Category Archives: Serendipity

Bird Alphabet

Posted on December 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

These cross-stitch birds are a delight to stitch, they don’t take too long either. Last time I posted about them I had stitched A B and C on holiday and I’d just started D. Having finished my slot and tab … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cards

Posted on December 18, 2025 by craftycreeky

At the December meeting of Skipton Stitchers we have a lovely tradition of making a hand-made Christmas card to swop. Anyone who wishes to take part just makes a card, writes a Christmas greeting from them inside, adds it to … Continue reading →

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Cross-Stitch Words Book

Posted on December 1, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve been concentrating on my cross-stitch words book over the last couple of weeks, I felt ready to get it finished! I’m making it using the tab and slot method which is a way of putting together a book by … Continue reading →

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Stitch-book

Posted on November 25, 2025 by craftycreeky

Over the last week I’ve been making a stitch-book. It’s not one that will have different types of stitches in, it’s an empty book for pieces of embroidery I’m not sure what to do with. I’ve a few pieces that … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on November 3, 2025 by craftycreeky

After a couple of days at sea I’ve finished the letter A and almost finished B too – I never was one for lying in the sun, give me a shady spot and some stitching and I’m happy! This was … Continue reading →

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Postcards form the Hedge SAL

Posted on October 26, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’m still making pretty slow progress on these postcards but I have managed to finish another one before going on holiday. Three weeks ago I had made good progress with my dragonfly embroidery, the background and the body was stitched … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the Go

Posted on October 24, 2025 by craftycreeky

After quite a lot of time in airports or on planes I’ve just finished the little sheepish virtue cross stitch, well it’s as finished as it can be until I get home as I’ve run out of ecru to finish … Continue reading →

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Christmas Runner HQAL

Posted on October 12, 2025 by craftycreeky

Well it’s happy dance time, it’s only taken five years but I have finally finished my Christmas runner…better later than never! I missed the last post unfortunately so six weeks ago I was still quilting across the runner… Having quilted … Continue reading →

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Sewing for Holidays

Posted on September 24, 2025 by craftycreeky

We are heading rapidly into autumn here in the UK, however we are flying off to warmer climes shortly so I’m doing a bit of sewing with that in mind. I haven’t done much sewing for myself since I lost … Continue reading →

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Christmas Runner HQAL

Posted on August 31, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve made a little bit of progress on my Christmas runner, not a lot though as I’ve been concentrating on other things. This is a project I actually started back in 2020 but it got put on a back burner … Continue reading →

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