Tag Archives: Making embroidered cards

A machine embroidered heart card

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

I looked everywhere to purchase cards for my twin daughters fortieth birthdays but nothing was suitable so I set about creating machine embroidered ones. When I last made an embroidered card I used a blank card without an opening with … Continue reading →

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Embroidered birthday card with texture

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

The challenge I set myself this year for my sister’s birthday card was to create a textured  coat with an astrakhan type collar on one of Kate Greenaway’s little children.

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This year’s machine embroidered Christmas card

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

Those of  you who follow my blog know that every Christmas I make a very special machine embroidered card for my sister from one of my designs. Last week I made this years one for her and thought I should … Continue reading →

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embroidering applique orchids

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

I have two all time favourite flowers, orchids are grown inside my home and fuchsias grow outside in my garden and many of the tender ones are over wintered in my greenhouse.  It has taken me a long time to … Continue reading →

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time for another embroidered Christmas card

Posted on December 19, 2016 by

Each year I make it my aim to embroider a very special Christmas card for my sister. This year I was inspired by some wrapping paper. It wasn’t necessarily the design but the colour scheme that caught my eye. Something … Continue reading →

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another Christmas card for my sister!

Posted on December 23, 2015 by

Its that time of year again when the days, hours and minutes fly by all too quickly and my Christmas embroidered card for my sister must be designed and finished to catch the last post. As so often happens when I … Continue reading →

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a Crazy Quilt block for Easter!

Posted on April 1, 2015 by

Easter has caught up with me and so today I tested out the Crazy quilt block I had designed to capture all the wonder of this lovely time of year. There are two crosses, one very simple and a more … Continue reading →

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Creating a Graceful Snowflake card (part 3)

Posted on December 24, 2014 by

Those of you following my blogs will be pleased that I finally perfected and finished my embroidered card to send to my sister. I was not happy with the snowflakes that I had made at all, and it was only when … Continue reading →

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Bridal Lace 3 dimensional card

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

It was getting near to my sister’s birthday so I knew it was time to plan a special card for her. I choice a design from my Bridal Lace 2 collection and one from Graceful Wings 1. Bridal Lace 2 … Continue reading →

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