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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!

Heart to Heart Quilt

Posted on July 2, 2024 by craftycreeky

Last year I decided to make my granddaughters a quilt each, it was going to be for Christmas but I ran out of time so I decided to aim for birthdays instead, this also nicely spread out the delivery dates … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 30, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well I’ve finally finished it! Two years in the making but my embroidered garden book is finally finished. To say the least, I’m well chuffed with it 🙂 Three weeks ago I’d just finished making all the pages, I was … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Sampler Book

Posted on June 29, 2024 by craftycreeky

Happy days! Last night I finished making my Strawberry Sampler book. I started it over Christmas whilst on holiday, it was a kit from the Cross-stitch Guild. I think last time I posted about this book I’d just finished the … Continue reading →

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Birthday Jumper

Posted on June 24, 2024 by craftycreeky

It was my grandson’s 2nd birthday this weekend. I decided to embroider his name on a jumper, it’s quite the ‘in’ thing on Etsy and Instagram apparently, my daughter has done a few for friend’s children so she gave me … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Sampler Book

Posted on June 20, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve been working on my strawberry sampler book for about an hour most evenings and I’ve now finished the last two pages. I think this one just needed the edge stitching after I last shared it with you. This is … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Wolds Way Part 3

Posted on June 19, 2024 by craftycreeky

When we woke on day six of our walk, the first thing we did was to trot along to the shower block where our boots were drying on the towel rail. The previous day had been so wet our boots … Continue reading →

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TWRD Quilt Block

Posted on June 17, 2024 by craftycreeky

Over the weekend I finished the second block I had promised for Kates charity quilt. I’m pretty pleased with this one as it’s one I ‘designed’ myself, rather than just finding a pattern someone else has written out…it is however … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on June 16, 2024 by craftycreeky

I finally made a decision about the sashing for my quilt, three weeks ago I was still mulling over several ideas… I did like the darker one but I felt it was overpowering the blocks somewhat. Eventually I decided on … Continue reading →

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Teal Waters Run Deep

Posted on June 15, 2024 by craftycreeky

I still feel I have rather a lot of projects on at the moment but I’m slowly ticking things off my list. Some things take more priority than others, as they are time critical. One of these was some quilt … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 9, 2024 by craftycreeky

It’s time for a mini happy dance, I’ve finally made all the individual pages and stitched them together into ten double sided pages. Three weeks ago I had finally worked out how to create the actual pages. Each embroidery is … Continue reading →

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