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| When I saw the Deb
Strain CD, Thru The Years, I knew I had to have it and of course the
calendar that matches! Each month I am making a towel to hang on a
hanger beside the calendar. (It's amazing how fast those months have
flown by and it's time to make a new towel!) |
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| January: I
thought the pineapple design was a very fitting welcome to the designs.
I made the towel out of material that I had and used my new ruffler foot.
I wish I would have purchased the foot long ago. Makes such nice
neat pleats. |
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| February: Hearts
and love abound on this months selection. I attached the band to the
gingham towel with prairie points. Prairie Points have always been a
favorite of mine. |
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| March: The
background (sky) of this design is appliquéd material. The towel
itself was just placemat from Meijers. |
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| April: For
April's design I just couldn't come up with a traditional towel material,
so I just used material from my stash. These towels are for
decorative purposes (!) only so it worked out just fine. There are
also borders that go along with each design and this one said, "Grow
Old With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be." |
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| May: I was fabric
shopping and I spied this material that I knew would go with the May
design. Lo and Behold it was a Deb Strain collection. (Am I
beginning to sound like an advertisement?) I did something a little
different with this one. The background (sky) material is appliquéd
on. So once I got the single stitching embroidered out that holds
the material down I backed up to do that again. This trip around I laid
down eyelet and went very slowly with the stitching. Then I
continued on as usual the eyelet was appliquéd on right along with the
background material! I added eyelet to the whole bottom of the towel
on finishing. |
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| Here is a close up of the details. |
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| June: For this
months I just embroidered the design directly on the towel. For two
reasons, I thought it would look o.k. (as the design would stand out from
the towel material) and I was running out of time, June got here before I
knew it! |
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| July: This design
just has it all for summer-watering cans, flowers, birdhouses, flags, and
even a bird nest. My friend Sherry had major surgery and has
decorated her house in Americana and this design was perfect on a towel
for her. I placed the design on burgundy material, edged it with
piping and added it to a purchased towel. |
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| August: This
design just spoke of cool breezes to me. I placed it on a purchased
towel the closest I could come to for the color of sand. The anchors
are cut, copied and pasted from the border section for August. |
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| September: The
kids are back in school! I placed this design directly on a
purchased towel. The apples above the sq. are cut from the design
and pasted in an arch. The note paper and bell come from the border
design and the words School Days come from the Viking Kids font.
(BTW mine are ALL finally in school all day!) |
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| October: When
October is over I will hate putting this towel away, I really like this
design, it has so much texture. The towel is just made from some
material that I found in my stash with acorns and oak leaves on it. |
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November: This
towel has the two things in it that I collect. Apples and
Angels. (nice that my daughters name was Angel!) The design is
sewn out on a piece of material and then put on a towel that I made out of
some apple material I found in my stash, along with ruffles made with my
ruffler. |
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| Patriotic wall hangings
- Wall hangings made for the kids class rooms. Designs purchased from
Embroidery Library. Murphy split Rick's and I did Angel's.
Note from Murphy - nice job, Rebecca. Your
kids are growing up so fast! I know they were very proud to take in
these wonderful patriotic wall hangings that you made for them.
Angel and Rick are so lucky to have such a creative Mom!
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