spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Community

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Sad news to share, I'm afraid. My sister (Cute name songthrush) died suddenly yesterday. Although she was not a regular contributor (being a bit of a technophobe) she was one of the Cute family who loved her machine embroidery. The last time we spent a d

106 23 Jun 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Secret Santa updates. I was on the point of knocking Secret Santa on the head due to the frustration of the Towel swap (we still have 7 sets of towels still to arrive.) However, today I received an email from a very sweet person (who shall remain nameless

39 20 Jun 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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A question about copyright. I have made myself an ITH glasses case. How do I know if I am in breach of copyright laws if I share the design with others? It has a snap top using bits of tape measure. I'm sure that there are plenty of glasses cases avai

17 18 Jun 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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I've been fiddling with quilt blocks pieced in the hoop. I completed two, photographed them and then built up a picture of what a finished quilt would look like. Do you use any other methods before you begin a quilt? The first and third pictures are t

31 30 May 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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I'm trying to trace all of the towels in the exchange, but there are pictures and posts in several threads. Pretty please could you use this thread to tell me if you have sent and received towels so that I can colour in my spreadsheet?

99 27 May 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Here I am back after 4 weeks on holiday! (You might have noticed that I don't like to advertise the fact that I am away from home before I go.) We have been in North Wales, walking the hills and coasts but along the way we spent a great weekend with Caro

42 24 May 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Hint to everyone hooked on peg cosies - It doesn't necessarily have to be a special design. I've just made one from my angel tealight cover and it looks fine!

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[1] http://designsbycuties.cuteembroidery.com/8658012_angel-tea-light-cover-back-battery.html

designsbycuties.cuteembroidery.com

4 17 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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ITH Challenge for April. Bev and I have had our heads together and this is the resulting challenge (if you choose to accept it!) 1. Follow the link to download the basic design. You may use all or part of the design. 2. Add any other design of yo

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[1] http://designsbycuties.cuteembroidery.com/8720752_ith-challenge-april-2012-instructions.ht...

designsbycuties.cuteembroidery.com

31 16 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Would those of you who have opted into the Secret Sister Tea Towel exchange like to put some details about your kitchen in this thread please? BTW you should have received the address to send to etc by email by now.

28 15 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Things which mystify me #3. Why is it that embroidery questions can languish here for hours without answers (although they seem to gather flowers) but non-embroidery questions get responses into double figures in no time at all?

32 14 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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Has anyone tried Japanese Braiding? It looks like an ideal way to use the cords we can make with embroidery thread which isn't up to standard. I couldn't use my bobbin winer but we got great results with a food mixer! I've bought a loom (Ebay) and will

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[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rnbfjvzycs

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14 12 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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I've been away over Easter, but not idle! I thought you might like to see what I have been doing. The picture shows some of the peg dolls and finger puppets made by the children I was working with and the video in the link shows the adults. (The first

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[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd-9whmvhfu

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16 11 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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I've just had a quick look back and (nearly) counted up the designs I have posted in DBC since I began digitising at the beginning of the year. I can hardly believe it is possible! I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has made comments and sug

43 30 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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UK Cute Convention Eggyannie (left), Scottie (right) and I met up for a coffee at the Sewing for Pleasure Show at the NEC (Birmingham UK) yesterday. I spent rather a lot of money (didn't find any $1 far quarters though!)and had a great time. Scottie i

38 24 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Community

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ITH Projects with zips are my current obsession and I've tried out a couple of variations to the technique today. I like to use curtain interlining to give my purses body and this time I actually used it instead of stabiliser. As it doesn't fray, it

35 20 Mar 2012