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:applesauce: Very nice! What a perfect gift for your friend, Linda!!
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Thanks everyone, I posted a pic for her as I shipped late. She is thrilled.
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Finish #2 for 2017. Patchwork butterfly is now hanging on my front door, It uses all 16 of the new shades.
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:applesauce: :wub: I really love your butterfly, Linda!! Great stitching and design!!
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karen4bells wrote::applesauce: :wub: I really love your butterfly, Linda!! Great stitching and design!!
I agree. What a bright and cheerful welcome that is for visitors!

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Just finished this daisy coaster which will be part of a birthday present for a friend. Now away to start another one! :) I'm finding it difficult to cut the aida for the round coasters (I think I managed to pull it off) anyone got any tips for a neater finish?

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:applesauce: :applesauce: That coaster looks great! Can't wait to see the others you do. I can't help with your cutting question since I don't use aida and the coasters I've made were squares. Someone will have an idea to help you, I'm sure.

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Thanks Carole! It's nice to be posting again have been popping in and out over the last few months but haven't been doing much stitching xxx
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The coaster is very pretty Nicola & I look forward to seeing the others you make. I use Aida & when I made key rings last year I had probs with the shapes too. Hopefully I can glean a few tips when more answers are posted from more experienced x-stitchers. :applesauce:

I love the Butterfly Mauverne, very pretty & unusual design
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Thanks Izzi! :) xxx
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I love the coaster, Nicola!! No ideas on cutting the Aida into shoes from me, but yours came out great!!
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Coaster is very pretty. Finish looks great. The only thing I can think of is that if you have a sewing machine, stitch just inside the cutting line, that may hold the threads together to avoid the spaces. You could use white thread or a different colour to match to the colours used in the stitching.
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Lovely coaster. I use iron-on interfacing, hides the back a bit and makes it easier to cut neatly with no fraying. :D
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Thanks Linda and Mags! Unfortunately I don't have a sewing machine what I did was trace round the inside of the coaster then I cut a piece of card and then put that inside to hide the back. I tried cutting the design on the fabric into a circle to fit inside and trimmed as I went along but need to think of a better idea especially as I have OCD and like the design to be in the exact centre. Thanks for the tips xxx
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I stitched this little repetitive pattern during the Easter break, and today made it into this zipper pouch.



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Last edited by agi on Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Linda - I love your Butterfly with all those lovely colours in them, nice and bright.

Nicola, how fresh and elegant that coaster is, it looks really marvellous.

Agi - Sadly all I have on my screen is a large black blob with a minus sign on it - drat it.
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Likewise - :wub: the colourful butterfly and the cheerful flower, but can't see Agi's pics :-(
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They show on my screen :( Let me see if I can do something about it.
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Edited the post, tried another way, can you see the pictures now?
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Yes, and very pretty they are too! (and useful!)
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