Category Archives: Crafts

Butterick Pattern 3037

This is the second creation from the Goldhawk Road stash I bought in October. It was a complete impulse buy as I wasn’t sure what I would do with it, I just loved it! It’s linen with a digitally printed … Continue reading

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Cats in Cross-stitch

I have a bit of a soft spot for this cross-stitch picture, it was the first cross-stitch kit I ever stitched. It would have been early 1980’s, I was 16 years old and my mother and I were visiting friends … Continue reading

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Embroidered Evening Bag

Tonight is the first opportunity I’ve had to use my embroidered evening bag, we’re going to a Halloween Ball, luckily it’s not fancy dress as I don’t do fancy dress, but I do like a black tie do! I made … Continue reading

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Stained Glass Window Quilt

  Well it’s nearly November and whilst it’s still mild there is an autumnal nip in the air so the patchwork quilt is back on our bed to keep us cosy. I made this quilt about three years ago and … Continue reading

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Random quilts

Is it just me that struggles with ‘random’, I’m talking quilt piecing here! My heart sinks when I see the instructions to arrange squares in a random pattern…I don’t think random really exists in quilting, I mean you need an … Continue reading

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Cross-stitch Birth Samplers

I love doing or making something special to commemorate an important event, be it making a quilt, planting a tree or a rose or stitching a sampler, I’ve done them all, apart from everything else its a good excuse to … Continue reading

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Christmas Wish Santa

I finished my Father Christmas yesterday, I think he looks great! I made him from a pattern called Christmas Wish Santa, it’s designed by The Button Angel of Clitheroe. He went together fairly quickly, I’d forgotton how forgiving felt is to work … Continue reading

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Stitching for Christmas

I love Christmas and in particular I love creating special things both for presents and for decorating our home. About four years ago I fell for a little Christmas cross-stitch at the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show in held each … Continue reading

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Chicken Wire Sculptures

Meet Goosey Lucy, the latest addition to our garden. I made her on Saturday at a workshop run by Susan Nichols in Fridaythorpe, which is a little village on the York to Bridlington road. Susan makes amazing life-size sculptures from … Continue reading

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Christmas wall hanging

I’m making a concerted effort this autumn to finish things, UFO’s as I call them (unfinished objects!) I have quite a few stashed in my sewing room in various stages of completion. Yesterday I finally completed my Christmas wall-hanging. I … Continue reading

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