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Re: Mitten swap

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Well, here it is. Linda's beautiful finish inspired me to crack on with mine ...
i) the front,
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ii) the back
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I'm happy with the stitching, but the sewing of the two sides isn't as neat as it might be - I'm no seamstress!!

The mitten is stuffed with lavender too so it smells good!
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Very lovely Slinky.

I am a bit sad know as I did not stitch the exchange info on mine. Since I glues the felt to the inside I can not take it apart to do it now. :(
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Looks great to me, Jane -- and I love the writing!
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Rose, how about an (aida) tag shaped label that you could attach, with the details stitched on that, I am thinking of maybe doing that with the stitchers friendship exchange rather than stitching on the item itself.

Lovely mittens everyone :applesauce: :applesauce:
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I was thinking that Mags I will see what I can come up with.
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Lovely work Slinky :)
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That's lovely Slinky and I bet it smells wonderful!!
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It's really beautiful, Slinky! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Mabel Figworthy wrote:Looks great to me, Jane -- and I love the writing!
Well that's kind of you to say, Mabel, but the script was an experiment - both a success and disappointment.

I thought I'd try the 'convert your own handwriting to stitching using graph paper' technique, so the text "Mitten Swap" is my handwriting! It came out ok, but no better.

As I felt that wasn't as neat as I'd like, I used a different 'font' for the "Made by" line. I'm pleased with this because I made it up as I stitched it and this time it came out rather well, I think.
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Lovely Slinky. I almost did mine that way too but found the beaded ribbon and had to add it. Like your script too.
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I honestly do think the two different "fonts" work well together -- it's the contrast I suppose, but I really like it; I think you're probably doing the "being overly critical about our own work" bit that we are so good at here :-)
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i will have to put a little tag on my mitten as well, looks like i will have to go into my dmc software and try a few things.,,,off i go :thinks:
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Arggh! :x I was stitching mine together yesterday afternoon using my mum's sewing machine, and when I trimmed off the excess fabric I cut it a little too close to the stitching and have to start all over again as the fabric frayed and I can't save it :doh:
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:cry: I am sorry Kimkat.
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Oh no :( That's nasty.
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When are we finding out who we are sending our mittens to?
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Wendy is going to let us know when it is time to send them out at the end of the month I think.
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Oh Kimkat what a shame :hug: !
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K1nS wrote:When are we finding out who we are sending our mittens to?

when everyone is done, i'll arrange the list then you all can swap adresses via PM

sound good to everyone?
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coffee_freak wrote:
K1nS wrote:When are we finding out who we are sending our mittens to?

when everyone is done, i'll arrange the list then you all can swap adresses via PM

sound good to everyone?
Sounds good to me :)
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