Sewmum1 — Cute Embroidery

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We went to a wildlife park recently and I just managed to sort through the photos and couldnt resist sharing these. I couldnt believe these kangaroos relaxing in the shade, it wasn't even a really hot day. It is not often you get to see kangaroos

13 06 Feb 2018

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Just a quick question for those of you making and giving or selling stuffies and other things for kids Do you put in a label with suggested age group, fabrics used and stuffing materials etc

2 27 Jan 2018

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Be careful making softies for kids. I Just went to use a cute ith design I purchased a few months ago for a kids toy from a site often recommended here only to find out reading instructions it is not kid safe and very poorly made. The digitised design and

2 07 Jan 2018

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Now this is the earliest I have started preserving for gifts for next Christmas. I have spent the day prepping and canning around 3 kg cherries for my brandy cherries. We still have some cherished jars from 2015 that taste divine. They are from a small

8 29 Dec 2017

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My eldest daughter and I helped out in my youngest daughter's class teaching them how to use a hand needle and making stuffed Christmas trees. They all had a great time and most of the kids had never used a needle before.all aged between 6 and 8 and quit

8 23 Dec 2017

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We have discovered my daughters new elf (posted over in projects) is not naughty but just mischievous! She has been up to all kinds of antics as one would assume including getting into makeup but the one thing none of us expected is her disappearing in ou

11 21 Dec 2017

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Amazing embroidery designs (sister site to cute embroidery) has memberships on sale for a really good price right now. If you want some really beautiful designs there are so many there to be found there

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[1] http://www.amazingembroiderydesigns.com/

www.amazingembroiderydesigns.com

0 18 Dec 2017

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My youngest really wanted one of the elf on a shelf dolls but I could not justify $69AUD on one. So I made her a sweet girl elf. She is made in the hoop about as tall as a barbie doll. I opted to do the final stitch line on my regular machine so I

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[1] Lucy's big adventure

www.cuteembroidery.com

30 18 Dec 2017

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UPDATE: Well the lace I had matched perfectly in the daylight but my daughter tried the dress on again once it was completely dry. It was still damp in the pics below. It was worse once it had dried and looked more like a party dress. As a last resort we

7 05 Dec 2017

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I performed a special sewing operation today for my daughters classroom teddy, "Molly". Each night one child is chosen to take her home and then the child does a recount of their time together to read aloud to the class the next day. Well this time my d

15 20 Nov 2017

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I would like to make my own traditional Christmas cake from scratch this year. I am getting in early as I know some cakes take months to be fully completed for the best flavour. Does anyone have any foolproof easy recipes? I am thinking of making three

1 02 Nov 2017

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Look what my clever hubby made for me today. It still needs to be painted but I just couldn't wait and wanted to share with you his design with a few tips from me. It is a multi-purpose spool holder for upright spools and metallic threads that fee

17 20 Oct 2017

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Finally pics of the finished dress! I must admit it was done a few weeks ago and last touches were still being done on the day of the ball. A couple of days before I had to do a mad dash 2 hours drive away as I had not been able to find any beads

28 18 Oct 2017

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Another UPDATE The zipper is now in and I have been spending hours upon hours hand stitching this guipure lace to the bodice. I was hoping to attach it by machine but the satin has a stretch feature and the lace doesn't so that will cause no end of he

33 10 Aug 2017

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I took a break from making my eldest DD's ball dress to make this snowbaby as per my youngest DD's request. She said it needed arms, a scarf and eyes like I have done on my other softies I have been making. (in case you are looking for them haven't sh

19 08 Aug 2017