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NEW Freebie for May is Ready to Print

Print out and embroider your 5th installment in our series of 12 Fruits and Veggies to embroider on a pretty and useful tea towel from Dunroven House.

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Fat green Bell Peppers are stitched on our Red Striped tea towel with #3346 Hunter Green DMC #8 Perle Cotton. 

Because it is so QUICK & EASY I copied the illustration onto Sticky Fabri-Solvy (as usual!) and was ready to embroider in just a couple of minutes.  Give it a try this month with your Free design.

 

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When my embroidery is finished it is a treat to dissolve the printed (and stitched over) Sticky Fabri-Solvy with  warm running water in the kitchen sink.  It really does work!  Just let the water run on your towel and see the film float away in front of your eyes.  Don’t be stingy – use plenty of water and rinse after.

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Happy May to you.  Make a quick Mother’s Day gift with our Free Designs. 

Comments

  1. LorisMay 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    Thank you for the bell peppers :-)
    It was great to see you at our show in San Luis this past weekend! I'm loving my Solvy!

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  2. InaMay 4, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    I LOVE the new pillow case designs! Adorable. ;p

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