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Category Archives: embroidery
Lots of Leaves
I’m just coming to the end of over three weeks off work, two weeks annual leave and then days off either end. It’s been lovely! I didn’t have anything planned, just sewing, gardening, walking, a bit of socialising, just enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #ZoeSAL, cross-stitch, Enlightenment SAL, Faby Reilly Designs, Tempting Tangles
7 Comments
September Smalls
I’ve realised I have a hole in my smalls! That is, I have a gap in the designs, I have nothing that’s autumn themed! I have spring in abundance, lots of summery ones, Christmas ones, Valentine ones, but no autumn … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Smalls of the Month
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls
9 Comments
The Finery of Nature SAL
It’s three weeks since I last shared my Finery of Nature cross-stitch with you and if I say so myself, I’ve made pretty good progress! Three weeks ago I was still deliberating over the colour of the back-stitching on the … Continue reading
Two Stitch-a-longs and an Exhibition
I’m having a pretty productive holiday at the moment, over the week-end I managed to catch up with both my cross-stitch stitch-a-longs, finished with a week to spare! I’m now a quarter of the way through my Enlightenment SAL having … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #ZoeSAL, Enlightenment SAL, Faby Reilly Designs
15 Comments
A Tahriri Bookmark
A few weeks back I went on a workshop at Fabbadashery by Deborah Mullins. We had a talk by her at my Embroiderers Guild and her work was beautiful. I’d already pencilled in her workshops at Fabbadashery so seeing her … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery
Tagged couching, embroidery, Palestinian embroidery, Tahriri Embroidery
26 Comments
Keeping Up with the SALs
I’ve got two cross-stitch stitch-a-longs on the go, each releases a new section of the pattern every two weeks, luckily not on the same day! I’m just about managing to keep up with them both, along with everything else! Life … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #ZoeSAL, cross-stitch, Enlightenment SAL, Tempting Tangles
16 Comments
Nineteen for 19
We’re nearly half way through August already so I thought I’d better see how I was doing with my nineteen challenges for the year, so this is the end of July report… July was a busy month as I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crafts, embroidery, Garden, Nineteen for 19, Quilting
Tagged Nineteen for 19
18 Comments
The Finery of Nature SAL
It’s three weeks since I last shared my Finery of Nature cross-stitch and if I say so myself, I’ve made pretty good progress! Three weeks ago this is where I was… I’ve now finished the cross-stitch on the last bit … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, The Finery of Nature
34 Comments
August Smalls
I was a bit late this month arranging my selection of smalls for August, mainly because most of them were out on display anyway for the needlework part of my open garden and I hadn’t quite got round to putting … Continue reading
A Miscellany
Sometimes I have things I want to share here, but they’re not quite big enough to make a full post, so I thought I’d lump them together as a miscellany, a collection of unrelated items! I’ve recently heard a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity
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