spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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A message from Dennis - "Please pass on my very best wishes to the Good Ladies of Cute (and the Bad one's too...................they know who they are) and my promise that I will be back enjoying their banter just as soon as I feel up to it. I have miss

22 13 Nov 2014

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I'm just thinking of starting to make my secret santa gift and I realised it was probably time for a thread to help with ideas. So, today's question is, "What kind of gift do you like to receive that you would never bother to make for yourself?" (Hope

7 13 Nov 2014

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Asterixsew and I have just been chatting about embroidery designs and she asked me which single design I had used the most. I'm going to have to think a bit longer about that one, but I wondered if any of you would like to add to our discussion.........

22 09 Nov 2014

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Remember, remember the 5th of November - Gunpowder treason and plot! Today is Bonfire night in UK when the gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 is commemorated. This is our traditional autumn money wasting event and I thought all

9 05 Nov 2014

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Here is an interesting one for you - I just collected my machine from the doctors and John, the repair man said "this machine doesn't look as if it gets a lot of use". What constitutes a lot of use do you think?

14 04 Nov 2014

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I've just sent out all of the Secret Santa emails, so everyone now knows who to make a gift for and a little bit about their likes and dislikes. There will be a lot of head scratching going on about what to make. To help with the creative process, ple

68 02 Nov 2014

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Sorry to be a killjoy, but am I the only one around here who is glad to see the back of Halloween? I can't get my head round why small children are encouraged to beg with menace, an activity which would be frowned upon at any other time. Near where I li

45 01 Nov 2014

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I thought I'd play with my embellishing machine while my sewing machine was at the doctors. I have created this piece of felted fabric which isn't too bad, but, basically I'm not artistic enough to improve on it. Does anyone else use one of these machi

6 30 Oct 2014

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I haven't been very good at adding tags to my projects lately and I have resolved to improve! It really is helpful when you are trying to search. One thing I have noticed is that some people are trying much harder than I to add tags, but that they are

4 28 Oct 2014

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My neighbour has a Janome MC 8000CE machine which she bought at an auction. She has used it as a sewing machine and it is fine. She is scared to try it in embroidery mode (particularly as her husband interferes!) I'm going to try to help her with it. I'

8 28 Oct 2014

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Please may I make a request on behalf of all those who have to use a translator to access the site? I've noticed that recently a lot of abbreviations and bits of textspeak are creeping into our posts and these will be making it very difficult for those f

18 24 Oct 2014

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I made these curtains (in my new bathroom) from a duvet cover I bought in 1974. Just shows that if you keep something for long enough, it will come in useful!

21 20 Oct 2014

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Please could you all have a look underneath and behind your sofa cushions for me? Last night, I decided to knit some of those cute little Christmas puddings that hold a single Ferrero Rocher chocolate. I finished the first one and sewed it up. When I

36 19 Oct 2014

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Well, various people have given me a nudge so here goes.<br /><br /> If you would like to take part in the Cute Embroidery Secret Santa gift giving this year, please send an email to me at cutesecretsanta(at)yahoo(dot)com so I can put you on my list. I

29 15 Oct 2014

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Here we are in a rural village hall in deepest Nottinghamshire with lots of like minded people. Someone said "pose". Nuff said. So, here is me, with rosakent at the back and wendymay60 and gillemmerson. Wendy is visiting England from Australia an

25 11 Oct 2014