spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Project

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I've been playing with cross stitch again. The first design needs some tweaks and a border yet but I'll put the simpler one in DBC. Even my husband thinks that these look hand stitched! I've used ordinary sewing thread as it seems to look more authe

14 09 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Yet another purse - a koala this time by request.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

16 09 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

+47✽

Here is a cat purse (as requested.) Made ITH in denim with a printed cotton lining. (No raw edges and in one hooping.) More animals may be on the way......

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

19 07 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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ElizabethAK has asked me to post this picture of her birthday gift. "to my Secret sister who sent me this gift for my birthday, a big FAT thank you - it is much appreciated."

9 07 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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I feel the need to rant. I know a lot of people gain a huge amount of pleasure from Secret Santa exchanges and it is all worthwhile for them. However, a small minority are spoiling things by either not sending a gift, or not posting a picture of the gift

21 05 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Yet another purse. Made ITH, fully lined with no raw edges. I'm quite chuffed with this one.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

28 05 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

+45✽

Cross stitch is my new addiction! It's Martine's fault (I have to blame someone!) I starched a piece of linen and stitched this design without stabiliser. I used matching bobbin thread so that I could compare the front and back of the stitching. (I a

19 04 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Another copyright question. I'm just treated myself to the cross-stitch plug-in for Embird so I'm playing with designs. Who will I upset if I digitise some traditional Eastern European designs which have been around for hundreds of years?

6 02 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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I can't help fiddling even when a design is complete so when Susan (rsehorse) said that my quilted purse design was very girly, I decided to make it even more so! On this one I added a frill of lace around the flap by tacking in into place before adding

15 02 Mar 2013

140717✽

by spendlove in Project

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What else could I have put this design on?!

16 02 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

+61✽

More purses - these are made in one hooping and take minutes to stitch out. I've enjoyed the challenge of making these work and I've got a few more ideas yet...

1 links:

[1] Design

www.mygardened.com

29 02 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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These purses are diamond quilted and made in two hoopings. Fully lined with no raw edges. I'm really pleased with them.

1 links:

[1] Design can be found here

www.mygardened.com

10 01 Mar 2013

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by spendlove in Community

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Sllakin asked if there was a heart shaped ITH purse design with a diagonal zip. It seems that there isn't, although there is a pattern available for one to be made on a sewing machine. If I digitise one am I contravening the copyright laws? Discuss...

1 links:

[1] sllakin's post

www.cuteembroidery.com

4 26 Feb 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Another purse - not a zip in sight! While I was pressing the zipped purses, I folded one in half and realised that the shape would lend itself to a purse with a flap. This sent the engineering part of my mind into overdrive and it came up with this. It is

22 24 Feb 2013

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by spendlove in Project

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Even more zipped purses. (Tell me please, if this is getting boring) I decided that I prefered the square quilting to the diamonds, so I redid the larger purse design. Unfortunately, when I tested it, I didn't position the back very carefully and I had t

25 24 Feb 2013