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GENTLEMAN CRAFTER

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Never Mind August, Where Did September, October and November Go?! A Catch Up – How Have You Been?

November 30, 2020November 25, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter33 Comments

Yeesh! Looks like a few months shot by since our last chat – super sorry about that. Listen, if you’ve got a few mins and a brew to hand, how about we have a catch up?

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Where Did August Go? LOADS of Updates, the Garden Makeover Continues, Getting My Health Sorted and a Blog Makeover – Oh, That’s Where It Went

August 31, 2020August 29, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter40 Comments

August appears to have shot by and landed us on the doorstep of September. What the heck have I been doing?! I sat down for a brain dump to catch up with myself.

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2021 Brother Scan N Cut Product Release Round Up …

ImageAugust 6, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter16 Comments

New Stuff for the Scan N Cut … Well, it’s that time of year again when Brother releases it’s product line up for the coming year and the email popped into my inbox yesterday …

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing A Mandala Design Part 2

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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…?

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NESNA Ikea Bedside Table Makeover

ImageJune 19, 2020August 26, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter24 Comments

NESNA Ikea Bedside Table Makeover A while back I started several new things but for one reason and another, they got put to one side. With determination to get those W.I.Ps done, I have finally got around to finishing a few. This first one was an idea that was born back when I first started […]

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

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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.

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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.

The Sunday Stitch – Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 3.

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Digitizing An Embroidery Design In Hatch Embroidery Software Part 3. Excited to be back with part 3 of this 10-part mini series showing the process of digitizing a design in Hatch embroidery software.

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