spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Community

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This was just one block on an amazing quilt we saw at the Sewing for Pleasure show. I couldn't get a picture of the whole thing.

46 25 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Here is a spring lamb purse - now on Yoriko's site. Many thanks to rescuer for testing this design and helping me to iron out a few problems. That black button will have to go!

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

14 25 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Case for I-phone 4s. Made entirely in the hoop using furnishing fabric from a sample book. I searched for a suitable button at the Sewing for Pleasure show yesterday! The fabric in the background is another of my purchases.

16 23 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Pictures taken during our lunch break at the Sewing for Pleasure show today in Birmingham. We had a fantastic day! (Scottie, Eggyannie and Asterixsew) Plus me in the secondpicture.

16 22 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Happy Birthday Dennis999!

23 18 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I found this today and thought of you. (If the cap fits.......) It was stitched by a lady called Dorothy Theaker, but I don't know if she wrote it.

9 17 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Same design - two colour ways. The one on the right is my yest stitch for the design. I'd used linen fabric so I fringed the edges and appliqued it to a denim cushion cover. (Rather bluer than the picture shows.) So I thought I'd try the design in shade

9 17 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Still more purses. I thought we'd better have an Easter Bunny - this one is a bit dopey after the winter. The monkey is just cheeky. Two hoopings for the Bunny, just one for the Monkey.

1 links:

[1] Designs can be found here

www.mygardened.com

14 17 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Fed up of purses yet? I added a step to the basic design to include a woven ribbon flap.

20 15 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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"Hearts and flowers" cross stitch "samplers". The larger one is going to be the centre of a cushion and the smaller one will be framed.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

9 14 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Teddy bear purse. Last one for a while as I'm running out of ideas!

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

13 14 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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My challenge to myself is to persuade those of you who have not yet taken the plunge to have a go at an ITH design. I've put a really simple purse in DBC with instructions. Excuses busted: Excuse #1 - "I'm afraid of the zip." There isn't one!

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.cuteembroidery.com

15 14 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Hardanger sampler - I've done some more work on my Hardanger design. It is 200mm square and stitched in 10 wt cotton thread on a very open weave fabric. I would have prefered to use a single coloured thread (this kind of embroidery is traditionally done

20 13 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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"Sewing for Pleasure" (UK) is next week at the NEC. Scottie and I have our tickets and are planning a visit on Friday (22nd March). Is anyone else going?

6 12 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I've been experimenting with some traditional embroidery styles. The first two pictures are examples of the Hardanger style (from 17th century Norway). These are stitched in quite thick cotton thread. The third is in the Assisi style (from 16th century I

24 12 Mar 2013