spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Project

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Strawberry purse - nearly good enough to eat!

27 18 Apr 2012

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Jeans bag - made and lined in the hoop with no raw edges showing on the inside!

23 17 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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My take on peg cosies (although I've never noticed mine shivering on the washing line!) I didn't hoop the beer bottle one well enough and the label pulled it in so the lettering didn't fit.

16 16 Apr 2012

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Three samples of Japanese Braiding (Kumihimo) These are all made with eight threads using the same technique. The top one is using cord, the middle one cotton/acrylic double knitting yarn and the bottom one 6 strand embroidery floss. I'm working up to

30 15 Apr 2012

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Inspired by Pauline's mannequin card and Martine's applique bunting card. It took longer to tie the bow in the ribbon than to stitch the card!

22 15 Apr 2012

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Something old, something new, something borrowed, all blue. An old denim shirt, a new fat quarter printed with blue roses and a drawstring from a pair of jogging bottoms. All made in the hoop. The design on the flap was a freebie that I particularly like.

23 15 Apr 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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ITH ladybird purse. As requested by Stork.

28 30 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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Yet another ITH purse. Again with suelyn7 in mind. This one is for the 20cm square hoop. I added Martine's cotton reel and my friends name. It is made of a cotton print but lined with curtain lining to give it body. The picture on the left is befor

22 29 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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I had suelyn7 in mind when I made this ITH purse. It has a zip in the top (not quite as successful in this lined version as it was in the dog.) I made it to fit my 20cm square hoop and trapped shoe lace halves in the corners and a few cm up the sides. Whe

19 29 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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ITH purse - I digitised this one to use those annoying strips of fabric left over when you have made a cushion from a printed panel. I found a zip with concealed teeth in my collection so I didn't make a flap with the upper fabric.

29 29 Mar 2012

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More zipped dog purses. I've been messing around with my original dog purse and come up with these two variations. This fabric (furnishing velvet) is not really suitable but I chose it because it was vaguely furry. I wasn't really successful at trying t

28 26 Mar 2012

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by spendlove in Project

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Easter Chick finger puppet. I needed a chick to complete my silly hat for Easter so I decided to try a finger puppet. This is stitched on craft foam.

23 25 Mar 2012

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Puppy Purse Eggyannie asked me to try a little dog purse to go with the cat. This is my first draft. I used the concealed zip method as I didn't want to see a zip across his forehead!

21 25 Mar 2012

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It's a wrap! I had a couple of flowers left from my Easter bonnet and my artistic daughter had just wrapped this gift for me. It was her idea to incorporate the flowers and make a big leaf for a label. The font disppeared into the craft foam somewhat, bu

8 24 Mar 2012

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Wear a silly hat for Easter! Mike and I usually wear silly hats at Easter. This is mine - I digitised very simple flower and leaf shapes and stitched them on craft foam. They are held in place with hot glue. Fo you recognise Martine's finger puppet bunny

26 24 Mar 2012