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Category Archives: embroidery
The Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
Happy dance time 🙂 Sometimes the nearer I get to a finish, the more I stitch. I’ve worked a fair bit on my cottage garden quilt over the last three weeks. When I last shared my progress I was half … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Stitch-a-long
Tagged applique, embroidery, Hand-quilting, The Cottage Garden Quilt
28 Comments
Catbells coming into view
I’ve just caught up with the free Peppermint Purple SAL, it’s a blackwork one and a new pattern is released every Wednesday via facebook for either a square or a rectangle in the design. This is where I was last … Continue reading
Stitch Wheel SAL
Yesterday I caught up with my Stitch Wheel SAL. This is the stitch-a-long by Cathy Reavy from Threads, she’s releasing videos of different stitches every Thursday. This week there were three new stitches, this was my wheel before… This second … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Cathy Reavy, embroidery, Stitch wheel
9 Comments
February Faby Fest
I try and have a seasonal display of my cross-stitch smalls, changing them each month. The obvious theme for February is Valentines Day, but we have our wedding anniversary in March, so I tend to have the lovey-dovie ones out … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Smalls of the Month
Tagged Cross-stitch smalls, Faby Reilly Designs
4 Comments
Stitching 4 the Soul SAL
I was late to the party with this SAL, it was organised by Anne Brooke during the first lock down, she’s now doing a 52 week one of little embroideries to go on a luggage tag. I managed to resist … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
18 Comments
Anthea Book of Days
It’s happy dance time! Yesterday I finished my Anthea Book of Days and I’m very happy with it! I started this project last January when Faby Reilly started her Anthea Calendar stitch-a-long, each month she released a beautiful cross-stitch of … Continue reading
Covering my Book of Days
After working out how to bind my fabric book, the next stage was to make a cover. Having found how attractive the binding can be, another time I might make the covers the same way and just bind the whole … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, Book of Days, Making fabric books, Textile Books
8 Comments
Stitch Wheel SAL
Over the weekend I’ve managed to catch up with the Stitch Wheel SAL. This is a stitch-a-long on YouTube organised by Cathy Reavy of Threads. Every Thursday she is releasing a video or two of a different stitch to stitch … Continue reading
Binding the Book of Days
Having finally stitched all my pages for my Book of days, the next task was to bind them together. I’ve been pondering for a few days how to bind my Book of Days. I’ve never done bookbinding, when I made … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged book binding, Book of Days, coptic stitch, cross-stitch, textile book
12 Comments
Peppermint Purple SAL 2021
Four weeks in to this SAL and I’m up to date, though I still haven’t started my borders, mainly because I still haven’t quite decided on colours. This is the free stitch-a-long by Claire of Peppermint Purple, there’s two layouts, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Peppermint Purple 2021 SAL, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #peppermintpurpleSAL, blackwork, Catbells
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