Category Archives: embroidery

Bee Book SAL

I’ve not done as much on my actual book over the last three weeks, mainly due to Christmas preparations but also I’ve been stitching extra bees which I’ve already shared with you. I have however done some extra stitching on … Continue reading

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Christmas Stitching

At our December meetings we have a tradition at Skipton Stitchers that we make a Christmas card for a swop. I remembered Sunday afternoon that I needed a card for the meeting on Monday, so a quick make was needed. … Continue reading

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Goldwork Bee

Over the weekend I finished my goldwork bee, this was a kit from Crafty Heart which I saw advertised on facebook. I have to admit to being a dubious about the quality when I realised it was coming from China, … Continue reading

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Goldwork Bee

For my bee book I’m trying to stitch bees using lots of different embroidery techniques, so I’ve a blackwork bee, a whitework bee, a collage bee, thread-painted bees as well as multiple cross-stitch bees. I was tempted by this goldwork … Continue reading

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Time for Tea

Last week it was my Skipton Stitchers meeting, one of our members ran a workshop on stitching teabags! Now I have a roll of teabag paper that I found at a scrap store, but this was actual used teabags, Yorkshire … Continue reading

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Bee Book SAL

Apologies for not posting this yesterday, we had a bit of a family crisis last week when someone was blue-lighted into hospital, luckily it’s not as serious as thought at first but several days hospital visiting certainly keeps one busy! … Continue reading

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Owl and Hare Hollow

I feel I’m making slow but steady progress on my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt, mainly because I’ve been busy with my bees, but also because if I hand quilt for too long it does seem to aggravate my neck, … Continue reading

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Little Bees

I’ve stitched two more bees over the last week, they were handbag projects and didn’t take long at all. First to stitch was another cross-stitch one, I wasn’t planning to do anymore cross-stitch ones but a friend from Skipton Stitchers … Continue reading

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Bee Textile Book SAL

Things are starting to come together with my bee book, well maybe ‘coming together’ is a tad optimistic, but it’s heading in the right direction! Three weeks ago I had just started my thread-painted bee, called Betty… This is a … Continue reading

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Collage Bee

I’m trying to stitch bees using lots of different styles. This one was inspired by Laura Edgar’s bumblebee which I saw when I did a wonderful workshop with her. She uses all sorts of textiles, usually distressed in some way, … Continue reading

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