Upcycle a Denim Jacket with Embroidery - Encore Design

Upcycle a Denim Jacket with Embroidery - Encore Design

Give new life to an old denim jacket with embroidery—and add hotfix rhinestones for extra sparkle! By combining multiple embroidery designs, you can create a unique, customized piece that reflects your personal style.

What You Need

• A denim jacket ready for upcycling
• CREATIVATE™ Essential, Extra, or Elite membership
  (mySewnet™ Essential, Extra, or Elite Software)
• Embroidery thread in your preferred colors
• Hotfix rhinestones (optional)
• Embroidery design file - 200055010
  

Prepare the embroidery design

1. Open embroidery software and select Blank Canvas.

2. Go to Change Hoop and select 200x200 mm quilters hoop. You can change the hoop later.

3. Insert the embroidery file.

4. Go to Encore, select 8 Repeats and click on preview.

5. Drag the outer circle to the middle to move the designs closer together. Stop when all designs are in the embroidery area. It should look like this:

6. Click on Apply when you are finished. Go to Home tab and click on Combine, Combine All and then ColorSort.

7. Now we can add the monogram, go to Letter, choose Tempus in the Monogram selection. Set the Size to 60mm. Type your chosen letter, only uppercase letters are possible with this font.

8. Click on Apply.

9. Go to the Home tab and click on Combine, Combine All.

Your embroidery design is now finished. Save the file and then export it in your preferred format.

Attach Hotfix Rhinestones (optional) to the finished embroidery. Pearls would also look nice!