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by elenu 06 Oct 2008 ( edited Oct 08'08 05:11 )
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I had lots of thread clippings & remembered lbrow's projects putting them to good use & thought I'd experiment with a bookmark. I encased the clippings in between two layers of WSS and hooped it. Embroidered the FSL bookmark design (www.SecretsofEmbroidery.com) No 2010, using another floating layer of WSS. The clippings didn't prevent the design stitching out without problems.

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Comments (19)
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by tabsolom 06 Oct 2008
+5
wow that looks fantastic, great job, ****
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Tabsolom.
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by mariahail 06 Oct 2008
+5
Lovely**4U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Maria.
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by michelej 06 Oct 2008
+5
Wow, what agreat idea!!!!
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Michelel.
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by stickmuster 06 Oct 2008
+5
pretty, *4U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Stickmuster.
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by kezza2sew 06 Oct 2008
+5
What a clever little duckie you are.... Love it.
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Kezza2sew . . . duckie eh? :-)
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by kathyjt 06 Oct 2008
+5
Very nice *4u
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Kathy.
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by blhamblen 06 Oct 2008
+4
I think I'm going to save my clipping for a project like this :) Beautiful job *2U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Blhamblem.
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by mops 06 Oct 2008
+5
That looks fantastic. The colours of your clippings are very nice.
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by adelmarie 06 Oct 2008
+4
Looks so great, very nice idea. *4U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Adele.
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by shirlener88 06 Oct 2008
+4
Jean, looks great - now were you satisfied with the bookmark - after you washed out all the stablizer? It sure did give color to that bookmark.
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thanks Shirlene. I chose a design which isn't too open and also crossed the clippings over each other so that there were no long lines of clippings in the openwork after stabiliser was washed away. Cutting the excess from outside the design was quite a task. All in all, I am satisfied with the result.
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by mumfinch 06 Oct 2008
+3
LOVELY
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Mumfinch.
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by lbrow 06 Oct 2008
+3
a lady after my own heart. It's a fantastic job elenu & I'm glad u r pleased. I think it's so pretty & I bet the pic doesn't really do it justice does it? *4U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thanks lbrow for comments & for the idea. The colours don't show up well in the photo' because the leaves at the bottom are mainly green (which I admit I clipped extra 'specially) I am pleased with the result - it's different.
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by jrob 06 Oct 2008
+3
really added dimension.;)
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
It's an easy way to add colour Jrob. Thank you. :-)
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by dkjack 07 Oct 2008
+2
How pretty! I have been saving my scrape thread to, just haven't gotten around to playing with it. Thanks for sharing.
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thanks Dkjack - it's a way to use up the scraps.
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by kttyhwk4 07 Oct 2008
+2
Nice....good idea.
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thanks Kttyhwk4.
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by coco128 07 Oct 2008
+1
hey, what a great idea ..that came out really beautiful..almost looks like organza...*4u
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Coco128 - the colours are brighter in reality.
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by suezz 07 Oct 2008
+1
Wow, the bookmark looks great. I save my thread too. This is a good use of the thread. *4U
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Sue, a waste product put to good use.
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by grannyo 07 Oct 2008
+1
It looks great. Very interesting. You are so inventive! Thanks for sharing.
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by elenu 07 Oct 2008
Thank you Grannyo :-)
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by sherylac 08 Oct 2008
+1
lovely bookmark!! now I will have to go through the rubbish!!! lol
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by elenu 08 Oct 2008
Thanks Sherylac - yes, a decorative way to recycle