Add luxurious style to your home furnishings with silk, voile and more! Pam “The Decorating Diva” Damour reveals the techniques to successfully stabilize slippery, sturdy, and sheer fabrics using your larger embroidery hoops. Create a chic set of in-the-hoop coasters from matelassé and find out how to make freestanding monograms to embellish any decor – even furniture that won’t fit in the hoop! Embroider an elegant shadow appliqué slipcover and learn to align continuous designs to make any length of silk trim you desire. Construct and finish a posh pillow and pretty placemats in flawless style and enjoy Pam’s innovative sewing and design tips along the way!
Class Sessions
Matelassé Coasters
21:07
Meet your instructor, interior designer and sewist Pam Damour, and get a sneak peek of what you'll learn in the class. Then make your first project: an in-the-hoop matelassé coaster that slips onto the base of a wine glass or champagne flute.
Monograms on Leather & Velveteen
18:43
Embroider challenging fabrics and items that can be difficult to hoop, such as furniture! In this lesson, Pam shows you how to create and apply a permanent freestanding monogram to a velveteen ottoman and leather purse.
Shadow Appliqué on Sheers
28:14
Personalize any chair in your home with sheer appliqué covers that can be custom-designed for holidays, birthdays or any other special occasion! Pam demonstrates how to measure your chairs accurately, draft your pattern pieces, place and embroider your designs, and add a decorative tassel and satin-stitch hem to complete the look.
Embroidering Trims
28:40
Give your decor a custom look with embroidered trims that match every project perfectly. You'll learn how to create Pam's continuous rope-border design, including detailed techniques for working with curves and mitered corners. The result is a gorgeous continuous design that you can use for virtually any project!
Trimmed Silk Pillow
29:40
Apply the border you created in Lesson 4 to a chic pillow project. Pam walks you through the steps for topstitching and tapering the corners of your pillow that will result in a professional finish. Then sew and attach a custom-made welt cord before installing the zipper and completing your gorgeous project.
Couching a Silk Pillow
23:38
Discover the fun of couching techniques as you use a digitized embroidery file to stitch a guideline. Pam teaches you two couching styles that incorporate decorative twists and free-motion stitching. You'll also learn how to turn your embroidery into a beautiful pleated pillow.
Naugahyde Place Mat
21:13
Pam wraps up the class with a customizable place mat project with easy-to-sew mitered corners. Learn how to work with faux leather as you mark and stitch any design of your choosing, playing with pops of thread and fun removable insets as you go.
Your Instructor
Pam Damour
Interior designer and sewing professional Pam The Decorating Diva Damour has been in love with designing and creating decor for decades. Pam is the co-author of design books Pillow Talk and Cheaper by the Dozen, teaches interior design and sewing workshops internationally, and has produced 12 instructional home decorating DVDs. You can find out more about Pam at her website, www.pamdamour.com.
Bonus Material
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - Supply List & Templates
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .ART files (1.2 MB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .C2S files (1.8 MB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .DST files (271 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .EXP files (220 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .HUS files (223 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .JEF files (223 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .PES files (914 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .SEW files (278 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .VIP files (214 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .VP3 files (234 KB)
Embroidering Luxury Fabrics by Machine - .XXX files (222 KB)
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
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