spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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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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by spendlove in Project

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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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by spendlove in Project

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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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by spendlove in Community

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Challenge time! The Projects section is moving very slowly at the moment. Some of you must be busy at your embroidery machines so why not show the rest of us what you are working on?

10 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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by spendlove in Community

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Four cathedral window origami pinwheel blocks made up into a cushion cover. This technique is really fun to do and I'm going to seek out more blocks using origami methods. Four more pinwheel blocks - striped fabric seems to be particularly effecti

9 22 Apr 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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I'm not very interested in how many flowers I have, but I do like numbers. Currently I have 123446 and I would love to see 123456 before I go to bed and miss it!

8 19 Apr 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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I've been doodling while my embroidery machine was busy. This is the first time I've tried a cathedral window origami pinwheel. It is all done by folding , nipping, tucking and rolling, starting with a much bigger square of fabric than the finished prod

10 19 Apr 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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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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by spendlove in Project

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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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by spendlove in Project

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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

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This is quilting like you've never seen before! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOx62QqlVxI

12 14 Apr 2016

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My friend's son picked her air erasable marker pen and used it do do his school homework. Of course, the next morning it had disappeared so she had to write him a letter of explanation to take to school. I don't think he will borrow it again! I'm

17 14 Apr 2016