I've spent the last few weeks reorganising my sewing room and I think it is just about finished. I thought I'd better share these pictures before it is a mess again! I had a mottley collection of furniture which is now replaced by a worktop going rig
I just realised that it is exactly 4 years since I first became a member of Cute Embroidery. (Doesn't time fly!?) In the beginning I was lured by the six free designs every day as I had only just bought my first embroidery machine. <br /><br /> I wen
Playing with chocolate - no skill needed (only patience) as the pieces are made in moulds. The windows and ridge tiles are marzipan.
This fantastic cake was made and decorated by my good friend Ann (scottie0930) - she'll never post a picture herself, but I thought you'd all like to see it! Her daughter's boyfriend is a bookmaker and it was for his birthday. Don't you just love that
I have recently learned that it is no longer allowed to share designs created using the Embroidery Fonts Plus software so I've been thinking of buying the Embird Font Engine. However, I discovered that most TTF fonts have a clause in the licence which pr
Just for newbies - click on your question to reveal the answer.
In the next hour or so, I will be sending out all of the information about the Secret Santas. To make this truly a Community activity, please add to this thread so that your Santa has some hints about what you would like to receive. I'll start it off
Scottie told me this acronym the other day and I had to turn it into an embroidery design. I'm sure it applies to all of us! How could it be used though, now I have it ready to stitch I can't think what to put it on!
Its that time again! Please check your emails. I've just sent out 125 messages to those Secret Sisters on my list to invite them to take part in the swap for 2013. If anyone else would like to be included, please send an email to cutesecretsanta(at)ya
Mike took this picture of me at the seaside last week. I thought you might be amused. Pity I can't make it my avatar!
For those who can receive UK TV. Tonight (2nd October) at 9pm on BBC4, The Fabric of Britain. "Plantagenet expert and medievalist Dan Jones concludes his journey by exploring the history of English embroidery, which once held a reputation as the fines
UK impromptu gathering! Last night I had a phone call from "workbecky" (Becky from Texas). She is currently visiting her daughter in Suffolk. We had a nice chat worked things out so that she and her husband could drive up to Lincolnshire today. The came
I've just discovered that the brown tag rectangles are links! Am I the last to find out?
Your ideas please - my big sister is coming to stay for a couple of days. She has never seen an embroidery machine, although she has seen many of the things I have made. In her youth she was an extremely proficient hand embroiderer. She wants to see my ma
I had a whim to look back to the first pages of Projects and was struck by two things. The first was that the Projects being posted now are, for the most part, far more interesting and of better quality than they were. The range of items is much wider now