Category Archives: embroidery

Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on June 2, 2025 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the late post and for it’s brevity! I was stripping wallpaper yesterday, planning to write my post afterwards. Unfortunately I somehow managed to break our Internet server so we have no internet until a new one arrives tomorrow…oops … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on May 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading →

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Otley Show

Posted on May 29, 2025 by craftycreeky

It was 214th Otley Show earlier in the month, Otley show is the oldest one day agricultural show in the country, it’s stuck to it’s rural roots with sheep, cows, shire horses etc and of course there’s the handicraft and … Continue reading →

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Guess How Much I Love You

Posted on May 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

One of my favourite books from when my kids were little is Guess How Much I love You, I just love the last line of ‘I love you all the way to the moon and back’ so when I found … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on May 11, 2025 by craftycreeky

Apologies for being so quiet on here, our building work still isn’t finished, though yesterday we had our first bath and cooked a roast dinner in the new oven…so things are moving forward! Any spare time I have had has … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on April 20, 2025 by craftycreeky

Happy Easter everyone! We had a family meal yesterday, so today was spent undercoating and gloss painting in the kitchen before the units go in. I hate gloss painting, probably because I don’t think I’m very good at it, but … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms

Posted on March 31, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s Otley Show soon and I’ve entered several handicraft classes including cross-stitch. I decided to make another fabric book using various cross-stitch birds and flowers I’ve stitched over the years plus a few new ones. We regularly get long-tail tits … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on March 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

Where did the last three weeks go, probably in a blur of wall paper stripping and now painting! I have made a bit of progress, but not a lot! Happy Mothers Day to mums all over the world, I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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Bobbin Along

Posted on March 22, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’m so far behind with both reading and writing blogs, we’re having the kitchen and dining room knocked into one and a bathroom redesigned at the same time…seemed a good idea at the time!! We currently have no kitchen and … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet

Posted on March 9, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s chaos at home at the moment, chaotic and very dusty! This week builders have started on our kitchen/dining room so walls have been knocked down, steel joists put up…you get the picture! The dust gets everywhere!! I know I’ve … Continue reading →

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