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Category Archives: embroidery
A Happy Spring Dance
I’ve just finished my Spring Wreath quilt, I’m so pleased with it. It’s a BOM by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs, I first saw the finished quilt on facebook and fell for it a few months ago! It’s been … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged applique, Free Machine Embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
18 Comments
The Finery of Nature SAL
It’s three weeks since I last shared my Finery of Nature cross-stitch with you. It’s a Dimensions kit with a different picture in each quarter, I’m stitching a nest of eggs and a dragonfly at the moment, three weeks ago … Continue reading
Practice Makes Perfect…or not!
I’ve been trying to decide how to quilt my Spring Wreath quilt, Andrea (the designer) hand quilted hers with simple diagonal lines but recently she has densely machine quilted other quilts. I didn’t want to hand quilt it and as … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Home, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged Cushions, Kanthe stitch, Quilting, Spring Wreath Quilt
4 Comments
Nerdy Needlecase
My boss told me I needed to get a life when she asked me what I was stitching one morning before work – a needlecase with different pages for different needles! Needless to say she’s not a sewer! I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity, Sewing
Tagged cross-stitch, embroidery, needlecase, Quilting
33 Comments
Dancing Round my Spring Wreath
This week I finally settled down and stitched the last part of my Spring Wreath quilt, this is a Block of the Month (BOM) by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs and it has been amazing to do. I fell … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
22 Comments
…because every fairy deserves a special set of wings!
I’m so chuffed with my latest ’embroidery’ that it’s jumping ahead of about six other outstanding posts!! It’s my Embroiderers Guild on Monday and that means it’s time to swop travelling sketchbooks again, so I thought I’d better get on … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, The Travelling Sketchbook
Tagged Fairies, Fairy wings, Machine embroidery, Travelling Sketchbook
11 Comments
R is for Reading and Red Robbins!
A few months ago a friend visited and brought a large bag full of crafty things, they belonged to her mum, who is now well into her 90’s and no longer wants them. There was all sorts of goodies in … Continue reading
Nineteen for 19
This month is flying by, I thought if I don’t hurry up with my update, I’ll be writing Nineteen for 19 on the 19th! So we are now half way through the year, so how am I doing with my … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged embroidery, gardening, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Walking
8 Comments
July Cross-stitch Smalls
I’m a bit late this month swapping my smalls over for the new month, but I’ve just chosen half a dozen cross-stitch smalls to decorate our sideboard for the rest of the month… In the garden at the moment we … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Smalls of the Month
Tagged bees, cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls
24 Comments
Zoe Goes on Holiday!
It’s a few weeks since I last shared my Zoe box with you, it’s a stitch-a-long by Faby Reilly and I got a little bit behind, so it was one of the projects I took on holiday with me when … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #ZoeSAL, cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs
9 Comments


