spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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This is one of the new Gilded Yule designs from Urban Threads. I thought it went rather well with my collection of Greenmen.

22 08 Nov 2014

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Remember, remember the 5th of November - Gunpowder treason and plot! Today is Bonfire night in UK when the gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 is commemorated. This is our traditional autumn money wasting event and I thought all

9 05 Nov 2014

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ITH Fox purse -fully lined no raw edges. Testing this design was the first thing I did when I collected my machine from the doctors!

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

27 05 Nov 2014

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Here is an interesting one for you - I just collected my machine from the doctors and John, the repair man said "this machine doesn't look as if it gets a lot of use". What constitutes a lot of use do you think?

14 04 Nov 2014

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I've just sent out all of the Secret Santa emails, so everyone now knows who to make a gift for and a little bit about their likes and dislikes. There will be a lot of head scratching going on about what to make. To help with the creative process, ple

68 02 Nov 2014

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Sorry to be a killjoy, but am I the only one around here who is glad to see the back of Halloween? I can't get my head round why small children are encouraged to beg with menace, an activity which would be frowned upon at any other time. Near where I li

45 01 Nov 2014

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This is Wolly the Hotpack - the latest in the set. He is made entirely in the hoop with a removable rice pack to heat up in the microwave. Perhaps I should explain his name. The owl in the Winnie the Pooh books was not a good speller and the always wro

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

19 31 Oct 2014

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I thought I'd play with my embellishing machine while my sewing machine was at the doctors. I have created this piece of felted fabric which isn't too bad, but, basically I'm not artistic enough to improve on it. Does anyone else use one of these machi

6 30 Oct 2014

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I haven't been very good at adding tags to my projects lately and I have resolved to improve! It really is helpful when you are trying to search. One thing I have noticed is that some people are trying much harder than I to add tags, but that they are

4 28 Oct 2014

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My neighbour has a Janome MC 8000CE machine which she bought at an auction. She has used it as a sewing machine and it is fine. She is scared to try it in embroidery mode (particularly as her husband interferes!) I'm going to try to help her with it. I'

8 28 Oct 2014

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Please may I make a request on behalf of all those who have to use a translator to access the site? I've noticed that recently a lot of abbreviations and bits of textspeak are creeping into our posts and these will be making it very difficult for those f

18 24 Oct 2014

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The next stage in using up those jellyroll leftovers. Four coasters to go with the table runner. The fabrics are Pine Island Batiks.

28 23 Oct 2014

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I made these curtains (in my new bathroom) from a duvet cover I bought in 1974. Just shows that if you keep something for long enough, it will come in useful!

21 20 Oct 2014

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I had some jelly roll strips left from my wallhanging so I thought I'd make a table runner. (Inspired by my SS in the Cute Birthday swap) The central leaf designs are from Urban Threads. I still have some oddments of fabric left so I suppose mugrugs w

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[1] Jelly roll wallhanging

www.cuteembroidery.com

31 20 Oct 2014

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Please could you all have a look underneath and behind your sofa cushions for me? Last night, I decided to knit some of those cute little Christmas puddings that hold a single Ferrero Rocher chocolate. I finished the first one and sewed it up. When I

36 19 Oct 2014