Category Archives: embroidery

Stars in the Travelling Sketchbook

Posted on June 18, 2017 by craftycreeky

Tomorrow at my Embroiderers Guild meeting we have the penultimate swop of our travelling sketchbooks, at the July meeting I’ll get my own back again and see what everyone has been stitching for me. In the meantime I had an … Continue reading →

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Bilberries for Tea with Lizzie

Posted on June 18, 2017 by craftycreeky

I finished my Bilberry Sampler just in time to start my Lizzie Stitching Wallet tomorrow! I started this sweet little sampler last month on the train back from Denman College, it’s a mini kit I bought at the Knitting and … Continue reading →

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Bilberry Sampler and a new stitch-a-long!

Posted on June 13, 2017 by craftycreeky

I started a mini sampler last month, I’d popped it in my bag when I went to Denman College just in case I had a few spare moments! I started it on the train on the way home, but until … Continue reading →

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Travelling Sketchbook goes on my Favourite Walk

Posted on June 10, 2017 by craftycreeky

I’ve been concentrating this week on my entry for the Travelling Sketchbook, I stitched Catbells first, this is my embroidery of Catbells with the reflection on Derwentwater; For the facing page I wanted some kind of map showing my favourite … Continue reading →

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Travelling Sketchbook visits Catbells

Posted on June 8, 2017 by craftycreeky

Over a year ago I happened to read about an international travelling sketchbook that was being organised by Anne Lawson in Australia, I love the idea of a sketchbook travelling around the world with people from lots of different countries … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long 11

Posted on May 14, 2017 by craftycreeky

Three weeks have flown by since I last showed you my flower lattice embroidery. This is where I was up to…   Last night I managed to finish the diamond with the alliums, hollyhocks and delphiniums. I stitched the flowers … Continue reading →

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April Review

Posted on May 11, 2017 by craftycreeky

Can’t quite believe we’re already a third of the way through May, so I’m a bit late with my April review, but that’s life! There’s quite a mix of needlework in this review, embroidery, quilting, dressmaking…I’ve finally finished my home … Continue reading →

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Denman College

Posted on May 10, 2017 by craftycreeky

Last weekend I was at Denman College, learning lots, eating lots and generally having a wonderful time. Denman is the Women’s Institute college in Oxfordshire. It’s a beautiful Georgian house and they run brilliant courses on all sorts of things, … Continue reading →

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A Ladybird Inchie

Posted on May 2, 2017 by craftycreeky

At Skipton Embroiderers Guild we’re putting together a book showcasing our work and (I think) our history as well. We’ve been asked to each make an ‘inchie’, these will all be stitched together to make a book cover. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Viewing the Cherry Blossom

Posted on April 26, 2017 by craftycreeky

In Japan, when the cherry blossom comes out, everyone goes to ‘view it’. I think it’s a beautiful tradition, they all take picnics down to the parks and sit under the cherry trees to admire the blossom, what a wonderful … Continue reading →

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