Category Archives: Serendipity

Foragers Journal

I’ve started another monthly subscription! This one is for a fabric book which is embroidered and then hand quilted. It’s by Sarah Edgar who has a company called ‘Pretty Fabrics and Trims’, this is the fourth journal she has stitched … Continue reading

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Phenology Wheel SAL

Three weeks ago I gave you a peek of my new project, a phenology wheel. These are illustrated records of the year, usually of nature, in a wheel pattern. If you google them you’ll see lots of examples. I’ve wanted … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Bird Alphabet

Last night I finished another letter in the bird alphabet, so I have stitched A to H now, almost a third of the way through. This morning I also worked out what size to do the back-stitch squares round each … Continue reading

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Postcards from the Hedge SAL

It’s time for a happy dance, I finished my Postcards from the Hedge book! Three weeks ago I had a little stack of prepared pages, I just had to make the cover and work out how to bind the book. … Continue reading

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Spiderman Quilt

I’ve been a busy bee over the last couple of weeks with walking, gardening and of course sewing! I managed to make a quilt in just over a week. About three years ago I promised my niece’s son a bed … Continue reading

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Winnie the Pooh

It’s just over a week since I shared my progress with the Winnie the Pooh birth sampler. At that point I had just three letters left to stitch, but I also had to finish Pooh and the bees, then do … Continue reading

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Scuba Skirt

In January I did the Karen Brown Declutter Challenge and as part of it I reorganised my fabric stash, I pulled everything out of the zip-lock bags, put like fabrics together, updated my Stash Hub app and had the scary … Continue reading

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Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is taking shape! This is a birth sampler design from Freckledoll on Etsy. I’ve made a slight change as the initial of baby is stitched in a different colour, then at the bottom it says ‘…is for … Continue reading

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