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Category Archives: embroidery
Grasses and Flowers Workshop
A couple of months back I spotted a course run by Jo Hill which looked rather interesting. With so many teachers going on line it does make for a lot more opportunities to attend workshops, whilst there is something special … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Workshops
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Jo Hill, stitching flowers and grasses
6 Comments
Stitching 4 the Soul SAL
This week I turned my attention back to my #stitching4thesoul book. I started this in the summer, already late to the party and then got waylaid. Luckily it’s all on YouTube. It’s a stitch-a-long organised by Anne Brooke who lives … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
20 Comments
Anthea Calendar SAL
Over the weekend I finished stitching this month’s design for the Anthea Calendar, a SAL by Faby Reilly. Each month has a seasonal flower and I was wondering what November’s would be and it’s physalis. Physalis is otherwise known here … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Fabric Books, Faby Reilly Designs, physalis
9 Comments
A Square of Fudge
I mentioned yesterday that I had two cross-stitch finishes to share, so this is the second one, stitched over the last few days. A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to stitching November from the Joyful World SAL, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Serendipity, Smalls of the Month, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls, Joyful World SAL
10 Comments
A Square for October
I’ve two cross-stitch finishes to share with you, they’re both pretty quick makes so I stitched them over the weekend, finishing the last one just now… Firstly I stitched the wordplay for October. This will be opposite the colourful cyclamen … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, wordplay
4 Comments
My Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last shared my cottage garden quilt, so it’s time for an update. This is the quilt designed by Kathryn Whittingham, she has published a book with all the patterns and instructions in. I’m throughly enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Cottage Garden Quilt, embroidery, Hand-quilting
19 Comments
The Eleventh Hour
A couple of years ago I started stitching the Joyful World series of cross-stitch designs. This was originally a free SAL on the Snowflower Diary website. I got as far as October and stopped – I think the month overtook … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Smalls of the Month
Tagged Cross-stitch smalls, Joyful World SAL, peacock, Snowflower Diaries
19 Comments
Stitching 4 the Soul Book
During the summer I discovered Anne Brook (designer of Harold the Hare) had started an on-line SAL called Stitching 4 the Soul, I was very late in starting, but better later than never! All the tutorials are on YouTube, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
18 Comments
Believe!
This week I’ve managed another finish, a couple of days ago I put the last couple of stitches in the Believe cross-stitch. This was a Dimensions kit, I think I bought it on one of the destash facebook pages a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery
Tagged Believe, Christmas cross-stitch, cross-stitch, Dimensions cross-stitch
21 Comments
Anthea Calendar SAL
In the last couple of days I’ve finished the October design for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. I would have finished it a few days before only I mislaid the dark maroon I needed for back-stitching the flowers, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, cyclamen
6 Comments


