asterixsew — Cute Embroidery

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by asterixsew in Project

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One of my friends asked would I make two cushions for her sisters for Christmas. As per usual my photographic skills are lacking but I was told that both sisters loved blue or green fabric. This does give one a wide choice so after a trip or two into my

8 01 Jan 2020

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Taggy blanket as requested by one of my daughters friends/colleagues for her first grand daughter. This was put in Zara's Christmas Eve box and my daughter was sent a small video of Zara opening the present, which she then took to bed with her. I love

9 01 Jan 2020

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I have finally had some time in the past two days to sew...brilliant. This is the result. I have been experimenting with fabric and designs. The first is Tir Heddwch which is a housewarming present for a friend who is having her home built. We, her fr

10 30 Oct 2019

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Work for a friend who wanted a special 50th birthday present for her son in law. The cushion was made from a fine wool and great to work with. The dragon side has the Welsh dragon with the National Anthem of Wales embroidered over. This takes almost tw

9 08 Sep 2019

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The rubbish photographer strikes again... I have had this idea for ages of embroidering the dragon from the Welsh flag and then putting the Welsh national anthem on top. Finally got round to it today using my PR machine. I have used a piece of woollen f

18 02 Mar 2019

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by asterixsew in Project

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This is a small bag made from linen. The linen was originally a almost new pair of work trousers. Now retired I don't need the smart sober coloured clothes I wore so I cut the trousers down into shorts which I do wear. I have used one of the legs to ma

13 29 Jan 2019

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CUTE VALENTINE CHALLENGE. I enlarged the design and stitched onto some thick linen fabric that I have using two shades of pink. I added the button which was one that came from my late mother. I feel tempted to make another with the same design using bl

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10 25 Jan 2018

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Present for our younger daughter. The gold thread on Family and their surname worked very well but the rest of the design caused problems but its finished and ready to post. I have stretched the fabric over canvas and stapled it into place and added a ri

14 20 Jan 2018

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Few weeks ago I made tags for granddaughters lunch bag. Did about 6 more for their friends at Christmas and now more for the girls as Catrin is about to start school. Surname is covered up and along with the child's name is the class they are in. Had

6 20 Jan 2018

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Yesterday was fraught trying to get some sewing done. I spent a hour trying to get this hoodie into my large embroidery frame (20x30cm). Finally I got it into the machine and it all popped out... I got it set up again eventually and checked all was read

9 20 Jan 2018

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Work from the end of last year. I embroidered some Santa cams and hid this one at my younger daughters as I left after staying when the first granddaughter had chickenpox. It was a few days before it was spotted

11 01 Jan 2018

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I embroidered this for one of my daughters for Christmas and finished it off my mounting it to a frame so it can be hung on a wall. I covered their name at the bottom of the picture. I now need to make another for our other daughter and her family. The

19 27 Dec 2017

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Did a craft fair today. Didn't get much new made but made the large bag with a design that Sue made for me ages ago. The bag slowly evolved and sold very quickly and I'm sorry to see it go but it does have a great new home. The grey and black fabric

10 02 Dec 2017

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Our Grand daughters stayed over the weekend and they were bought new bags to take their lunch to school. So I quickly made removable named labels so the dinner ladies know who and where the bags belong. The result was two very happy girls. They have ne

9 19 Nov 2017

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Firstly thanks to all who gave suggestions for dinosaur designs a few weeks ago. a friend asked ages ago would I embroider dinosaurs on towels for her grandsons birthday. The first two flannels were embroidered with his name - the red in solar thread th

10 09 Nov 2017