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How to Embroider a Chew Toy for Man's (My) Best Friend

comments (1) February 7th, 2009

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Jennifer Stern, contributor

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If youre going to use your own embroidery design, choose one with a tight, heavy fill stitch—thatll stand up better to the chewing than designs with long satin stitches.

Here's Emma with her new funny face toy.

Photo: Jen Stern

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Pull the thread tight—this will cause the opening to close up and the fabric between the stitching and the cut edge to turn in to the wrong side.

Notice when the thread is loose the stitches go straight across the opening.

Repeat this procedure until you've stitched the entire opening shut. Take a stitch (starting directly across from where you came up) on the opposite side of the opening. Pull the thread tight and take a stitch on the other side, etc.

Starting directly across from where you came up, take a stitch on the opposite side.

This photo shows the stitch above being tightened.

Stitch past the opening about 1/4 inch, and knot the thread. Before you trim the thread, stitch away from the first knot about 1/2 inch, and knot the thread a second time.

The opening is now virtually invisible. If you want to make it extra secure, stitch back across a second time and then knot the thread.

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FashionSweetie13 writes: i have a bishon frise and she would love this , the only thing i would have to add is a squek thing .
Posted: 10:21 pm on February 7th

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