purpose of this step is to outline the spot where you should later place the patch fabric base.

2. Place a piece of patch-base fabric over the backing, make sure that the fabric covers the embroidered contours of design. Optionally, you may spray a bit of temporary adhesive spray over the backing before putting your fabric on it, to make sure that the piece of fabric doesn't pucker while you're embroidering.

3. Embroider the second thread, like this:

4. When the second thread is finished, take out the hoop and cut fabric around the embroidery, as close to the edges as you can, using appliqu� scissors:

5. Put the hoop back, and embroider the rest of design, following thread change list:

6. When the design is ready, unhoop the water-soluble backing and cut it's rough edges with scissors. Repeat steps 1 through 5 with all designs that you want to use for making magnets. One design for each magnet.

7. Wash all patches in warm water to remove the water-soluble fabric, and let them dry.

8. For each embroidered patch, cut a matching piece of sticky magnet sheet, slightly smaller than the design. To do this, draw an outline of each design on reverse side of magnet sheet, and cut the magnet inside the outline.

9. Remove protective paper from sticky magnet, and glue the magnet to patch back.

Fridge magnet ready!

P.S.
If you'd like to see a bit more detailed instruction for making embroidered patches - it's available here, showing a beautiful project with patch-type Water Lily designs.