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Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)

realale

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2021, 15:58:58 PM »
it is going to be a bag for my NDN spot the mistake not sure if I can still use it.
There are no mistakes in sewing there are just creative design opportunities!!  :laughing:
So many beers, so little time.

Celia

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2021, 17:48:28 PM »
@Diane  it’s this pattern https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,13646.0.html

And my mistake is here, proves you shouldn’t cut out when tired I had plenty of extra

Diane

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2021, 19:15:45 PM »
@Celia I didn't notice that but i'm sure you could cover that by the seam allowance.....I  :loveit:

If it's annoying you how about just adding a small strip about 1" wide to cover it, just turn the edges under and then do your decorative stitch to secure.
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Celia

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2021, 08:56:22 AM »
Great idea @Diane i will see how it goes when I have to seam it together, it is coming out smaller than I thought it was going to be so I might have to do another anyway.  I just wanted to test put the fancy stitches on my new machine.

Thank you @Lemon Syllabub for mentioning this pattern

Diane

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2021, 08:58:39 AM »
@Celia Those fancy stitches are really nice and really adds to the bag, i think a lot of bags always come up smaller than you think, they always seem to look bigger in the picture.
I’m a fabricholic on the road to recovery. Just kidding. I’m on the road to the fabric store.

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Ohsewsimple

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2021, 12:20:41 PM »
@Celia Those fancy stitches are really nice and really adds to the bag, i think a lot of bags always come up smaller than you think, they always seem to look bigger in the picture.

I always have to get a piece of paper and draw the measurements on to check if I like it.  I can still end up with something not right.  Even designing one myself!   I don’t like big bags but do have to have room for my sunglasses all year round and the case is bulky. 

Iminei

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2021, 11:57:58 AM »
And if you need someone to give these marvellous Mistletide makes to ... Why not join in TSP's Fifth Secret Santa ?????
The Imperfect Perfectionist sews again

Acorn

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2021, 10:56:06 AM »
Aaaagh!

I stitched out the first of the 6 panels for my door hanging yesterday.  It stitched perfectly, and took all day (44.5k stitches - I tend to put it on a slow speed).

Here 'tis straight out of the hoop:

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Unfortunately I misread the dimensions - got them the wrong way around - and it's too wide for the pane of glass.  I'll have to find something to do with it though.
I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

coffeeandcake

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2021, 15:37:24 PM »
That's lovely @Acorn. Could you maybe frame it and hang it on a wall?

Celia

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #24 on: November 18, 2021, 16:37:55 PM »
One done
Thanks again @Lemon Syllabub for pointing out the pattern.  This I will fill with a few items for my next door NDN for Christmas. I did enjoy making it but don't think I will do more just a bit too fiddly for something to give a present in.

Diane

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2021, 16:45:58 PM »
@Celia That's really lovely and the red theme makes it look really festive....nice job  :thumb:
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realale

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #26 on: November 18, 2021, 17:09:36 PM »
@Celia I like the colour and fabrics you have used. It looks really good but I can understand it being too fiddly to do too many.

What would have been my entry in this competition is on the 'truth will out' thread but I had to start it way back in October to get all the embroideries done to hand it over by 1st December. I now have just over a week to finish the other. I may enter something else though  :P
So many beers, so little time.

Bodgeitandscarper

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #27 on: November 18, 2021, 18:55:53 PM »
Bodgeitandscarper's entry number 1

I've been embroidering Christmas cards for this year.  Easy to do on the embroidery machine, the main problem I had was getting the printing on the inside in the correct place.
The designs are ones that have been produced for doing on cardstock, mostly from Urban Threads, iirc.
Thanks for the tip of using double sided tape to secure the covering on the back of the embroidery.

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Bodgeitandscarper

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #28 on: November 18, 2021, 19:00:58 PM »
Bodgeitandscarper's entry number 2.

Key fobs for little presents for my kids, sewn on vinyl, by the trusty embroidery machine.

I used rivets to fasten the loop bit, they are a new-to-me thing I've recently discovered.

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Lachica

Re: Creating for the Festive Season (Nov 1- Dec 31 2021)
« Reply #29 on: November 18, 2021, 19:17:18 PM »
Both your entries are lovely @Bodgeitandscarper .
Mary
2020 stash: not gonna count, not gonna feel guilty.