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Category Archives: kits
Harvest Mice Quilt
I’ve just finished this wall hanging of harvest mice for my sewing room. I actually started this in January last year as part of the declutter challenge, I did the right hand side and then it just stayed on my … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Serendipity
Tagged Crafts, Free Motion Quilting, Harvest Mice quilt, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, Raggedy Ruff Designs, sewing
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Robin and Dormice Wallhanging
At the last quilting meeting I cracked on with my Raggedy Ruff kit. I started this over twelve months ago when I was doing the declutter challenge. I completed half of it then, so I decided to do the other … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Serendipity
Tagged Harvest Mice quilt, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Raw edge applique
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Travel Journal
I’ve got a big holiday coming up in May (if things don’t escalate even more!) I’m going interrailing with my daughter round Europe for six weeks, I’m so excited!! Anyway, obviously I want to make some kind of journal of … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged book-binding, leather journal, travel journal
12 Comments
Dormice Quilt Panel
I’ve been doing the Karen Brown Declutter Challenge again this year, it does get easier each time! This time a lot of things like books and threads were reasonably sorted after previous years. I did have a good sort out … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Serendipity
Tagged applique, Crafts, Quilt, Quilting, quilts, Raggedy Ruff Designs, sewing
7 Comments
Little Book of Love
Over the last few days I’ve started a new embroidery project, clearly three projects with another two due to start isn’t quite enough!! In my defence, this should be a relatively quick stitch and my Bobbin Along book is in … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, kits, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged concertina book, Crafts, embroidery, fabric book, Love, sewing, slow-stitching
2 Comments
Butterfly Alphabet SAL
I’ve made good progress with this embroidery over the last three weeks, mainly because it’s been my main project in the evenings. I’m still busy with the never-ending decorating so I haven’t done much else but my OH and I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, kits, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Butterfly Alphabet, DMC kit, embroidery
11 Comments
Butterfly Alphabet SAL
Apologies for not posting sooner, I’ve been painting the hall all day – we’re at that stage of our building work so at the moment it seems endless! We’ve got quite a big hall, well it’s T shaped and has … Continue reading
Dressing Miss Daisy
Daisy was stitched, but she could hardly go to the show with nothing on, she’s quite a shy little sheep! Daisy needed some clothes for the show, I decide to make her a dress and apron. The dress is called … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Luna Lapin, Sewing
Tagged Apple-picking apron, Coolcrafting, costume, Daisy the Sheep, sewing, style, twirly dress
4 Comments
Butterfly Alphabet SAL
Apologies for being so quiet on here, our building work still isn’t finished, though yesterday we had our first bath and cooked a roast dinner in the new oven…so things are moving forward! Any spare time I have had has … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, kits, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Butterfly Alphabet, DMC kit, embroidery, satin stitch
8 Comments
Butterfly Alphabet SAL
Happy Easter everyone! We had a family meal yesterday, so today was spent undercoating and gloss painting in the kitchen before the units go in. I hate gloss painting, probably because I don’t think I’m very good at it, but … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, kits, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Butterfly Alphabet, embroidery
9 Comments


