Category Archives: embroidery

A Little Sunshine

Posted on May 26, 2021 by craftycreeky

This one was a pretty quick make, I started stitching on Thursday as I waited for my physio appointment, finished it on Sunday, and made it up yesterday. It’s another facebook destash pattern!! The pattern is an old one (2008) … Continue reading →

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A Small Kingfisher

Posted on May 25, 2021 by craftycreeky

A couple of weeks ago I finished another kit from Fido Stitch Studio on Etsy. I think this is the fifth kit of theirs I’ve stitched. They’re only small but they have plenty of detail. These are my others… The … Continue reading →

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The Leafy Tree SAL

Posted on May 23, 2021 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last posted about my Leafy Tree embroidery, this is a design by Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread, it comes as an e-book which works pretty well, I’m not a lover of reading books or … Continue reading →

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Blackbird Lampshade

Posted on May 22, 2021 by craftycreeky

Last Sunday I shared my latest Raggedy Ruff design, I’m particularly pleased with this one as I only had the pattern, not the kit with all the fabrics in. I’ve done several of these kits now and I save every … Continue reading →

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A Medieval Pincushion

Posted on May 21, 2021 by craftycreeky

This afternoon I cracked on and finished the flowery pincushion, yesterday when I posted I had two flowers left… I stitched the cone flower in bullion knots and the allium in irregular cross-stitch. It was nice to learn last night … Continue reading →

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A Medieval Pincushion

Posted on May 20, 2021 by craftycreeky

We’ve just had a few days away in a little cottage in Northumberland, it’s the same cottage we went to last September,it’s an old railway cottage called Whistlestop in a little hamlet of Redesmouth, it’s relaxed and comfortable, well equipped … Continue reading →

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The Seaside Quilt HQAL

Posted on May 9, 2021 by craftycreeky

It’s just three weeks since I finished my Cottage Garden quilt, it still makes me smile every time I look at it! My next quilt is by the same designer, Kathryn Whittingham, she’s published a second book called The Seaside … Continue reading →

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Birth Sampler

Posted on May 6, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’m on a bit of a roll at the moment, having felt last weekend that I had rather a lot of different projects on, I’ve got another finish! A few weeks ago a friend from Skipton Stitchers (formerly Embroiderers Guild) … Continue reading →

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Stitch wheel Sampler SAL

Posted on May 5, 2021 by craftycreeky

Last Thursday the final two sections of the stitch wheel were released, so over the weekend I managed to finish it. The final two were knotted blanket stitch and Quaker stitch. I didn’t get on with the knotted blanket stitch, … Continue reading →

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Leafy Tree SAL

Posted on May 2, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’ve not spent a lot of time on my Leafy Tree recently, mainly because I’ve been concentrating on other projects so I could get a few finished – I’d reached that point of realising I had too many embroidery projects … Continue reading →

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