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GENTLEMAN CRAFTER

Official Blog of Arts and Crafts Enthusiast, John Bloodworth

Category: Fabric, Fibre and Yarn

January Quilt Block Of The Month Blog Featured Image

Finishing The January BOTM Adventure, And A Boob Or Two

January 31, 2021January 29, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

Today marks the end of Januarys adventure creating a decorative patchwork quilt block from the pre-designed blocks found in the Scan N Cut machine. Grab a brew and I will update you…

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Digitizing an Embroidered Journal Cover Part 1

The Sunday Stitch – Designing and Digitizing Journal Covers Part 1

January 24, 2021January 21, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Not one, not two but THREE stylish embroidered journal cover designs to share with you today.

Quick, pop the kettle on and I’ll get my talking voice ready…

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Infinity Scarf Crochet Patter Blog Featured Image

Crochet Creation – To Infinity and Beyond!

January 23, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

In 2020 I made a few infinity scarves as Christmas presents and they were so well received, and so simple to make, that I thought it would be a nice idea to share the pattern with you so you can get cracking on winter warmers for 2021 for yourself or family and friends.

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Quilt Block Of The Month Update (16)

Mid Month BOTM Update

January 17, 2021January 13, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

Fancy a quick catch up on my BOTM adventure…?

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Diving Into Multiple Bottoms – It’ll Make Sense, Honestly.

January 2, 2021December 31, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

As part of the efforts to bring more of my sewing adventures to this blog today sees the start of a series of posts that will stretch the entirety of this year and it begins with me revealing my bottom…

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The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing A Mandala Design Part 2

ImageJune 28, 2020June 2, 2020 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

Namasté, Again, My Friends. Also, Free Embroidery File Included! Feeling a little calmer this week, thankfully. The chance to stitch up some loveliness has very much helped so I hope that you are too and that you are looking forward to part 2 of this two-part blog post.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing A Mandala Design Part 1

ImageJune 21, 2020June 2, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Namasté, My Friends. Well, the world continues to descend into utter madness so I wanted to spend some time being creative to redress that imbalance – fancy a look at what I cobbled together…?

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 10.

ImageJune 14, 2020June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 10. It’s time to stitch out the design – YAAAAAY!

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 9.

ImageJune 14, 2020May 25, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 9. As I designed, I was a bit naughty and didn’t set my preferred colours before digitizing so I needed to go back and change up the colours.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 8.

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Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 8. I originally titled this one, “Fiddling About” because it’s the one where I make multiple adjustments in order to make the design “perfect”.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 7.

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Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 7. Time to create the last digitized element of this design – the cursive text. For this one I couldn’t use the lettering tools so had to take a different approach…

Making A Fabric Face Mask by Gentleman Crafter

Making A Fabric Face Mask In Less Than 15 Minutes

ImageJune 2, 2020May 31, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

To Face Mask, or Not To Face Mask – Is It Really A Question? Since this whole virus lark kicked off there has been much natter about ways to protect oneself and oft the topic of face masks crop up. So, I thought I’d put on my rational filter and go check some info out […]

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 6.

ImageMay 31, 2020May 25, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 6. Wow, over half way through this mini series now. In this episode I will be showing how I added the slab text for the banners using the lettering tools in Hatch.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 5.

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Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 5. Making progress! In part 5 and 6 of this 10 – part mini series I will be tackling digitizing the banners and slab text.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 4.

ImageMay 24, 2020May 25, 2020 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 4. Hallo there! Hope you are enjoying this little mini-stitch based series of posts. Part 4 this time in which I will show you how I created the additional needles in the design.

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