almag — Cute Embroidery

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by almag in Community

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To all my Cute Embroidery friends I wish you a Happy Holiday time and much success and happiness in the New Year. I'm back in Arizona, visiting from South Australia, and I wanted to buy a new ironing board cover for my daughter. I did my research an

2 27 Dec 2014

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by almag in Community

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Sunday Breakfast. Welcome, Mr Red Lowrie!! Yesterday this parrot was feasting on the dandelions in my lawn area. I say 'area' because we don't water it during the hot, dry summer. It's actually pasture so there is an interesting rotation of 'weed

16 23 Feb 2014

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by almag in Project

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Kreative Kiwi offered this free pattern just in time for me to make 21 stockings for family and friends at Christmas time. It was the greatest fun and a wonderful project after months of no stitching at all. Each stocking contained 12 M&M's, a candy ca

26 05 Jan 2014

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by almag in Community

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Just want to thank 'dragonflyer' and people like her who share their work of keeping up to date with the BOM sites and to let these generous ladies know that I appreciate what they do for me. Without the timely reminders I would not remember to collect

3 05 Jan 2014

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by almag in Community

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Well, there goes Day 1 of 2014 and all I have to show for it is a group of three renegrade chooks patrolling my back yard. I moved the ISA Brown chooks from the chook house into the big dog run by one of our sheds so that I could move the two new bantam

7 01 Jan 2014

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by almag in Community

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After much discussion with me, as CEO of my Machine Embroidery Designs Folder ................. I move that 'Stop collecting freebies' is not allowed on anyone's New Year's Resolution List. AlmaG.

11 29 Dec 2013

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by almag in Community

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Are we lucky, or what!!! We've been offered the Christmas Owl Numbers in Cute Embroidery. Thankyou so much, Miss Veronika. I tried putting 2013 together with the Owl Numbers? The number 3 owl says it all about me at this time of year. I have a p

1 03 Dec 2013

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by almag in Community

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Not Embriodery ... but is consumed while embroidering!! Please, American Cuties, could you let me know the difference between butter and shortening in a recipe. I want to make Snickerdoodles and the recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup shorteni

10 29 Nov 2013

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by almag in Community

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It's Saturday morning here and the annual Christmas Parade will be starting in about an hour, bringing Father Christmas to town for a brief visit before he returns home to finish making out his Good and Naughty Lists. The day has dawned grey, dull and m

5 16 Nov 2013

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by almag in Community

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OK... today is the day for my head to go on the chopping block and here's my next query. What is the difference, except for a more square-ish rectangle shape, between a candle mat and a mug-rug? Would a candle mat be in any danger of having melted

6 06 Nov 2013

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by almag in Community

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I'm wondering if anyone has for sale a 150 x 150 mm (6" x 6") Do It All Hoop to suit the Husqvarna Viking Designer II embroidery machine, preferably one they no longer have use for. My 'local' dealer, who is a six hour drive away, told me that she

5 06 Nov 2013

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by almag in Community

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Knitting... not Embroidery!!! Is there anyone here who can set me right, please. What is 'Rhinebeck Style' in knitting. I've been sitting here trying to work out any similarity in these garments. Blowed if I can see a 'style' or theme runni

2 24 Oct 2013

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by almag in Community

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I would so hate to be called Zelda or Zamphryne or Zykloanye........ look how long I've have to wait for My letter to come up in some of those gorgeous alphabets that we are being offered. 'A' is such a grand letter. It heads up all the beautiful set

7 01 Oct 2013

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by almag in Community

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Now I'm really scared!!!! I've just read that Christmas is just 95 days away (94 in AussieLand) and half of the first one has already slipped by. Three months sounded bad enough, for goodness sake, without breaking that time down to days. W

3 22 Sep 2013

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by almag in Community

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I think I need some ideas from my American friends. What sort of presents do American grandmothers give their American granddaughters for their 16th Birthday? All ideas gratefully received. AlmaG.

9 11 Sep 2013