spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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Just for newbies - click on your question to reveal the answer.

3 09 Nov 2013

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In the next hour or so, I will be sending out all of the information about the Secret Santas. To make this truly a Community activity, please add to this thread so that your Santa has some hints about what you would like to receive. I'll start it off

59 04 Nov 2013

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An assortment of notebooks, diaries and one address book I have covered to use some of my stash of printed cottons. (Oops the music diary, top left is upside down!) They all have curtain interlining inside for a bit more body.

17 02 Nov 2013

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Two designs - four peg bags for a craft fair at the weekend. Thanks Stella for starting me off on these!

13 31 Oct 2013

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Scottie told me this acronym the other day and I had to turn it into an embroidery design. I'm sure it applies to all of us! How could it be used though, now I have it ready to stitch I can't think what to put it on!

8 26 Oct 2013

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Christmas Card - the green sparkly background is from a muesli packet. (Not greasy like crisps/chips!) The tree is stitched on tear-away stabiliser and then cut out and stuck to the card. I used a Sharpie to colour the peel-offs to match.

15 25 Oct 2013

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Pegbag - I thought I'd try out the design Stella (the Duchess) asked for yesterday. The bag is waiting for a strip of wood and a hook in the top but himself has man flu and I hadn't the heart to send him out to the workshop.

18 22 Oct 2013

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Hand cross-stitch. This is a birthday gift for my good friend who looks after the garden when we are away. Unfortunately I didn't do enough research before I ordered the kit and I haven't enjoyed stitching it as much as I should. It relies too heavily o

47 19 Oct 2013

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ITH Christmas stockings inspired by Scandinavian traditional knitting designs. I just love watching cross stitch designs stitch out - it is like magic!

1 links:

[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

15 18 Oct 2013

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Its that time again! Please check your emails. I've just sent out 125 messages to those Secret Sisters on my list to invite them to take part in the swap for 2013. If anyone else would like to be included, please send an email to cutesecretsanta(at)ya

30 15 Oct 2013

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Mike took this picture of me at the seaside last week. I thought you might be amused. Pity I can't make it my avatar!

19 14 Oct 2013

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More Christmas cards. The outer two are my own cross stitch doodles. I think the centre one is a Katulle design. I've fixed the embroidery to the card with bondaweb.

9 05 Oct 2013

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Quilted toilet paper? I realised that 4x4 quilt blocks would fit perfectly (and quickly ) on toilet paper. This one is wrapped on cellophane ready for a craft fair.

17 05 Oct 2013

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For those who can receive UK TV. Tonight (2nd October) at 9pm on BBC4, The Fabric of Britain. "Plantagenet expert and medievalist Dan Jones concludes his journey by exploring the history of English embroidery, which once held a reputation as the fines

9 02 Oct 2013

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Christmas Cards. I stitched these Christmas puddings on calico. Then I ironed bondaweb on the back. I removed the paper backing before cutting the designs out with pinking shears. Finally I ironed the embroideries onto the card blanks. (Using a pressing c

11 02 Oct 2013