Free Design: Embroidered Gift Tag with Pocket

December 1, 2018By Joanne BankoFree Design of the Month, Holiday, Tutorial 15 Comments Opinion by Paid Consultant
Free Design: Embroidered Gift Tag with Pocket

If you’re looking for a crafty way to package a gift card, look no further than your embroidery machine! We used the Brother Free Design of the Month to make a gift card holder by adding a few bonus designs for you to download. Personalize the front pocket for a gift that is sure to leave a lasting impression.

Materials and Supplies

Note: Be sure to follow product instructions for spraying fabric.

Fabric for Gift Tag:

  • Two pieces of felt measuring 6 ½-inches square for Card Holder Main piece.
  • One piece of felt measuring 4 ¾-inches wide X 2 ½-inches long for Card Holder Pocket piece.

Embroidery designs for creating gift tag:

Note: You can mix and match felt colors or use one color for all pieces. Various color combinations are shown in these examples. Card holder finishes at approximately 4 ¾-inches wide X 5-inches high.

Steps to Create Gift Tag with Gift Card Pocket

  1. Transfer designs shown in Figure #1a to #1c to your machine:
  • Free Design of the Month: Three Gifts.pes
  • Bonus Design: Card Holder_A.pes
  • Bonus Design: Card Holder_B.pes

Brother Free Design of the Month

Figure #1a

Card Holder_A.pes

Figure #1b

Card Holder_B.pes

Figure #1c
  1. Assemble supplies for making first gift tag. See below:

Hoop cut-away stabilizer in the 5-inch X 7-inch hoop. It’s important to create the pocket first. Create a custom design as follows:

  • Open Card Holder_A.pes. This design file is for the pocket on the front of the tag.
  • Add the free design, Three Gifts.pes.
  • Next, add lettering as desired and move designs around as needed to fit within the inner outline for the pocket. Note: This inner outline is shown in red.
Tips: Mirror image the design motif if lettering fits better on the opposite side of gift packages. Select a small but solid lettering style without a lot of fine detailing or it may sink into the felt. Program each word individually for best flexibility in making adjustments. Move design motif and lettering as needed to fit in the allowable space. Your finished design will have a basting outline in black at the beginning of the color sequence, followed by a red outline, then the Three Gifts, and finally the added lettering. See example in Figure #2.
Figure #2
  1. Complete the pocket as follows: Stitch the basting outline on the stabilizer. It’s shown in black but you can use any thread color for this. See Figure #3.
Figure #3

Select felt piece measuring 4 ¾-inches wide X 2 ½-inches long. Lightly spray wrong side and center piece over basting outline. See Figure #4.

Figure #4

Embroider your custom design using desired thread colors. See Figure #5.

Figure #5

Remove from hoop and press lightly if necessary. Cut out pocket by trimming close to basting stitches, leaving piece measuring 4 ¾-inches wide X 2 ½-inches long. Set aside temporarily. See Figure #6.

Figure #6
Tip: Leave stabilizer in place on the back side for a smooth finish.
  1. Hoop a second piece of cut-away stabilizer in the 5-inch X 7-inch hoop. Spray wrong side of one 6 ½-inch square of felt and place in center of hoop. Stitch basting outline. Tips: This piece is cut slightly over-sized, so you don’t need to be perfectly centered. Streamline the stitching process by stitching basting outline using thread color selected for shape of tag. See Figure #7.
Figure #7
  1. Stop and carefully remove hoop from machine, keeping everything intact and taking care that you do not disturb fabric in the hoop.
  2. Turn hoop over and place on a flat surface. Spray wrong side of second 6 ½-inch square of felt and secure sticky side to stabilizer on back of hoop, centering piece and covering basting stitches. See Figure #8.
Figure #8

Make sure fabric is smooth and firmly adhered to back side of hoop. Return hoop to machine. Stitch segment forming the shape of the tag and then stop before the final segment, which anchors the pocket in place. See Figure #9.

Figure #9

Align embroidered pocket with outline along lower edge of shape, using the stitching as a guide for placement. Use a piece of tape measuring 3 ½-inches long to hold top edge of pocket in place temporarily. Stitch final segment to anchor pocket, taking care that the piece remains flat while stitching. See enhanced photo below, showing placement for pocket:

You are finished! Enjoy!

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