- 1). Wash, dry and iron the napkins.
- 2). Cut a transfer pattern from the transfer book with the scissors, allowing a 1-inch margin around the pattern.
- 3). Place the transfer, ink-side down, on the napkin. Set the iron to 400 degrees and press the iron on the transfer for 40 seconds without moving the iron.
- 4). Insert the napkin between the two rings of the embroidery hoop and tighten the hoop.
- 5). Thread the needle with three strands of embroidery thread.
- 6). Insert the needle from the back of the napkin upward to the front at the top-left corner of the pattern.
- 7). Reinsert the needle 1/2 inch from the insertion point, downward, following the transfer pattern.
- 8). Insert the needle from back to front 1/2 inch to the left of the first stitch.
- 9). Bring the needle to the left and insert it, from front to back, in the end point of the first stitch.
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Repeat the last two steps and follow the entire transfer pattern. Fill in small solid areas of the pattern with longer, closely-spaced stitches.
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