by mops ( edited 15 Mar 2013 ) 15 Mar 2013

My hazel has been flowering for 2 months now. I took a picture and digitised this cross stitch design and made a cover for a small notebook (again).

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by blueeyedblonde 18 Mar 2013

nice job!

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by devon 16 Mar 2013

great job the cross stitch looks great.

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by capoodle 15 Mar 2013

A delicate looking flower and the cross stitch worked up nice for you.

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by marianb 15 Mar 2013

beautiful flower

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by buffy1 15 Mar 2013

beautiful

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by stewwoff 15 Mar 2013

Great work!!! What digitizing software do you have?

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mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

I used 5D Pro, but know that Embird works great too -even has some extras like the stitches Suedewsbury used for her Hardanger type design.

stewwoff by stewwoff 15 Mar 2013

I am going to buy either masterworks or 5D suite. Do you like yours, is it easy to understand?

mops by mops 16 Mar 2013

I mostly use Embird. I hate the consumer-friendly wizards in 5D, I just want to do things my way, but the cross stitch module works great.

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by suepayne 15 Mar 2013

the flower is super . iam new to mashine embroidery and love to know how to make a notebook cover,so i could put some of the great designs that we get from all our great cutie friends

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by momhome 15 Mar 2013

You are such a talented woman. A fantastic job in making the cross stitch design from the picture. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.

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by cj2sew 15 Mar 2013

What a beautiful rendition of such a gorgeous flower. I have never seen one. Are they a tropical plant? I got to look this one up....

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cj2sew by cj2sew 15 Mar 2013

Wow I just googled it and learned so much. Not tropical at all. Difference than the Hazel tree which has the nuts I love especially when covered in chocolate and the Witch-Hazel plant. I had never seen one and never knew all the medicinal powers it has. It is hard to imagine a seed popping open and throwing it 33ft into the air. Does it get noisy when they do that? Thank you Martine for sending me on the search.

mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

It gets nuts, but as there are no bees around yet (too cold) and they are near the end of the flowering period it may be just a few, just a s last year and the occasional squirrel might get them first.

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by pldc 15 Mar 2013

this is such a lovely branch of witch hazel your cross stitch is terrific! hugs Loralye

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by oaro 15 Mar 2013

You made many beautiful cover book I love to make one Were i can get a pattern Maria

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by joansatx 15 Mar 2013

Outstanding and the real flower is new to me and gorgeous!

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by basketkase 15 Mar 2013

OMG, Martine, this is fabulous......love the real one as I have never seen a flower like that and your reproduction is awesome!!

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by noah 15 Mar 2013

love it :):)hugs

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by highlandermom 15 Mar 2013

Love seeing your x itch and what you scratch from it, this is beautiful. I love your close up of the hazel. Actually if worked with the plant you have here is for itches,sore musles, amoung other ailments I could list. I have this one on my want list. Hubby says I got too many bushes the way it is. So I will sneak one where he don't pay attention.

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by rescuer Moderator 15 Mar 2013

The cross-stitch is lovely. How blessed you are to live with so many flowers!
Just FYI -- I see 2 pictures. One of the Hazel and one cross-stitch.

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by 02kar Moderator 15 Mar 2013

Beautiful. You are doing wonders with cross stitch. And your stash of beautiful notebkkis keeps growing.

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mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

thank you. It is, luckily they make nice presents.

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by sewdeb 15 Mar 2013

Lovely rendition of your witch hazel! Your talent is amazing!

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mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

Thank you.

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by ansalu 15 Mar 2013

Martine I have to admit that I'm jealous on your talent to transfer a image into an embroiderydesign and at the same time so happy that you share it with us :o)
Hope many flowers will grow and bloom in your garden *lol*
Greetings, Bettina

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mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

Thank you. I think I'll take more close-ups during the year :)

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by spendlove Moderator 15 Mar 2013

I can't see them either, but I'm sure the design is beautiful!

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by mops Moderator 15 Mar 2013

Strange, je pictures were there, Teun could see them, and now they are gone.

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ansalu by ansalu 15 Mar 2013

Don't know what Lammy and you were talking about but I can see your pics ;o)

mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

I reduced the size of one and now all three of them are visible again.

ansalu by ansalu 15 Mar 2013

I see just 2pics :o)

mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

Sorry, removed the third.

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by teun 15 Mar 2013

Wat kun je dat goed,zal hem gauw gaan borduren,vind hem prachtig.we hebben sinds 4weken ook zo een boompje
Lgr Lammy

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teun by teun 15 Mar 2013

Was verkeerd,je had hem niet op DBCmaar op projekt
hij is toch heel mooi

mops by mops 15 Mar 2013

Ik kan hem wel naar je toesturen.

teun by teun 15 Mar 2013

Danke

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