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Category Archives: cross-stitch
Textile Book SAL
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 cross-stitch, bumble bees
11 Comments
The Bees Knees
I’m collecting bee embroideries at the moment to go in a textile book about bees. I bought one recently off a facebook destash site, it’s a simple little design from Hands On Design called Humble Honey. It was a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, Textile Books
Tagged bee cross-stitch, bees, cross-stitch, textile book
3 Comments
Sewing Room Cross-stitch
Over the last couple of months I’ve been stitching a sign for my sewing room. It’s a pattern from Stoney Creek, it’s a little dated in style, it’s typical of the 80’s and 90’s, but it appealed and it seems … Continue reading
Bee Happy
A few months back I decided to make a fabric book of bees, my plan is to have various small embroideries of bees, interspersed with words about bees, such as poems, facts. I have a lovely cross-stitch bumble bee which … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, kits, Textile Books
Tagged bee cross-stitch, textile book
8 Comments
Sewing Room Cross-stitch
We’ve just had a few days in Derbyshire so I packed a little sewing to do in the evenings. I was strict with myself and only took one project, the sewing room cross-stitch. This is a design from Stony Creek … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, sewing room
Tagged cross-stitch, sewing room, Sewing Room Cross-stitch, vintage sewing machine
11 Comments
Sewing Room Cross-stitch
I’ve been working on a cross-stitch for my sewing room for a while now, it’s been my handbag project, though really it’s a bit big for my sewing wallet and there’s too many different threads so they keep falling out, … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, sewing room
Tagged cross-stitch, Sewing Room Cross-stitch
9 Comments
Gingerbread House
I’m trying to get a few things finished before I start anything new, I like having several things on the go but every so often I feel I need to clear the decks a bit. Last night I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, cross-stitch, kits
Tagged 3d cross-stitch, cross-stitch, Gingerbread House, The Nutmeg Company
13 Comments
Gingerbread House
During December I was madly stitching my latest cross-stitch kit, I bought it at the knitting and stitching show at the end of November. It’s a kit by Nutmeg Designs for a 3d gingerbread house. Last time I shared it … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, cross-stitch, kits
Tagged cross-stitch, Gingerbread House, The Nutmeg Company
9 Comments
Stitching on the go
I always have a little stitching project in my handbag for those odd moments when I’m sitting around waiting…at the dentist, in a cafe. It’s usually something small but over autumn it’s been a slightly bigger project which will end … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, cross-stitch
Tagged cross-stitch, Gingerbread House, sewing room, The Nutmeg Company
4 Comments
Jacquie Needlecase SAL
It’s happy dance time, though it nearly wasn’t as I was stitching until about 11pm last night to get it finished. This morning I managed to press it of sorts to make it look a little neater. Three weeks ago … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Jacquie SAL, needle-case, Stumpwork embroidery
23 Comments