spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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Tea towel and matching kitchen roll. Design from Urban threads. These will be a raffle prize at a tea party on Sunday where my choir is singing.

18 01 Jun 2015

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I've been working on a new(at least to me) method of putting a zip into an ITH design for my J-club ladies. This tissue case also uses the new method. The cross stitch design is in the style of the Eastern European designs going back hundreds of years an

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

18 30 May 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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This is the cross stitch irises design which Carolyn kindly tested for me while I was on holiday. It is now available on Yoriko's site. It consists of a corner and a border, each for 100mm square hoops, but there is also a complete 140mm square, a 14

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[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

17 28 May 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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How are the gifts coming along for the Cute Birthday Swap? One or two people have already shared pictures with me, but I haven't even started mine!

23 27 May 2015

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I've spent a couple of hours this afternoon reacquainting myself with my new sewing machine. (I've had it for five weeks but been on holiday for the last three.) I managed all the technical stuff, but I think I've left some common sense behind somew

11 27 May 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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On my travels, I bought some fabric in Scotland. They have just brought in a law preventing shops giving plastic carrier bags. They have had the same law in Wales for some time and I hope that England will not be long to do the same. I thought up this pun

13 27 May 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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I've been browsing through the design pages to find a design for my Secret Sister birthday gift. (I'll be sorting the names tomorrow, but I'm waiting for a couple of people's replies to my emails.) I've found some absolute crackers! I urge you all

7 02 May 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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For those who are afraid to try embroidery on wood. I've been experimenting some more today, so I took more pictures. The box I had was 80mm square and the balsa strips were 75mm so a join was needed. I hooped tearaway stabiliser and scribbled

15 30 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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Hoop storage. For my MC 11000SE I had hanging pockets which kept all my hoops safe and to hand. The hoops for my MC 15000 are far two unwieldy to do that so I had to think of a new idea. Mike made me a strong wooden frame on a thick base and cut thin shee

21 30 Apr 2015

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Another wooden box. This one took two sheets and you will see that they are not quite the same colour. (I think they will fade to be the same.) Don't be afraid of stitching on balsa wood - you can cut it with scissors! Hoop tear away stabiliser and

44 26 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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New Machine update. I've had time to play properly today. I've been very busy over the last few days and only had time to stitch out a couple of the built in designs (unremarkable) and ruin one actual project (my fault entirely for assuming I didn't ne

10 25 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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I've had this box waiting "the treatment" for a while. It is just under 25cm square. My 230mm square hoop was just big enough to fit the balsa sheets in and stitch this design from Urban Threads.<br /><br /> The box had contained a Sachertorte which

36 25 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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The postman brought me some squeakers today, so I made a bear to put one in. This one was made in the 230mm x 300mm hoop. I need to go back to the design and make the mouth bolder so it doesn't disappear into his face.

12 25 Apr 2015

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At last I've had time to play with my new machine. (To say I've been frustrated would be an understatement!) Here is a placemat made in the 230mm x 300mm hoop. The cutlery is not a reflection on our table manners! I just thought the gardening tools w

15 25 Apr 2015

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I thought I would try another rag rug. This time the strips are about 15mm x 3mm. The backing is scrim which I put in an embroidery hoop and I used a cable needle as a proggy tool, working from the back. It is for the kitchen in my dolls house.

7 24 Apr 2015