spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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I was showing my big sister how to use the MC11000SE machine yesterday and she asked what people used the built in stitches for. I must admit that I have used very few. Today I had a look through those on my new MC15000 and discovered washing instructi

15 23 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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I've wanted to make a rag rug for ages. My made them (mostly before I was born) and I never learned how to do it. However, Jenny at my Stitching Bee inspired me to get on with it when she mentioned that fleece fabric was great for rug making.

15 23 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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Jumble Sale Challenge #3 This is the back of the same pair of jeans. I like it much better than the first one. By the way, this is the last project from my MC11000SE!

22 20 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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Woo hoo. My new machine (Janome MC15000) has arrived. It has been in the house for 3 hours and is all put together and a couple of built in designs have been stitched out. All is well except my credit card balance!

39 20 Apr 2015

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It doesn't seem 5 minutes since Christmas, but it is time for Secret Santa to start all over again! If you would like to take part in a gift exchange to celebrate the anniversary of this website, please send an email to cutesecretsanta(at)yahoo.co

35 18 Apr 2015

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Jumble Sale Challenge #2 I saw something like this on Pinterest and I'm not 100% happy with my version. It would have been better with a larger pair of jeans. (These were only size 8)

25 18 Apr 2015

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My postman has just delivered two parcels from fellow Cuties! Both are full of inspiration so I'm really doing a happy dance here. The friendship here is just fantastic. If anyone reading this is just a lurker here, please think about taking a full pa

10 17 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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I stole the idea for this cushion from Rosakent. (Thanks Jo!) I had a few hexagons left over from a previous project which didn't "go" with my current project so I used them for this quickie.

22 17 Apr 2015

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I've added some new wooden buttons to my collection so I had to try them out. I used one of my own designs (available on Yoriko's site). I enlarged the design file and deleted the little flowers. I was going to stitch some parts of the design twice so t

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[1] Original design can be found here.

www.mygardened.com

34 15 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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Jumble Sale Challenge #1 This shirt was a size 20 (I'm a 12) but it looked unworn and I liked the colour. I had to cut up the side seams to get the design (Urban Threads) positioned near the neckline, so it was easy to restitch the side and sleeve sea

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[1] Jumble Sale Challenge

www.cuteembroidery.com

19 14 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Community

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Jumble Sale Challenge. My daughter and I went to an old fashioned jumble sale on Saturday. We bought 6 pairs of denim jeans, a t-shirt (many sizes too big), a dress (about 40 years too young) and a pair of plain black 100% cotton full length curtains (

18 13 Apr 2015

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Back to smocking. I decided to see if I could make something that looked like English Smocking on the embroidery machine. (I know smocking designs exist, but I didn't study them as I wanted to work through the process for myself.) Here is my first attemp

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[1] Previous thread

www.cuteembroidery.com

9 12 Apr 2015

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by spendlove in Project

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Jellyroll quilt - made "strip and flip" on a polar fleece backing. I couldn't get quite high enough with the camera to keep the picture rectangular! The vertical stripes are cut narrower than the rainbow jellyroll strips (it isn't your eyes.) It me

25 10 Apr 2015

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Some hand embroidery for a change. This was a kit Scottie gave to me shortly before she died. It is extremely complex, particularly as it is small (20cm x 15cm). The mount was embroidered separately and both it and the central picture use a variety of

37 08 Apr 2015

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This morning my laptop behaved very strangely. The mouse scroll wheel worked as if the control key was pressed, so it enlarged rather than scrolled. I couldn't open emails, and each time I tried to log out of them, a new win

5 01 Apr 2015