Category Archives: embroidery

Otley Show

It was Otley Show at the weekend and the sun shone all day, it was glorious! It’s the oldest one day agricultural show in the country (212th show) and locally it’s the first one of the season. As it’s fairly … Continue reading

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Owl and Hare Hollow SAL

I was hoping to have completely finished one block by now but other sewing with deadlines has got in the way, I’m nearly there though. This is a SAL by Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse Patchwork Design, it’s being published … Continue reading

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Three weeks ago it was happy dance time as I had just finished the second of three detailed embroideries for my garden book… …which means I’ve just got the Amber and Amethyst garden to do. It took me a while … Continue reading

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Patience…

…is a virtue I clearly haven’t got! Having seen the photos on our Whatsapp group of everyone’s tea-dying, I decided I couldn’t wait any longer! This was the piece I started at a Deb Cooper workshop at my Skipton Stitchers … Continue reading

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Wet Lines and Edges

I’m having my first foray into eco-dying… This morning I finished stitching my fabric book from the Deb Cooper workshop at my last Skipton Stitchers meeting. I was waiting for some Bondaweb to arrive and as soon as the postman … Continue reading

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Lines and Edges

Last week at Skipton Stitchers we had a workshop called Lines and Edges by Deb Cooper, I really wasn’t sure what to expect but I loved it. I think sometimes having no expectations helps as you start with an open … Continue reading

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Stitching my Garden SAL

It’s Happy Dance time! I’ve finally finished the embroidery of the summerhouse garden and I’m well chuffed with it. It’s taken me about six months but apart from the fact that there is a lot of stitching (and thinking time!) … Continue reading

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Stitching my Garden

I’ve finished another page for my garden book, this one is made from two of the little embroideries I did, one is of a standard rose we have called Roald Dahl and the other is a length of roses to … Continue reading

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Stitching my Garden SAL

I was hoping to have finished this area of the garden by now but I found there is a disadvantage in having a hedge (ish) of wild roses across the back of the garden, it takes forever to embroider!! I … Continue reading

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Dancing in the Secret Garden

Well I’ve got my dancing shoes on…. In February when I had a couple of weeks off I decided to concentrate on getting my Secret Garden quilt finished. This is a gorgeous design by Andrea of Raggedy Ruff Designs, I … Continue reading

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