Category Archives: embroidery

Christie SAL 2

Posted on November 20, 2018 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished the second part of Faby Reilly’s Christmas stitch-a-long. She’s releasing a design every two weeks, they’re Christmas card size but I’m making them into decorations. The designs are gorgeous, this was the first one… I changed the … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on November 11, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Square Year etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan published in Classic Inspirations last year. I had just finished the winter side so all four seasons were complete, it was … Continue reading →

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Christie SAL

Posted on November 9, 2018 by craftycreeky

I tried to resist the Christie SAL, honest!  I’m not exactly short of things to do! The designs are by Faby Reilly and every two weeks the pattern for a Christmas card is being released, there are four altogether. I … Continue reading →

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Stitches in Time

Posted on November 8, 2018 by craftycreeky

It was spring 2017 when I got inspired by various stitch samplers and textile books on Pinterest, it took me until early summer to formulate my ideas enough to start the project. I wanted a usable sample of stitches with … Continue reading →

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Eighteen for 18

Posted on November 4, 2018 by craftycreeky

Another month has gone by! I’m doing pretty well on most of my challenges, I’m even starting to think about next years!! 1 Etsy store opened; Still no where on this one, I really need to put aside a weekend … Continue reading →

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Embroidery Wallet

Posted on October 30, 2018 by craftycreeky

I realised yesterday that one of my posts for Minerva has gone live, so I can tell you a bit about what I made now. Back in the summer I chose three things from their website and duly got a … Continue reading →

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A Bird in the Hand…

Posted on October 27, 2018 by craftycreeky

I was a little bit behind with My Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long so I decided to do a bit of catch up. This is the quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, there’s a new 6″ block released each … Continue reading →

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A Pair of Smalls

Posted on October 25, 2018 by craftycreeky

I’m still waiting for my border material to arrive for the hummingbird quilt, I’m not very impressed as it is now apparently on it’s way from Malvern Quilt Festival to Duxford Quilt Festival, I may get it some time next … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on October 21, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan which was published in Classic Inspirations. Each side represents a different season, I’m using different threads to the instructions, so I’ve … Continue reading →

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Go Teal It On The Mountain

Posted on October 17, 2018 by craftycreeky

Having ordered some green fabric for my hummingbird quilt border I have to wait til at least the weekend for it to arrive – I received a very sweet e-mail from the company just after I ordered it explaining that … Continue reading →

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