Category Archives: cross-stitch

When things don’t go to plan…

I’ve been a busy bee in my sewing room over the last couple of weeks, trying to clear the decks a bit! One project I have managed to complete is my alphabet of birds fabric book. I’ve been stitching the … Continue reading

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Bird Alphabet Book

I’ve been a bit lax with my posting recently, mainly because I’m having major computer problems due to it running out of storage, so it’s getting very slow, not helped by my phone also being overfull with photos! Anyway, I … Continue reading

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Bird Alphabet

I can see light at the end of the tunnel with my bird alphabet, I’ve really enjoyed stitching them but I’m feeling ready for a finish – I’m quite impressed that I’ve got this far before itchy fingers started!! Since … Continue reading

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Bird Alphabet

Whilst I was on my travels I had quite a lot of time sitting on trains, (four days worth according to the interrail app!) both my daughter and I spent some of the time stitching. I used to stitch on … Continue reading

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Holiday Sewing

I brought a couple of sewing projects on holiday, one for quiet times and one as a record… I brought my bird alphabet to stitch on the train, some trains I’ve stitched all the way, other journeys have been very … Continue reading

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Bird Alphabet

This is a bit of a catch up post as I’ve just realised I haven’t posted about my bird alphabet for a while, in fact I had just finished the letter K, I’ve done five letters since then and also … Continue reading

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Bird Alphabet

We’ve just had a few days away in Tenerife, my OH wanted a bit of winter sun, I’m not really into sun-bathing but I’m quite happy sewing under a parasol…and of course there’s the 4.5 hour flight to fill too!! … Continue reading

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Winnie the Pooh

It’s just over a week since I shared my progress with the Winnie the Pooh birth sampler. At that point I had just three letters left to stitch, but I also had to finish Pooh and the bees, then do … Continue reading

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Winnie the Pooh Alphabet

I was going to keep this project for my SAL posts and pause the hedgerow postcards, but I’ve made such good progress I think I can manage both! I promised I would make my youngest grandson a birth sampler for … Continue reading

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Stitching on the Go

After a few days away I’ve stitched a fair bit on my ‘stitching on the move’ project. We’ve been to Cyprus visiting family so we had two flights of nearly five hours and train journeys to get to the airport, … Continue reading

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