spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Project

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I digitised the logo of this festival last year to help the organisers with some fundraising. I customised the design for this bag especially for my good mate who will be coordinating operations up to and over the festival period.

8 08 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Barium Beryllium. Do you think a 60 something slightly eccentric woman can get away with wearing this? (I hate to see this sort of thing on children by the way!)

13 08 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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My little furry helper hides under my sewing machine table when there are flies or wasps about. I think she prefers to buzzing of the machine!

12 08 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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More fun with buttons. I wanted to create the impression of a herbaceous border which looked like hand embroidery. I used cotton thread. I think the design needs another couple of layers.<br /><br /> Dennis, if you look carefully, you will see where I

1 links:

[1] Buttons on Ebay

www.ebay.co.uk

26 08 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I'm helping a friend learn how to use a computer. (As she looks after our garden when we are away, I'm happy to do anything I can in return.) Now, you may not believe this, but she has never even used a typewriter before! She is getting on really we

9 07 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I normally leave filled designs to the experts, but I couldn't resist having a go at this one. The original version of this celtic dragon decorates the side of our friends' camper van. That was a bit long and thin so my friend kindly redrew it for me. T

19 07 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Ropheka has asked me to post this for her. She is thrilled with this apron she received from her secret sister for her birthday, which is today. She asked me to say how much she adored it, specially making it personal just for her with Rosemary on it. Hap

8 07 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Cross-stitch rainbow watch strap. This is stitched on grosgrain ribbon and then backed with the same. I think it will wear really well.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

16 04 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Ideas please! My daughter bought me a gorgeous jelly roll for my birthday and I'm itching to play with it (although it looks beautiful just as it is.) I thought I might make a jacket with it and wondered if anyone else had done so and how it turned out.

17 03 Jun 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I managed to finish this cross stitch picture while I was away on holiday. It used thread in different thicknesses - the manes were one strand, most of the rest was two, but the black areas were three strands. It measures about 16x8 (inches) The kit was a

32 31 May 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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This is a variation of the cow coaster design used as an applique on a tea-towel. It is intended as a light hearted expression of one of the reasons for my life-style.

1 links:

[1] Have a look here

www.butcherscat.com

11 30 May 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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More fun with buttons. I've used the wooden buttons as centres for the yo-yo flowers. Not sure how useful it will be, as the centres of the yo-yos are a bit thick.

15 30 May 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Another tetrahedron. This design is for 180x130 hoop and is now available from Yoriko's site. It is stitched in one piece.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

9 30 May 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Tiny pincushion or perhaps a Christmas decoration. This design fits in a 100mm square hoop. I'm afraid it does need a bit of extra sewing - but not as much as a biscornu!

5 29 May 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Woo hoo - its been raining all afternoon so I couldn't do any gardening! (There is plenty to do after being away from home for four weeks) So I went into my sewing room to see if my machine was still speaking to me. I asked Mike to take a photo of what I

13 29 May 2013