Category Archives: Garden

Tuesday’s Totter Round the Garden

Posted on May 14, 2024 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the radio silence, I’ve had major internet problems! My computer is in my sewing room on a desk that is about as far away from where the internet comes in as it could be, it’s been getting ridiculously … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Totter Round the Garden

Posted on April 2, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve finally managed to have a few good sessions in the garden – it’s been so wet up to recently that I’m way behind on the spring tidy up, over Easter I managed two good days in the garden… I … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on March 17, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve been quite productive over the last three weeks with my embroidered garden book, I think now I’m nearing the end I just want to wrap it up. I’ve been stitching what I call filler pages, not a huge amount … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on February 25, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well I never did find the original design for this final piece for my garden book, it’ll turn up one day…in the meantime I redrew the map of our garden. I used Google maps as a basis of relative sizes … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on February 4, 2024 by craftycreeky

Three weeks ago I was full of plans for one of the last pages for my garden book. I’d mapped it out a few months ago with the help of google maps and put it somewhere safe…and guess what, I … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on January 14, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well we finally returned home yesterday after nearly four weeks away, visiting family in Sydney and then cruising round New Zealand. We had a fabulous time, but after over 30 hours travelling to get home, I’m feeling somewhat jetlagged, hopefully … Continue reading →

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Mother Daughter Time

Posted on October 7, 2023 by craftycreeky

Last weekend I had a wonderful few days with my daughter, she lives about 200 miles away at the moment, she comes up when she can but for various reasons I hadn’t been down there, so it was lovely to … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on September 25, 2023 by craftycreeky

It’s officially autumn here in the UK and it certainly feels autumnal up here in Yorkshire. It’s time to start slowly tidying the garden up for the winter. I try not to tidy too much as it’s better for wildlife … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on September 10, 2023 by craftycreeky

I’m managing to get a few projects finished at the moment and today is time for another happy dance as I’ve managed to finish my last big garden embroidery for my embroidered garden fabric book. I wanted to finish it … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s Wander Round the Garden

Posted on August 30, 2023 by craftycreeky

I’m a bit behind with my posts at the moment, various reasons, sometimes life just gets in the way! We had a couple of days away this weekend and when I came back, a lily had come into flower. It’s … Continue reading →

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