Author Archives: craftycreeky

About craftycreeky

I live in a busy market town in Yorkshire with my husband, kids, dogs and chickens. I love trying new crafts, rediscovering old ones, gardening, walking...anything creative really I started this blog after my New Year resolution worked so well. My resolution (the first one I've ever kept!) was to post a photograph of my garden on Facebook every day. My hope was that I would then see what was good in the garden and not just weeds and work, which was my tendency. The unexpected side-effect was that I have enjoyed many more hours in the garden. I am hoping that 'The Crafty Creek' will have the same effect. Happy creating!

Love is…

Posted on January 7, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve almost finished my little book of love. This is a concertina style book so it opens out into a long strip. The original strip of calico and the basic instructions and inspiration came from a kit I’ve had in … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books | Tagged concertina book, embroidery, fabric book, Love is patient poem, slow stitching | 1 Comment

Bird Alphabet

Posted on January 6, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another of the letters for the bird alphabet book. The letter F has a very sweet little chaffinch. Now I’ve completed A to F, I’m nearly a quarter of the way through the alphabet. I’ve started G … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books | Tagged Bird alphabet, cross-stitch, embroidery, fabric book | 3 Comments

Back and Forth

Posted on January 1, 2026 by craftycreeky

New Year to me is a time both to look back and look forward, I look back at what I’ve made, what’s worked and what hasn’t, things I’ve done and plans for things to make or do in the coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, cross-stitch, Dressmaking, embroidery, Owl and Hare Hollow BOM, Serendipity, Textile Books, Yorkshire | Tagged Crafts, cross-stitch, Dressmaking, embroidery, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, sewing | 2 Comments

Bobbin Along

Posted on December 31, 2025 by craftycreeky

Last night I finished my Bobbin Along book, this is the one from the weekly word prompts from Anne Brooke of H-Anne-Made. Everything was meant to be on one 18″ hoop but I knew I had no where to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Anne Brooke SAL, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books | Tagged Anne Brooke, Bobbin Along, book-binding, bookbinding, Crafts, embroidery, fabric book, sewing | 5 Comments

It’s Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2025 by craftycreeky

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope we all have a happy New Year with lots of time for stitching and creating!

Posted in Serendipity | Tagged Christmas, Christmas Decorations, Christmas embroidery, embroidery | 9 Comments

Little Book of Love

Posted on December 24, 2025 by craftycreeky

Over the last few days I’ve started a new embroidery project, clearly three projects with another two due to start isn’t quite enough!! In my defence, this should be a relatively quick stitch and my Bobbin Along book is in … Continue reading →

Posted in embroidery, kits, Serendipity, Textile Books | Tagged concertina book, Crafts, embroidery, fabric book, Love, sewing, slow-stitching | 2 Comments

Bird Alphabet

Posted on December 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

These cross-stitch birds are a delight to stitch, they don’t take too long either. Last time I posted about them I had stitched A B and C on holiday and I’d just started D. Having finished my slot and tab … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-stitch, Serendipity, Textile Books | Tagged Bird alphabet, cross-stitch, embroidery, fabric book, goldcrest, swallow | 4 Comments

Christmas Cards

Posted on December 18, 2025 by craftycreeky

At the December meeting of Skipton Stitchers we have a lovely tradition of making a hand-made Christmas card to swop. Anyone who wishes to take part just makes a card, writes a Christmas greeting from them inside, adds it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity | Tagged Christmas, Christmas cards, embroidered Christmas cards, embroidery, hand-made cards, teabag embroidery | 3 Comments

Still Bobbin Along

Posted on December 17, 2025 by craftycreeky

I think we’ve only one more word prompt to go with this stitch-a-long with Anne Brooke then I can decide how I’m going to put this book together, I have a few ideas, we shall see. I posted half the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anne Brooke SAL, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books | Tagged Anne Brooke, Bobbin Along, Crafts, embroidery, fabric book, handmade, sewing | 2 Comments

Beautiful Bella

Posted on December 12, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s two years since Bella came to live with us and she has come on leaps and bounds so I thought it was time to do an update. Here’s my first post about when we first brought Bella home. I … Continue reading →