spendlove — Cute Embroidery

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by spendlove in Community

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An observation about bobbin thread. When I first bought my machine, I found some bargain prewound bobbins on Ebay. They were the wrong size, but I wound the thread on to my own bobbins. My machine hated the thread and it almost always pulled up to the top

7 06 Dec 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Wine bag #2. This is Katulle's applique design and the added Latin text means "In wine is truth"

18 04 Dec 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Wine bag #1 When I first used this design (one of Yoriko's_, I thought it was rather dense, so this time I enlarged it by 10%. The extra space made me think of putting something on the label so it has Chateau Thorpe 2011 on it. Thorpe is the surname of t

17 04 Dec 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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Secret Santa jiggery pokery! Yesterday I received a lovely gift in the post from the Netherlands. Now, I know who my SS is (couldn't keep it a secret from myself) and it isn't from her. Also, I opened the envelope before I realised what was happening -

19 02 Dec 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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As Advent has now started I thought it was time for a Secret Santa update. I have made my gift which is ready to pack up although I won't send it for a couple of weeks yet. I don't want it to arrive too early and be a temptation!

25 27 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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Can anyone tell me how to remove temporary spray adhesive from fabric? I've tried washing it and it seems pretty permanent to me!

12 23 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Bizarre Christmas Card - this is the current freebie at Urban Threads and is just perfect for my daughter. It is stitched on linen and then stretched over mounting board.

11 22 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Santa Glove Puppet - or is it Katulle's coaster?

21 21 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Martine's holly leaf again! I thought I would try to fit some leaves around the neckline of this old tee-shirt. I'm quite pleased with the result but I hope the dark blobs of spray adhesive will wash out!

26 20 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Useful greetings card. I made this design up as a coaster and attached it to the card. When the birthday is over the recipient will have the coaster to use. I think I need to trim a bit of the card as the coaster isn't in the middle!

20 20 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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Candy Canes in the UK. It looks as if the Works isn't having them this year (the manageress of our branch told me they didn't sell well last year). However, Aldi have some at the moment but probably won't for very long! Anyone know of another sou

8 19 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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I've just realised that it is now two years since I first stumbled across this site, just after I bought my embroidery machine. At the time, I had no idea of the potential of this new (to me) world. Thanks to you all, who have offered advice, inspiration

20 18 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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ITH Birthday Card. My good friend has a "milestone" birthday coming up so it was a good time to try out an idea for an all fabric greetings card.

21 17 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Community

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Secret Santa hint thread #3. What are your favourite items for embroidering?

43 07 Nov 2011

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by spendlove in Project

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Peas on Earth! This is a test stitch of the design I was asking for peas for the other week. Jan (hightechgrammy) kindly digitised it for me. (Huge thanks to her) Don't look too closely at the quilting - the lines are really askew. I must try harder....

17 06 Nov 2011