Nerd Games - Spring 2024

Prompt: April - You’re kind of a big dill
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Thank you cards
Project Link: Machine Embroidered Thank You Cards
Brief Description: While the cardstock on these cards is smooth, the thread gives the cards a bit of a bumpy texture.
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Prompt: April - Lettuce craft
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Handmade tags
Project Link: Machine Embroidered Tags
Brief Description: One of the things I love about LettuceCraft is seeing all the handmade goods everyone makes. These handmade tags are handmade (with the help of a machine :wink:)
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Prompt: April - You’re one in a melon
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Desert Sunset Feathers
Project Link: The feathers that nearly killed Thread Astaire
Brief Description: These feathers are striped in desert sunset colors.
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Prompt: April - Let’s taco 'bout crafts
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Thank you tags
Project Link: Machine Embroidered Tags
Brief Description: These tags are made out three different materials - cardstock, fabric, and thread.
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Prompt: April - Spread hap-pea-ness
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Handmade twill tags
Brief Description: I made these tags to attach to various handmade gifts.
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Prompt: Free Range 1
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Bluejay feathers
Project Link: The feathers that nearly killed Thread Astaire
Brief Description: These feathers really took a toll on my embroidery machine, but I was determined to finish them so I could donate them to the LC garage sale.
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Prompt: Big Time 1
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: I’ll be in my office wall hanging
Project Link: The original version of this project (complete with the tutorial that I used to make this one
Brief Description: I asked myself, ‘I know this took you forever, but did it take five hours?’ The answer was yes. Between ironing the canvas (which I spent waaay too much time on), locating components, and stitching everything (and that’s not counting while the machine was stitching), this did indeed take at least five hours.
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