spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Community

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We had a discussion a week or so ago about how words have different meanings in different parts of the world. We only talked about sewing words. However, it all goes much further and has much more serious implications. Some words which are deeply profa

7 09 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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For those of you who liked the sheepish fabric I've used for a couple of projects lately I have found out that it is "Knitty Sheep" designed by Greta Lynn for Kanvas. I've googled it and it should be possible to get it in USA. However, I also f

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[1] Knitty Bits

www.cuteembroidery.com

[2] More sheepy fabric

www.ebay.com

4 08 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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More birds as requested. I hope you approve of these two - I looked at hundreds of photographs before I came up with these! Like the British birds, they are stitched on felt and the colour of the felt shows through the "feathers".

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[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

19 06 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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I had a small piece of sheepish fabric left, so I thought I had better use it before I lost it! Hence this purse for all of the paraphernalia that knitters carry about (stitch holders, tape measure, cable needles etc.) The word paraphernalia didn't fit s

17 04 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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Three cute little guys to look after your Easter goodies with alternative fastening methods. Kam Snaps - yet again. Unfortunately the chick (or is it a duckling?) doesn't have room for an overlapped back and it is optional on the other two!

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[1] Designs can be found here

coolyemb.com

23 04 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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This is a quilt block from Sew magazine here in England. I was helping one of the young members of our stitching bee to put one of these together so I thought I'd do one myself! Mike says it looks more like a cat than a rabbit. In answer to "how

17 02 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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After some tweaking my little birds are ready to fly around the world. They are the common birds that are found in English gardens, just about life size and made in felt. They perch with the help of tiny clothes pegs. The leaf design is included. I hop

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[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

23 01 Mar 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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A case for a set of crochet hooks, made in the hoop. I couldn't resist the fabric! The elastic is under slight tension so it holds the hooks firmly, but it does distort the shape a little.

28 29 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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When I digitised the very simple place setting design for the village hall table cloth, I didn't realise now versatile it would be. Here is the largest size in the centre of a quilted place mat made in the hoop. The fabric for the ends and backs was a

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

14 28 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Project

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This is a new strip and flip zipped purse made by my easy zip method. It can be made with a matching striped back or a plain back. This design was made to give something a little more challenging for my J-club ladies and one of then made the green and

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

22 28 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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I have a fancy to make some gift bags with a transparent window. Lots of you must have made them already - what do you use for the window?

7 26 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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I think that our non-English speaking members do a fabulous job, but the rest of us must make life hard for them with some of the language we use. This is because around the English speaking world we have either different words for the same thing or the s

14 26 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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If any of you have had strange emails from lucypiwow please delete them. Do not click on the link. She knows that her email account was hacked and has taken the right steps to make sure it is now safe(r than it was!)

9 22 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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This tape measure came as part of a set of "tools for knitters". It has centimeters on one side and a mysterious unit on the other which I have not previously come across. Each one is equivalent to about one and a quarter inches. I measured my waist wit

7 21 Feb 2016

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by spendlove in Community

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One of my J-club ladies has just sent me this picture of a bag she has made using the ITH courthouse steps block I showed them how to make at our last meeting. I'm so chuffed! I digitised nine different blocks for them so they should be busy for weeks

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[1] My nine blocks

www.cuteembroidery.com

17 19 Feb 2016