Category Archives: embroidery

Community Stitch Challenge

Posted on March 31, 2021 by craftycreeky

At the end of last year I promised myself I wasn’t going to do any stitch-a-long projects, I was just going to stitch whatever I wanted…so how come just three months in I’m doing not one, but three weekly stitch-a-longs! … Continue reading →

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Community Stitch Challenge

Posted on March 29, 2021 by craftycreeky

Last week I completed the first Community Stitch Challenge from Textile Artist with my portrait of James and Helen walking along the beach… This week the workshop was by Merrill Comeau,, she’s a very interesting lady and her challenge was … Continue reading →

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Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL

Posted on March 28, 2021 by craftycreeky

Well I’m still hand quilting this beautiful quilt, but I’m still enjoying the hand quilting too! This is the gorgeous quilt from The Cottage Garden Quilt book by Kathryn Whittingham, so far it’s hand embroidered with raw edge applique, machine … Continue reading →

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Memories in Stitch

Posted on March 24, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’ve recently started following Textile Artist on facebook and they have just started their 2021 Community Challenge. Each week a different textile artist presents a workshop or talk to inspire you to stitch something. It’s all free and I find … Continue reading →

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Leafy Tree SAL

Posted on March 21, 2021 by craftycreeky

Having finished my Stitching for the Soul book last month I then spent a few days deciding what project to stitch next. Having done a few more of what I would call textile art embroidery projects recently I was in … Continue reading →

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Stitch Wheel

Posted on March 18, 2021 by craftycreeky

Cathy Reavy released another three stitch videos on YouTube today and as I was a day off I decided to stitch them straight away. First to be stitched was Turkey Rug stitch, we’ve already done velvet stitch (the one that … Continue reading →

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Stitch Wheel

Posted on March 15, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’ve learnt three new stitches with the Stitch Wheel sampler by Cathy Reavy. Cathy releases the new stitches every Thursday. Last week I was just over half way round the second ring… The first one to be stitched this week … Continue reading →

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Raggdy Ruff-a-long

Posted on March 14, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’m trying to make some inroads into my stash of kits, particularly the ones by Raggedy Ruff, they’re gorgeous but they do still intimidate me a bit! So to motivate myself a bit I’m posting about one every three weeks, … Continue reading →

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Stitch-wheel Sampler

Posted on March 9, 2021 by craftycreeky

Over the weekend I managed to stitch the three new stitches from Cathy Reavy’s Stitch-wheel Sampler. This is a stitch-a-long on Youtube, she’s now got a facebook page too so we can see how everyone else is stitching the samples … Continue reading →

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The Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL

Posted on March 7, 2021 by craftycreeky

Three weeks ago I was doing a very happy dance having just finished the top of my Cottage Garden quilt. This is the one from a book of the same name by Kathryn Whittingham I thoroughly enjoyed making this quilt, … Continue reading →

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