Digital image to personalized heart-shaped fabric cover

Step 10 Prepare to sew.

When you start sewing you should start from the top corner of the image and move inwards (down and across). But before you actually begin sewing you are going to want to trace the edge of the fabric with pins about 1" away from the actual edge (see image). That way, when you start to sew, the sewing machine plate will be between the edge of the fabric and the needles following the edge that are holding it in place. This should give you pretty accurate placement of the image when it is finally sewn in place.