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Category Archives: embroidery
Words for November
Over the last couple of days I’ve stitched the wordplay to go opposite the flower page for November in my Anthea SAL book. The SAL is organised by Faby Reilly and her designs are beautiful. This was the penultimate month … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, textile book, wordplay
12 Comments
Jenny Wren
A couple of weeks ago I stitched a kookaburra, it was a kit from Fido Stitch Studio on Ebay, I was really pleased with the detail in such a small piece of cross-stitch. I’d bought two kits at the same … Continue reading
Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
I’m enjoying making the Cottage Garden Quilt, the pattern is in a book of the same name by Kathryn Whittingham, it’s so pretty. Three weeks ago I’d just finished the first two blocks of the bottom row… I’m stitching the … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Stitch-a-long
Tagged embroidery, Quilting, The Cottage Garden Quilt
16 Comments
Kookaburra Cross-stitch
Last month on facebook I spotted a lovely cross-stitch of a kookaburra which someone had stitched. My OH is Australian and loves the sound of a kookaburra so I decided to stitch one. The design I had seen was a … Continue reading
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


