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Category Archives: embroidery
Bee Book SAL
I’ve made pretty good progress over the last three weeks with my bee cross-stitch, this piece is for a fabric book on bees. I’ve quite a few bee cross-stitches so I thought I’d put them all in a book, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books, stitching
22 Comments
Seascape
Earlier in the year I attended a great workshop organised by Skipton Stitchers, the tutor was Laura Edgar who does the most stunning pieces of textile art inspired in particular by the seascapes of the Northumberland coast near where she … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Skipton Stitchers, Workshops, Yorkshire
Tagged embroidery, Laura Edgar, seascape, Skipton Stitchers, stitching
7 Comments
Bumble Bees SAL
It’s time for a new project for my three weekly SAL posts. This is a cross-stitch I actually started a couple of months back but never got round to posting about it. It’s for another fabric book! This time the … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books
13 Comments
Making Macaroons
At Skipton Stitchers today we had a wonderful speaker called Wyn Ingham, she was talking to us about lace but wove into it her Catholic upbringing with lots of Irish aunts and grandparents, she brought with her family pieces of … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Skipton Stitchers, Workshops
Tagged embroidery, lace, Macaroons, sewing, Skipton Stitchers, workshop
5 Comments
Christmas in July
I’m trying to clear the decks a bit at the moment, I’ve quite a few half finished projects, several from mini workshops that I’ve attended and then not finished. One such item was this pretty Christmas decoration. It was from … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Skipton Stitchers, Workshops
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Decoration, embroidery, sewing, Skipton Stitchers, wooden cotton reel
4 Comments
Stitching my Garden SAL
Well I’ve finally finished it! Two years in the making but my embroidered garden book is finally finished. To say the least, I’m well chuffed with it 🙂 Three weeks ago I’d just finished making all the pages, I was … Continue reading
Strawberry Sampler Book
Happy days! Last night I finished making my Strawberry Sampler book. I started it over Christmas whilst on holiday, it was a kit from the Cross-stitch Guild. I think last time I posted about this book I’d just finished the … Continue reading
Birthday Jumper
It was my grandson’s 2nd birthday this weekend. I decided to embroider his name on a jumper, it’s quite the ‘in’ thing on Etsy and Instagram apparently, my daughter has done a few for friend’s children so she gave me … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, grandchildren, Serendipity
Tagged embroidery, grandchildren, personalised jumper, Sewing for Grandchildren
9 Comments
Strawberry Sampler Book
I’ve been working on my strawberry sampler book for about an hour most evenings and I’ve now finished the last two pages. I think this one just needed the edge stitching after I last shared it with you. This is … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, kits, Textile Books
Tagged Crafts, embroidery, Fabric Books, Hardanger, Strawberry Sampler Book
9 Comments
Stitching my Garden SAL
It’s time for a mini happy dance, I’ve finally made all the individual pages and stitched them together into ten double sided pages. Three weeks ago I had finally worked out how to create the actual pages. Each embroidery is … Continue reading


