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Category Archives: Serendipity
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
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
Postcards from the Hedge SAL
Last time I posted about this project I thought I was going to have to take a break from it in order to do the birth sampler for my grandson, however I made such a good start on the Winnie … Continue reading
Winnie the Pooh Alphabet
I was going to keep this project for my SAL posts and pause the hedgerow postcards, but I’ve made such good progress I think I can manage both! I promised I would make my youngest grandson a birth sampler for … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, Serendipity, Sewing for Grandchildren
Tagged Birth Samper, cross-stitch, embroidery, Winnie the Pooh sampler
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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
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Stitching on the Go
After a few days away I’ve stitched a fair bit on my ‘stitching on the move’ project. We’ve been to Cyprus visiting family so we had two flights of nearly five hours and train journeys to get to the airport, … Continue reading
Postcard from the Hedge SAL
It’s six weeks since I posted about my progress with the Postcards from the Hedge, so I’ve managed a fair bit of stitching since then. It was early December and I had just finished the foxglove postcard… I decided to … Continue reading
Bird Alphabet
I’ve just finished another letter of my alphabet of birds. This one I think is a female blackcap – the male has the black cap, females have a brown one. These are delightful to stitch and don’t really take long … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged Bird alphabet, cross-stitch, fabric book
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Love is…
I’ve almost finished my little book of love. This is a concertina style book so it opens out into a long strip. The original strip of calico and the basic instructions and inspiration came from a kit I’ve had in … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged concertina book, embroidery, fabric book, Love is patient poem, slow stitching
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Bird Alphabet
I’ve just finished another of the letters for the bird alphabet book. The letter F has a very sweet little chaffinch. Now I’ve completed A to F, I’m nearly a quarter of the way through the alphabet. I’ve started G … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged Bird alphabet, cross-stitch, embroidery, fabric book
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