spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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Second zippy bag with a twist. I made this one rectangular, didn't bother with quilting but added a second fabric. The left had picture is of the bottom. I'm dead chuffed with this one! I've since done a search (I had no idea that the shape was ca

23 19 Jun 2012

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A zippy bag with a twist. (Mostly ITH) I've had this in mind for some time and only got around to it today. It has quilted leaves on it but you can only really see them on the base so I'm going back to the drawing board with another idea. I really like

18 19 Jun 2012

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A pair of ITH glasses cases - stitched on upholstery fabric with tape measure snap closures.

28 19 Jun 2012

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A bag with attitude. I test stitched the current Urban Threads freebie on some upholstery fabric and liked it so much I turned it into a simple shoulder bag. The design is free until tomorrow if you are interested!

19 18 Jun 2012

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Snap top pouch - I thought I'd have a change from ITH zipped things and decided to have a go at digitising a pouch with bits of tape measure in the top. This prototype has a touch denim type fabric inside and a scrap of print outside. (I stitched across

24 30 May 2012

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Hand embroidery - this piece of counted canvas work (mostly half cross stitch) was my "long winter evenings" project. With a lot of help from Mike, I've made it into a footstool. The roses were quite fun to stitch but the acres of background weren't!

18 29 May 2012

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This purse is pants! I saw gigi30's small make-up pouch the other day and decided to have a go at a version ITH. I thought it would be more useful without the cut out legs. Must get some better skin toned fabric though!

23 27 May 2012

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Flower of the month hand embroidery. This was the project I took on holiday. It was from a kit I bought on Ebay and I don't know where in the world it originated, but most of the flowers are not what we would expect here in UK! It is a gift for my friend

22 26 May 2012

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Another one with the CD recycling design.

43 25 Apr 2012

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Another suggestion for the April challenge - use the outline to applique any stitched design to a card.

18 23 Apr 2012

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Recycle - upcycle - the possibilities are endless! Greysewist gave me this idea. I digitiesed an outline design just a bit bigger than a CD. For this example, I stitched the text on felt with the outline, then removed from the machine and fixed an old CD

15 22 Apr 2012

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April challenge As no-one has posted a picture showing the most obvious use for the outline design (IMHO) I thought I would! I stitched the heirloom mini pin cushion design (thanks to Martine) first, then the octagonal outline. I stitched that again to

30 22 Apr 2012

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Another way to use the denim queen design. This one is using black synthetic velveteen with Yoriko's sugar skull (in DBC) instead of the words. It used up another of my pouns shop shoe laces for the handle. It is lines as in the instructions so the seams

15 20 Apr 2012

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A round tuit. Bevintex suggested this for a peg cosy but I've put a circle of stiff card between the two layers of felt and will glue a magnet on the back I think. Peg cosy designs can be used for other things just as other things can be used as peg cosi

10 20 Apr 2012

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Light bulb peg cosy. I wanted to put "Inspiration" but it was too long! Lots of space though, for short snappy phrases - any suggestions?

25 19 Apr 2012