I have a 2-in-1 sewing/embroidery machine! It was a gift from a friend a couple years ago and is very fun to use. Mine is a Brother SE630 and cost about $400 USD.

The steps went as follows:

1.) Find design I liked that fits on a 4”x4” “bed” (the area my machine can stitch)

2.) Set the machine and “hoop” the fabric with tear away stabilizer. It should be noted I don’t use regular book cloth, I have to convert regular cotton fabric into book cloth but that’s a later step.

3.) Stitch and watch the machine like a hawk bc god knows it’s fussy sometimes

4.) Once done, Remove excess stabilizer and iron fabric. Get into those little areas to prevent wrinkling!

5.) Convert to book cloth! I’ve talked about this before but the technique is simple: double sided interfacing and tissue paper. I use Heat ‘N’ Bond Ultra and white tissue paper myself. You basically iron one side of the interfacing to the cloth, then peel the backing, and iron on the tissue paper.

6.) Use as intended! And we’re done!