What stops you from posting in Projects?
(I hope I can do this post without a firestorm...)
I have been looking for ideas for my own summer challenge. I have looked for ideas here on Cute in Projects. I click on users names and see some Cuties have been here for years and made many comments but never posted a single Project.
What I am wondering...
If you are a Cutie that has never posted a Project (and you participate here) why don't you post your work in Projects? I know most Cuties are very generous with praise -- so I would hope it is not because of fear (though I know in the past that has happened).
So I am asking, "What stops you from posting your own work in Projects?"
Let me know if I can help.
Hugs!
It can also be intimidating, especially for newer cuties, after seeing so many impressive/beautiful creations posted by others. But I agree with you, that no one should be afraid to show off their hard work. This is such a wonderful place to learn from others, and to feast on the talents of like-minded people from all around the globe. People here are very inspiring, and help to open our minds to possibilities we would not otherwise dream of attempting.
Since my shaking surgery I can again thread my embr/sewing machine. Am currently making name tags for crew at my new job. Will see if I can post or not when all done.
I have wonderful digitizing software but could not hold mouse steady enough to click anything. That is also better.
SQ
I hope you'll be able to take a picture of your name tags and post those.
I am only meaning the Project section.
Perhaps if you posted some of the stitched out embroidery items from the past...
ALL the designs in the DBC had to be shown with the stitched out design -- not the picture from the software. That is one reason the DBC is still down.
I am mostly wondering about those that have never posted even a single Project.
Seeing the the embroidery designs used in some of the projects, helps to get our creative juices flowing as well as leading us to explore different embroidery sites from around the world.
I love to see the Projects from Cuties. It inspires me to find time and strength to embroider.
I would love to see any of your work! Please know that there is no rule that the embroidery must be on a new item or perfect either. That said, YOU have wonderful projects!! Your posts are always inspiring to me!
Now, I automatically take a photograph of every project I do, but I don't post them all - only those that show something new or unusual.
Your projects always inspire and amaze me!
1. Take picture with your IPad then sign into CUTE and go to Project section.
2. Click on "Upload Project" button
3. under "Title,description" - type your message.
4. Where it says "Images - click the Choose file button"
Chose "Photo Library" and use your finger to scroll to the picture you want to post.
Touch the picture you want to post and it then click the Green "Upload" button.
5. Now under "Tags" add words to describe your picture or project.
6. Click "Submit" button and you are all done!
No need to do any emailing or taking pics off the ipad. You can post them directly with your IPad!
Hope this helps anyone with an IPad!
When all else fails, wrap a quilt around yourself and pull it tight and think of every person who ever loved you or prayed for you, and think of your Heavenly Father and each of them hugging you through that quilt pulled tightly around you. (((Hugs))) for all of us. Pam
Please stay connected!! We love all our Cuties!!
Health issues -- I do understand. I have been too ill and too busy to stitch for some time now. I just want to try to help other Cuties...if I can.
Hugs to all
I've learned to live in my dreams - if things gets too much, I just close my eyes and imagine a perfect place where I can do all the things I want, and they are mostly things I used to be able to do, but can't do anymore.
Currently I am not only struggling to digitize and embroider (due to my eyesight), but I am trying to do a job that actually needs good eyesight and good hearing, with fairly bad eyesight and fairly bad hearing. And trying to hide both. I am hoping to memorize a lot of things so I do not actually have to see them properly in order to do them.
In my imagination I can see properly, think properly, hear properly and use my hands properly. And I can still do hand embroidering or knit or crochet.
And I can thread my overlock without trying to get the thread through the loopers for 2 to 3 hours at a time! No need to say, I have not used my overlock (serger??) in a long time.
All we can do is try and work around our problems, and where we can't, to dream we still can...
The frightening thing is that one has to go more and more regularly to that dream place to keep sane and most importantly, a reason to keep on living.
Hugs, and keep on believing in the miracle of prayers - it got my memory back to a large extent and got me out of a wheel chair. I know your health is much worse than mine, but keep your faith.
At least we can still see the beautiful designs and projects made by others and enjoy them!
And although we are unable to see it, I believe God has a reason for everything although we can not see it. When people tells me I don't get healthy because I have too little faith, I get upset because I believe we can not dictate to God. We can ask for health, but He will decide what He thinks best.
We just have to keep on praying and believing. And ask the church to pray for you - not the people who ask money to do it, but your own church or a friend's who does it out of love. I stood up 5 times in church for them to pray for me before I really saw and felt the difference.
May God grant you strength, and I am praying that you will get better!
Hugs
Anneliese
I do love all you have posted and I know you are busy stitching away as often as you are able.
I say that knowing that I am still waiting for one from a neighbor...for more than a year.
Items that have no embroidery can always be placed in Crafting or Sewing. ;)
Due to health I don't get much made any more. Many things I do make are from pictures posted in projects and I do not see the need to post the same thing again as by the time I get around to getting my project done CUTE has moved on to many other projects and mine is now in the past and no longer relevant.
And then again it is partly due to lack of comments or thanks in the past or just plain being ignored when I have posted but I must say that seems to have gotten better here lately.
I am trying to post, when I can, to try to help others although sometimes I am delayed in that too.
I do look forward to coming here each day and reading all the posts and seeing the projects. So I am still lurking around.
I would say that as long as your Project follows the rules (located at the link at the bottom of each page) then any Project that includes machine embroidery IS relevant here.
I mean -- never -- posted in Projects.
The Cuties I am thinking about have more than 30,000 flowers and yet they have -- never -- posted in Projects. These are the folks I am wondering about. They have been here a very long time and yet they never show their work.
I know some have issues with heath (notice it has been a while since I have posted in Projects) and so posting is rare. Not all of us are as healthy as we were when we were younger... probably too busy to stitch/embroider/sew and chat.
I have seen many collect the designs here and comment on other's Projects -- but they never post in Projects -- not even once.
Please know that I am only looking to help other's fully enjoy this site.
I also posted how to post pics directly from an IPad and probably should not have posted that either.
Please accept my apologies and I will be more careful in the future.
Knowing why Cuties have not posted for some time also helps me understand. Thank you so much for your reply here.
1. Time - I work and I keep up multiple sites (I'm the founder of the TruEmbroidery Users group, active on G+ , Pinterest and Facebook). I'm also in a lot of Yahoo groups but pretty much just browse there as well due to time constraints.
2. Live in a rural location with only satellite internet - it keeps track of bits and bytes and shuts you down when you've used up your monthly allotment. This site requires uploading the photo (on Facebook or Pinterest, I can link to the photo on Flickr or my Blog and the pic shows up in the post - no bits and bytes taken off my monthly data allotment.
3. I'm not in the never category - more the rarely post photos, I do like to see others work and when I'm not rushing about try to say something nice (or at least flower) when others post.
(mops, jrob, rescuer)
We would like to help.
I do hope you are able to upload some more of your work -- you do lovely embroidery
Show us your incomplete work under Community. We will encourage you to finish it for Projects! ;)
Thank you each and everyone of you for your contribution to Cute. Sarah.
For those that do not know -- there are some posts in the Q&A section that explain how to do many things here. If you still need help, just ask the Community. We love to help!