Category Archives: cross-stitch

Christmas in July

Posted on July 17, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve managed a few finishes this week, one of them being my Christmas rose humbug. I started this ages ago as it’s been my stitching on the go project so it’s a lucky coincidence that I’ve managed to finish it … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on May 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading →

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Otley Show

Posted on May 29, 2025 by craftycreeky

It was 214th Otley Show earlier in the month, Otley show is the oldest one day agricultural show in the country, it’s stuck to it’s rural roots with sheep, cows, shire horses etc and of course there’s the handicraft and … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on April 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve started constructing my Birds and Blooms book, this book is a mixture of new cross-stitch birds and ones I made over the last few years as mini cushions. I’ve interspersed them with a handful of cross-stitch flowers to fill … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms

Posted on March 31, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s Otley Show soon and I’ve entered several handicraft classes including cross-stitch. I decided to make another fabric book using various cross-stitch birds and flowers I’ve stitched over the years plus a few new ones. We regularly get long-tail tits … Continue reading →

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A Not so Quick Stitch

Posted on January 29, 2025 by craftycreeky

This was a little kit I found during my declutter, I decided I either stitch it or rehome it. I decided to stitch it, it was one of those free kits from the front of a magasine ages ago. I’ve … Continue reading →

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First and Last

Posted on January 3, 2025 by craftycreeky

Over the last few weeks I’ve managed to stitch the first and last page for my bee book… At the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show I made a bee-line (please excuse the pun!!) for a certain stall, in my garden … Continue reading →

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Bee Sampler

Posted on December 11, 2024 by craftycreeky

I went to the Knitting and Stitching show in Harrogate last month, adamant I was only going to buy one specific bee themed item…of course that went out of the window! I ended up with a kit, two patterns and … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

Posted on November 25, 2024 by craftycreeky

Apologies for not posting this yesterday, we had a bit of a family crisis last week when someone was blue-lighted into hospital, luckily it’s not as serious as thought at first but several days hospital visiting certainly keeps one busy! … Continue reading →

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0-60 in 15″

Posted on October 19, 2024 by craftycreeky

It is one of my old school friend’s 60th birthday next week, she’s having a party but as she lives down on the south coast (about six plus hours drive) I suggested going to visit a different weekend as we … Continue reading →

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