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Author Archives: craftycreeky
Anne Bronte P200
On Monday my friend and I had a lovely drive over to Scarborough, a seaside town on the East Yorkshire coast. We were going to see a piece of my work in an exhibition – it was pretty exciting as … Continue reading
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
The advantage of doing courses like the Stitchbook Collective is that you can try new techniques out without major expenses, a bit like attending workshops, you can decide if it’s something you want to try more of. A couple of … Continue reading
Christmas HQAL
Last month I finally finished my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt so it was time to choose a new project for my Hand Quilt-a-long posts. I was planning for a while to start a different quilt, but having started this … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Advent stitching, Quilting, redwork
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Busy Bees
Last year I made my mum a cross-stitch small with a beautiful bumble bee on it. The pattern is still available on Etsy, I think it’s gorgeous! I found some cheerful quilting fabrics with sunflowers and bees on to titivate … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity, Smalls of the Month
Tagged bumble bees, Cross-stitch smalls
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Textiles photo challenge; Playtime!
Sandra from Wild Daffodil is organising a monthly photo challenge again (last years theme was windows) this year it’s all about textiles – right up my street! Do follow the link to her post to see lots more textiles. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Serendipity, Textile Books, The Stitchbook Collective
Tagged gel plate printing, joomchi, The Stitchbook Collective
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2020 Vision
Over the last couple of years I’ve set a challenge over the year of things I wanted to make or do, I started to compile ideas for Twenty for 2020, but the numbers were just getting too big – it … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts
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Monday's Meander Round the Garden
It’s a few weeks since I last posted a mooch round the garden, mainly because the weather was inclement to say the least, cold, wet and miserable, day light opportunities are limited too as winter days are so short. I’m … Continue reading
The Finery of Nature SAL
It’s time for a mini happy dance again as I’ve just finished another quarter of my Finery of Nature Dimensions kit. I think I’m getting a bit quicker the nearer to the end I get, this quarter took just over … Continue reading
Zen Time
I got a bit behind with my zen cross-stitch, it’s actually called Enlightenment and it’s a mystery SAL which publishes the next section every two weeks. Last time I showed you I’d just finished part 7, but I then neglected … Continue reading
Final Nineteen for 19
Happy new year! Hope you had a good one, I managed to stay up til midnight but I think we were in bed by quarter past!Anyway, I decided to try and write my last nineteen for 19 post a bit … Continue reading
