swappable gnome dilema

[bunnibon1]

hi all
I need help. Anyone who has done the swappable gnomes or has a clue how to, please reply.
thanks a bunch, Bonnie

[MaryEHenry]

Does it have something to do with embroidery?

[la_cole]

The heads can go on different bodies and feet. Many different combinations with all the pieces.

[snugsbear]

Sick makes it very easy to do . I usually import the parts and sew as one. I do have a larger hoop I use to do this

[brownabel]

I agree with la cole and snugsbear. Using the edit mode on your machine you select a head, then add (merge) a body and then add (merge) a set of legs / feet. Then you start to stitchout your desired gnome. As snugsbear commented you would need a larger hoop to do this without rehooping to add the parts. Hope that helps. Cathy

[MaryEHenry]

Sounds neat-what do you put them on?

[bunnibon1]

okay, that I understand, and I can import designs into my machine, line them up but when I do the embroidery ther black outlines from their bodies run over top the beards and at the waist the same happens. Am I assembling them in the wrong order or is there a trick to it?

[bunnibon1]

I was hoping to do quilt blocks for assembly but the outlines are running over top of the other pieces.

[la_cole]

Try starting with the feet and working your way up. That way, the pant section lays over the feet, the shirt lays over the pants, and the beard...

[bunnibon1]

thanks for the tip will definitely try, want to make quilts for my grandsons .

[windstar]

You can also print out a template to help with placement to prevent the overlap. It sounds like you need to raise your pieces up a little to prevent the overlap.

[Cutiepie]

I did the whole set on felt, and now my son takes the pieces and assembles his own gnomes to play with.

[windstar]

I like that idea...kinda like having paper dolls to mix and match.

[clutzy]

I have the set. Thought I would create a "book". Stitch the heads, bodies, legs separately on pieces of felt and then layer all the heads and bodies and legs and put a cover and back over/behind all - connect with grommets/ribbon somehow. Then by Grandson can flip the body parts to create all kinds of combinations. That's my plan - anybody done this yet or have other ideas how to do?

[la_cole]

I remember playing with a "flip book" as a child and laughing very hard at all the different arrangements. I took a look on e-Bay and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Flip-Flop-Face-B...d=p3286.c0.m14

You could do something similar with your gnomes using grommets and key rings. Let us know what you decide.

[windstar]

I have the set. Thought I would create a "book". Stitch the heads, bodies, legs separately on pieces of felt and then layer all the heads and bodies and legs and put a cover and back over/behind all - connect with grommets/ribbon somehow. Then by Grandson can flip the body parts to create all kinds of combinations. That's my plan - anybody done this yet or have other ideas how to do?

This sounds wonderful, if you do it please post a picture. Sounds like something I would love to do for my grandson.

[Cutiepie]

The only problem I can see with the book idea is that one of the torso pieces has a long staff in its hand, and that wouldn't fit on the same page-piece as the other torso pieces. If you can figure out a way around that, I think that the book idea would be a lot of fun.