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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!

Stitch a garden SAL

Posted on July 17, 2022 by craftycreeky

I have finally made some progress with my garden SAL. This is a course by Nicki from the Stitchery, she’s been giving lots of ideas on how to represent trees, flowers and structures etc. I’m making mine into a book … Continue reading →

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A Flower Wreath

Posted on July 11, 2022 by craftycreeky

A few weeks ago I bought a surprise bundle of linen and designs from SoukieSoo, I follow her on instagram and I like her style. Quite a few were immediately earmarked for my garden book. Once I’d finished my ladybugs … Continue reading →

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Lady Bugs and Bumblebees

Posted on July 10, 2022 by craftycreeky

It’s been a little busy and stressful at home recently, our house is one the market so we need to keep it as clean and tidy as possible (not easy for someone like me!) we do have someone interested so … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Staying Home HQAL

Posted on July 3, 2022 by craftycreeky

Back in 2020 I finished a quilt called Coming Home, with the leftovers I made a quilt which I called Staying Home, pretty apt for the time I thought! The embroidered blocks were from a free stitch-a-long from ‘Hugs and … Continue reading →

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Cartography Course

Posted on July 2, 2022 by craftycreeky

Several of our Skipton Stitchers members have done on-line embroidery courses with Zara Day and they’ve always enthused about them so one of them mentioned she had just signed up for her cartography course I decided to check it out. … Continue reading →

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A Winter Wreath Quilt

Posted on June 29, 2022 by craftycreeky

Three years or so ago I stitched a Spring Wreath quilt, it was a design by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs. I’ve made several of her designs and kits now, they all raw edge applique with free motion machine … Continue reading →

Posted in Machine embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Serendipity | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Textile Book SAL

Posted on June 26, 2022 by craftycreeky

Well my stitch-a-garden project has had to take a back seat over the last three weeks, what with trying to finish the cot quilt before Hugo was born, trying to sell the house and the worry since the little one … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-stitch, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books | Tagged , | 12 Comments

Mums and Babes

Posted on June 25, 2022 by craftycreeky

Little Hugo was born on Wednesday afternoon, my first grandchild (I do have two ready-made ones as well) He’s gorgeous, though I’m probably somewhat biased! I’ve not yet had a cuddle as unfortunately the midwives realised within minutes of him … Continue reading →

Posted in Serendipity | 20 Comments

Hugs for Hugo

Posted on June 24, 2022 by craftycreeky

Over the last few weeks I’ve been busy making a cot quilt for my new grandson who was born on Wednesday. When I asked re colour schemes and themes a while back mum said she liked neutral colours and maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Quilting | Tagged , | 14 Comments

The Seaside Quilt HQAL

Posted on June 12, 2022 by craftycreeky

It’s finally time for a happy dance with my seaside quilt. Three weeks ago I had finally finished the hand quilting and just had the binding to stitch on, but first had to find the right fabric as I’d used … Continue reading →

Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting | Tagged , , | 18 Comments