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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!

Love Makes the World Go Round

Posted on July 24, 2023 by craftycreeky

Yesterday I finished my blue quilt, I think that’s the quickest I’ve ever made a quilt, helped of course by the 12″ blocks being already made, even so a few days round working is pretty quick for me! I wanted … Continue reading →

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Blues Quilt

Posted on July 20, 2023 by craftycreeky

Someone dear to me is about to go into a care home, I was planning to send some flowers until I had a lightbulb moment, I could quickly finish a quilt for her! You may remember back in 2020 I … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on July 16, 2023 by craftycreeky

I’ve made good progress on my Owl and Hare quilt over the last few weeks, I did some prep work before I went on holiday, making sure I had everything I needed for some holiday stitching and it paid off. … Continue reading →

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Elephant on Cloud Nine

Posted on July 11, 2023 by craftycreeky

My grandson was one at the end of June, I didn’t quite manage to finish his presents so we gave him a little something to open on the day and as today was my first free day since holidays and … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on July 10, 2023 by craftycreeky

…and breathe! We’ve had a great weekend with family visiting but it is nice to have a quiet house again! The garden seems to have gone mad whilst we’ve been away, everything seems to have grown several inches and lots … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on July 9, 2023 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the brevity of this post, hopefully normal service will be resumed by the next update! Here’s my garden embroidery last time I shared it, I’d just started the embroidery of the flowers… Well I’ve not done a huge … Continue reading →

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Skipton Castle

Posted on July 7, 2023 by craftycreeky

Whilst I was on holiday in Cornwall I was also busy finishing an embroidery for Skipton Stitchers, it was meant to be handed in at the June meeting but with the neck issues I was having I didn’t manage to … Continue reading →

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Teals on Fire

Posted on July 6, 2023 by craftycreeky

We’ve just had a lovely holiday in Cornwall, just over a week, the week before was a mad rush trying to get things finished, I had a few deadlines, some I managed, some I didn’t! Since we returned it’s been … Continue reading →

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Busy busy busy!

Posted on June 20, 2023 by craftycreeky

I’ve had a crazy busy few days trying to get stuff done before we go away for a short break, I ended up with a few deadlines, some of which I’ve met…and some I haven’t! I completely missed the SAL … Continue reading →

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Teals on Fire

Posted on June 13, 2023 by craftycreeky

Every year Kate form Tall Tales from Chiconia makes a quilt to be raffled for an ovarian cancer charity. It’s always a teal colour as that is the colour for ovarian cancer ( much like pink is for breast cancer) … Continue reading →

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