spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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Todays therapy session. I saw sandyqueen's design in DBC and thought it would fit nicely into the CD recycling design. While I was at it I added one of Scotties sayings (she was waxing lyrical over a bottle of medicinal red wine the other night!)As it wa

15 29 Jun 2012

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Secret Birthdays. Ropheka received this gorgeous cushion from her secret sister earlier this month. She asked me to share the picture for her. She hasn't been very well so I'm sure you all want to join me to say Get Well Soon!

29 27 Jun 2012

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Sad news to share, I'm afraid. My sister (Cute name songthrush) died suddenly yesterday. Although she was not a regular contributor (being a bit of a technophobe) she was one of the Cute family who loved her machine embroidery. The last time we spent a d

106 23 Jun 2012

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Secret Santa updates. I was on the point of knocking Secret Santa on the head due to the frustration of the Towel swap (we still have 7 sets of towels still to arrive.) However, today I received an email from a very sweet person (who shall remain nameless

39 20 Jun 2012

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Second zippy bag with a twist. I made this one rectangular, didn't bother with quilting but added a second fabric. The left had picture is of the bottom. I'm dead chuffed with this one! I've since done a search (I had no idea that the shape was ca

23 19 Jun 2012

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A zippy bag with a twist. (Mostly ITH) I've had this in mind for some time and only got around to it today. It has quilted leaves on it but you can only really see them on the base so I'm going back to the drawing board with another idea. I really like

18 19 Jun 2012

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A pair of ITH glasses cases - stitched on upholstery fabric with tape measure snap closures.

28 19 Jun 2012

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A question about copyright. I have made myself an ITH glasses case. How do I know if I am in breach of copyright laws if I share the design with others? It has a snap top using bits of tape measure. I'm sure that there are plenty of glasses cases avai

17 18 Jun 2012

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A bag with attitude. I test stitched the current Urban Threads freebie on some upholstery fabric and liked it so much I turned it into a simple shoulder bag. The design is free until tomorrow if you are interested!

19 18 Jun 2012

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Snap top pouch - I thought I'd have a change from ITH zipped things and decided to have a go at digitising a pouch with bits of tape measure in the top. This prototype has a touch denim type fabric inside and a scrap of print outside. (I stitched across

24 30 May 2012

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I've been fiddling with quilt blocks pieced in the hoop. I completed two, photographed them and then built up a picture of what a finished quilt would look like. Do you use any other methods before you begin a quilt? The first and third pictures are t

31 30 May 2012

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Hand embroidery - this piece of counted canvas work (mostly half cross stitch) was my "long winter evenings" project. With a lot of help from Mike, I've made it into a footstool. The roses were quite fun to stitch but the acres of background weren't!

18 29 May 2012

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I'm trying to trace all of the towels in the exchange, but there are pictures and posts in several threads. Pretty please could you use this thread to tell me if you have sent and received towels so that I can colour in my spreadsheet?

99 27 May 2012

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This purse is pants! I saw gigi30's small make-up pouch the other day and decided to have a go at a version ITH. I thought it would be more useful without the cut out legs. Must get some better skin toned fabric though!

23 27 May 2012

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Flower of the month hand embroidery. This was the project I took on holiday. It was from a kit I bought on Ebay and I don't know where in the world it originated, but most of the flowers are not what we would expect here in UK! It is a gift for my friend

22 26 May 2012