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Author Archives: craftycreeky
A Stitch-a-long or Two
Every year I tell myself no more stitch-a-longs, and every year I fall for one…or two! This time though they should both be fairly quick to do! I’ve been tempted to try blackwork ever since Claire and Avis started a … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged blackwork, Cathy Reavy, embroidery, Stitch wheel
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December Wordplay
I’ve finally stitched the final wordplay for my Anthea Calendar book. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be, I could think of lots of words or phrases, but most of them were Christmas rather than December, I … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Fabric Books, Anthea Calendar SAL, wordplay
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Stitching 4 the Soul SAL
Ever started something to find further down the line it makes things tricky? When I started my #sewing4thesoulbook in the summer I decided that rather than making a book from batting and then embroidering directly onto each page (as Anne … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, Fabric Books
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A Robin Sings
I finished another cross-stitch small today. I’m trying to break my 2020 bad habit of completing a piece of stitching and then not doing anything with it! I started this one whilst I was in hospital between Christmas and New … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Smalls of the Month
Tagged cross-stitch, Robin, Cross-stitch smalls, Fido Stitch Studio
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From Little Acorns…
…mighty oaks do grow I’ve developed a bit of a bad habit over the last twelve months of finishing a piece of needlework and then not doing anything with it, my pile of things waiting to ‘finished’ is growing. Though … Continue reading
Rescuing a Dogs Dinner
I decided to make myself a top over the weekend, something nice and simple! I chose a pattern I bought last year, Butterick 6256, and picked some pale mint jersey from my stash. It’s a lovely weight jersey, I bought … Continue reading
First Finish of 2021
Yesterday I finished off an embroidery I started just before Christmas. It is called a Strawberry Pot, it’s a kit by the Historic Needlework Guild which I bought for £3 from a Facebook destash page last year. I suspect it’s … Continue reading
Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last shared my gorgeous Cottage Garden Quilt, it’s a design in a lovely book by Kathryn Whittingham. I’d just finished the bottom row so just one more row to do and then the border… These … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged embroidery, The Cottage Garden Quilt
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Stitching4thesoul SAL
I started the ‘stitching 4 the soul’ project very late in the day, I think it ran over the first lockdown. It was organised by Anne Brook of Hanne-made, her videos are still on Youtube together with the subsequent Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books, Walking
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, Catbells, embroidery, textile book
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Winter Reading
I haven’t done a book post for ages, I seemed to lose my reading mojo over the spring and summer. I lost my usual reading slots, I used to read on the bus to visit my mum which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Serendipity
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