spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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A6 notebook cover - made in the hoop using fabrics from my music stash,

15 09 Jun 2016

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I've been fiddling with the engineering on the Cathedral Window style quilt block - hopefully to make it easier. Again I made it into a pincushion, but the second picture shows you just the finished block.

16 09 Jun 2016

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I wanted to see how this ITH quilt block would join up so I had to make enough to try.I think it has potential although the fabric I used for the central square should have been more robust. I obviously was't very careful to centre the design I used for

24 07 Jun 2016

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Wall hanging - the brief was "a sketchbook quilt with the theme of my favourite colour". (It isn't the strange shape it looks, I don't think I had the camera anything like level!) The piecing was done in the hoop along with the text, but I adde

22 06 Jun 2016

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A pincushion which didn't make the cut for the Secret Santa Swap. I wondered if it was possible to get a cathedral window effect in the hoop. It is, but by making it into a pincushion, it loses the full effect of the contrast corners. The rose is current

18 06 Jun 2016

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Evening bag. My big sister is going on a cruise and told me she was looking out for an evening bag. I knew I had black and purple satin so I doodled this design while I was away on holiday. I wanted a 3D applique flower and the purple satin screamed pansy

27 28 May 2016

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These are my entries for the Urban Threads colouring competition. Please look out for them in the shortlist for voting which should appear in a week or so. I forgot to say that the hoop design is coloured in with permanent markers and the zipped purse

23 27 Apr 2016

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A pair of cushions - the wine designs are from Urban Threads. We have wine made from our own grapes - quite a rarity here in England!

21 26 Apr 2016

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Birthday gift for my sister in law. They say that colouring in is the new Sudoku so this should be bang on trend! The jeans purse contains a set of fabric markers. Has anyone entered the Urban Threads colouring competition?

18 24 Apr 2016

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My J-club ladies wanted to try fringe designs, but they also like ITH items that can be completed during a club meeting. This is what I've come up with.

44 24 Apr 2016

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A bag to cheer up a friend who is having chemotherapy. I hope she doesn't notice that the greenman (from Urban Threads) isn't quite in the centre of the text (a song lyric.) There is a zipped pocket in the back of the bag. I used a leafy fancy stitch

14 22 Apr 2016

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Yet another summer top with an ITH neckline. This time I used the "delicate neckline" from Urban Threads and added the part to stitch the facing myself. The fabric is cheese cloth - recycled from a voluminous sundress rescued from the jumble (which stil

18 19 Apr 2016

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One of the new designs from Urban Threads, incorporated into my own ITH bag design. The denim and the strap are recycled but the lining is new!

13 17 Apr 2016

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This is a crazy woman taking a selfie whilst trying not to look at the camera! The hat and its decoration are made from recycled denim.

19 17 Apr 2016

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This was a floor length kaftan which is now a short one. I changed the ITH neckline I have used before for this. (I added a back neck decoration as well.) All I need now is some hot weather!

16 15 Apr 2016