asterixsew — Cute Embroidery

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by asterixsew in Project

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First and only piece of embroidery on my big machine after it has been serviced. From not using my machine for two years it was a challenge to remember how it worked. I set a further challenge to myself to use the threads that were already on the machi

17 06 Sep 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Apologies this is sideways and unfinished. My sister in law has just retired as a head teacher and I decided it would be fun to make her a cushion with Retired on. She always chooses purple and this has lilac thread on. Sadly the colours don't show we

9 11 Aug 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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I have had family camping in the back garden for the past few days. Tonight we all squashed into my sewing room so I could show my sister in law how my embroidery machine works. Her grandchildren were very interested so when we had finished the cushion

15 11 Aug 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Taggy blanket made recently for a friend. Thanks for looking

6 31 Jul 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Another experiment. Same font as the Elizabeth cushion but this one is made with quite a thick and rough fabric. Again I am pleased with the result but will have to wait to tomorrow to buy a cushion pad. Thanks for looking

10 30 Jul 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Silk cushion made as a gift for a friend. I have been having a fun time experimenting with fonts. The cushion is 16"x16" The thread I used for the name is very bright and the picture doesn't show the colours too well. Sorry I cant remember the font I

6 30 Jul 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Friday is the end of the school year for my grandchildren. So my older daughter asked for embroidered gifts for the teachers/adults who have taught the boys. The gifts are tea towels for all. The font on Gruff's gifts are with my current favourite font

11 19 Jul 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Cushion for a friend. It is a pale blue and I have used names that are in her life and made the name of where she has always lived in red. Cant remember the font its one I have recently added to my ever growing collection. Thanks for looking

10 15 Jul 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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I helped a friend make this. The cushion is made from a yellow silk slub fabric and had turquoise blue writing and a vivid green heart. I don't remember what the font is but its one in my laptop The cushion was a wedding gift. Thanks for looking

7 30 Jun 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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In early April I handed over 7 cushions that a friend had asked me to make. Six matched and the seventh was of mountains hills and fields. Before my friend had seen cushion number 7 she asked me to make another of the sea for her daughter in law to be. T

3 24 Jun 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Chillds tshirt. Again a design from UT that I have used many times. Its similar to other tshirts I have done recently. I have been using solar activated thread and it stitches out white and then in the sun changes to the colours seen below. The boys ar

9 21 Jun 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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A sideways teeshirt - apologies. Just in the middle of having some fun embroidering on tees for my son in laws using some new thread I have just bought. This one left me literally with a stiff neck last night from sitting over the machine making sure al

11 07 May 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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A friend asked would I embroider something on towels for her grand daughters third birthday and this is what I came up with. I thought it was more suitable that whatever designs chosen should still be fine after a few years when Rose is older. The desig

11 02 May 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Facecloths for two brothers embroidered with glow in the dark threads. Thanks for looking

9 16 Apr 2017

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by asterixsew in Project

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Tee shirts made for my grandchildren. Its two years since I embroidered any tee shirts and my memory was a little hazy. In holding some of the excess fabric out of the way with a clothes peg it got in the way and caused the stitching to go out of alignm

12 16 Apr 2017