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Gather the following supplies: Design MH88 (Star Spangled Grandma) available at Embroidery.com; 1 Grandma size white t-shirt; four or five thread colors of your choice -- I used all metallic colors: Ruby 315, Cobalt 338, Gold6, Silver; 1 Embroiderer’s Friend for Adult Sizes; 2 squares of medium weight stabilizer; Clear tape.

 2:

Hoop your shirt, using your hoop and the Embroiderer’s Friend. To start hooping, do the following: Adjust hoop tension as desired. Mount the back of your hoop on the Embroiderer’s Friend.

 3:

Adjust the Embroiderer's friend to securely hold your hoop in the desired position.

 4:

Arrange the flat side brackets on the Embroiderer’s Friend. I like to place them on the right-hand side, since my hoop attaches on the left. Position the eccentric pins.

 5:

Fold the shirt in half widthwise, so that the shoulder seams touch and the collar is folded in half backwards.

 6:

On the left side of the shirt, measure center 4” from fold and 7” from shoulder/collar intersection. The Embroiderer's Buddy is also a great tool for finding the proper placement. Mark this point with a placement dot or on clear tape stuck to the shirt.

 7:

Lay the stabilizer over the bottom hoop. Tape it down to the Embroiderer’s Friend to keep stabilizer in place.

 8:

Unfold shirt and slide it over the Embroiderer’s Friend.

 9:

Place the top hoop.

 10:

Take the hooped shirt to the embroidery machine and sew, starting at the center mark.

 11:

Cut or tear the backing away when you're finished, and you're ready to present the shirt to your "Star Spangled" grandma with a hug!