spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Project

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I had a request for some Christmas Towel toppers. I hope these do the business! The basic plan is that the towel forms the body of the character. They are Ronnie the reindeer, Sidney the snowman and, of course, the man in red himself. The designs are a

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[1] Ronnie Reindeer

www.mygardened.com

17 06 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Christmas cutlery holders - made in two hoopings, fully lined with no raw edges inside. I spent quite a while puzzling over the engineering for these! The inspiration came from the fabulous fabric - It is printed cotton but looks just like knitting. Yo

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[1] Stocking design

www.mygardened.com

17 06 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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For a gift bottle - this is an Urban Threads design from the "Apothecary" set. I added an extra outline and satin stitch to make it free standing and elastic to keep it on the bottle. They aren't untrimmed jumps you can see,they are actually running

15 05 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Does anyone know where my embroidery foot is? I took it off the machine to put the sewing foot on and haven't seen it since. I've looked everywhere, including emptying my rubbish bag out on the floor. Where was yours when you last lost it? Luckily I

45 05 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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We had a mini Cute gathering today. Maria (grossfamilie) is visiting a friend in Lincoln so Gill Emerson and I drove over to meet her. Maria's friend Karla had made a delicious chocolate cake which was much appreciated! The first picture is Maria and

17 03 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Roll up case for pencils. Made ITH in two (or more) sections. The pencils are held firmly with elastic and the ends are protected by fabric pockets. This could also be used for crochet hooks. (Each section holds eight of whatever you want to put in, no

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

13 01 Dec 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Gasp!! I went into my local sewing machine shop today to buy some bobbins and found they had had a bit of a makeover. They now sell embroidery machines and the New Janome 15000 had pride of place. The gasp is because I now know how much it is! £6495 b

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[1] Machine brochure

janome.co.uk

10 30 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I've spent the last few weeks reorganising my sewing room and I think it is just about finished. I thought I'd better share these pictures before it is a mess again! I had a mottley collection of furniture which is now replaced by a worktop going rig

37 29 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I just realised that it is exactly 4 years since I first became a member of Cute Embroidery. (Doesn't time fly!?) In the beginning I was lured by the six free designs every day as I had only just bought my first embroidery machine. <br /><br /> I wen

25 29 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Playing with chocolate - no skill needed (only patience) as the pieces are made in moulds. The windows and ridge tiles are marzipan.

10 25 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Elephant bunting. This is the new alphabet on Yoriko's site. Really quick to make using felt to make a banner, birth announcement etc. 4x4 hoop. Thanks to Scottie for the inspiration!<br /><br /> BTW these were the designs that set me off on the font

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[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

23 25 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I created these dollies to look like the paper ones I used to cut out from folded paper when I was a little girl. They button together to make names or messages. Hope you like them!

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[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

26 21 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I found this idea on the Urban Threads site so I used a test stitchout to try it. I wish I'd left the stabiliser in place behind the white fabric.

20 20 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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This fantastic cake was made and decorated by my good friend Ann (scottie0930) - she'll never post a picture herself, but I thought you'd all like to see it! Her daughter's boyfriend is a bookmaker and it was for his birthday. Don't you just love that

21 17 Nov 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I have recently learned that it is no longer allowed to share designs created using the Embroidery Fonts Plus software so I've been thinking of buying the Embird Font Engine. However, I discovered that most TTF fonts have a clause in the licence which pr

2 links:

[1] 1001 free fonts for commercial use.

www.1001fonts.com

[2] The Font Squirrel

www.fontsquirrel.com

17 12 Nov 2013