Materials Needed To Complete This Project

Needle

Broadcloth or Ultra Suede

Tear Away or Cut Away Stabilizer

Super Glue

Thread

Bobbins

Velcro Fastener With Sticky Back (optional) if you do not want to use buckle.

Double sided Fusible Interfacing or Bonding Tape

 Watch Parts

DIRECTIONS FOR EMBROIDERED WATCH BAND

NOTE: Two different watch samples are shown in photos below.  Some photos show a "wide band" design stitched on green ultra suede and some photos show a "skinny band" design using white broadcloth.  When pressing ultra suede use a pressing cloth.

1) Wash, iron & starch fabric before stitching if using regular fabric.  Do not wash ultra suede.

2) Hoop stabilizer and fabric together leaving plenty of extra material to cover back of watchband.

3)  Stitch both the short and long portions of the watchband.

4) Remove from hoop & press flat.  Remove stabilizer.

5) Trim fabric leaving extra fabric on the two long sides & pointed end of long band to fold to the back of the design.  On one flat end of the short band leave four extra inches of fabric & on the flat end of the long band leave 6 extra inches of fabric. 

6) Use a mini iron to apply bonding tape to back of design (paper side up).  Let bonding tape cool.  Remove paper on tape. Note: In this photo the pointed end of the fabric that design is stitched upon hasn't been trimmed.

7) Fold fabric over and press until fabric bonds to back of watchband design.  Bond the long sides over first & then the pointed end.  

8) Leave both short ends of the short band & the flat end of the long band open.  Do not fold them over or bond them (not yet).

9) On the short band piece poke a small hole at the end of the design between the design and the extra fabric. Apply fray check to hole then insert buckle (see above).

10) Put the band holder you took from the original watch on the new short band. Turn watch over & thread the short end of the short band through the bar closest to the number 12 on the watch. Apply super glue under fabric area where left finger is pointing.  Don't super glue bar of the watch--just glue fabric.

11) Cut bonding tape to fit the back of the SHORT band & bond to back of the short band. Let paper cool then remove paper from tape.

12) Fold over the extending fabric (the part going through the buckle) to the underside, threading it through the band holder & match it up to the area you super glued. Fold raw end of this strip under (trim off extra fabric if you need to) & use mini iron to bond the fabric to the back of the band. 

NOTE:  You won't have raw ends to turn under in steps 12 and 13 if you use Ultra Suede.

13) Take LONG watch band & thread through the other bar on watch. Cut bonding tape to fit back of long band & press with iron. Let paper cool. Remove paper from bonding tape.  Take long extra fabric end of long band & bring down to the pointed end of the band.  Fold under raw edges of pointed end.  Press with mini iron to bond it.

Back of Long Band Should Look Like This

14) Try on watch and mark holes. Poke holes with small scissors.  Add dab of fray check to top & bottom of each hole.