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Digitize a Popsicle Appliqué Design - Part 3
Crafting Crafting & Sewing Embroidery

Digitize a Popsicle Appliqué Design - Part 3

CREATIVATE Education

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June 27, 2025

In this final lesson, you’ll use the tools inside CREATIVATE™ Elite (mySewnet™ Platinum Software) to arrange the popsicle appliqués you digitized in Lesson 1, add quilting around them, and assemble your placemat Quilt-As-You-Go style.

What You Need

(For one placemat)

  • “Popsicle Applique” design from Lesson 1
  • No-Show Mesh stabilizer
  • White background fabric
  • Batting
  • Backing fabric
  • Three fabric strips (2” × 18”) for borders
  • Binding fabric

In the Software

1. Open a Blank Canvas

  • Launch mySewnet™ Software
  • Choose Blank Canvas
  • Hoop Group: Universal
  • Hoop Size: 360 × 260 mm
  • Orientation: Natural
  • Click OK

2. Insert the Popsicle Appliqué

  • Go to Insert
  • Navigate to your saved “popsicle applique” file
  • Bring it into the hoop

3. Duplicate the Design

  • Select the popsicle
  • Click Duplicate twice
  • You should now have three popsicles in the hoop

4. Arrange & Recolor

  • Position the popsicles however you like
  • Change colors on two popsicles by selecting each one and double-clicking the color in the Design Panel

5. Group, Cut & Prepare for Quilt Block Wizard

  • Click Group to group all three popsicles
    (Orange handles will appear around the grouped designs)
  • Click Cut
    (They move to the Clipboard)

6. Open the Quilt Block Wizard

  • Go to Create → Quilt Block
  • Choose Filled Quilt Block
  • Choose Inner Embroidery
  • Click Next

7. Set the Block Shape & Size

  • Shape: Select Shape 2
  • Angle: 0°
  • Size: A = 360 mm, B = 260 mm
  • Uncheck Include a cut line around my Quilt Block
  • Click Next

8. Paste Your Popsicles

  • Click Paste under Clipboard
  • Click Next

9. Set Quilting Margins

  • Angle: 0°
  • Margin: 2 mm
  • Click Next

10. Choose Quilting Style

  • Select Stipple
  • Click Options
  • In the Quick Stipple Fill window:

    • Style: Curve

    • Gap: 10

  • Click Finish

(These are suggested settings—feel free to experiment!)

11. Export Your Design

  • Go to File → Export
  • Save as “Quilted Popsicle”
  • Send the file to your embroidery machine

Assembling the Placemat

(Quilt-As-You-Go)

1. Hoop Foundation Layers

  • Hoop No-Show Mesh stabilizer and white background fabric together, centered in the hoop
  • Load “Quilted Popsicle” design
  • Stitch the popsicle appliqués

2. Add Batting & Backing Before Quilting

When the machine stops before quilting:

  • Remove the hoop (do NOT remove fabric from hoop)
  • Slide batting and backing under the hoop
  • Pin all layers together from the front
    (This creates your quilt sandwich)
  • Return the hoop to the machine
  • Stitch the quilting section

3. Trim the Block

  • Remove fabric from the hoop
  • Trim 1½” outside the quilted area on all four sides

4. Add Top & Bottom Borders

  • Place a 2” × 18” strip right side down at the top edge
  • Align raw edges
  • Stitch with a ¼” seam
  • Fold back and press
  • Repeat for the bottom strip

5. Add Side Borders

  • Repeat the same process for the left and right sides

6. Square Up & Bind

  • Square up the placemat
  • Add your preferred binding to finish

Congratulations!

You’ve completed all three lessons in the Summer Placemat Series.
Now you can take the digitizing, appliqué, quilting, and finishing skills you’ve learned and apply them to endless creative projects.