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Category Archives: Serendipity
It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas
For many years I’ve decorated gingerbread houses for Christmas. It started when the children were small, I bought them flat packed from Ikea and decorated them with sweets and icing. I started making them for friends until I was decorating … Continue reading
It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas…
I think I’ve finally got all my Christmas decorations up, it usually takes a couple of days to get them organised! In amongst the Christmas trees and the Father Christmases are my Christmas cross-stitch smalls. Some years I hang them … Continue reading
Words for November
Over the last couple of days I’ve stitched the wordplay to go opposite the flower page for November in my Anthea SAL book. The SAL is organised by Faby Reilly and her designs are beautiful. This was the penultimate month … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, textile book, wordplay
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A Square of Fudge
I mentioned yesterday that I had two cross-stitch finishes to share, so this is the second one, stitched over the last few days. A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to stitching November from the Joyful World SAL, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Serendipity, Smalls of the Month, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls, Joyful World SAL
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A Square for October
I’ve two cross-stitch finishes to share with you, they’re both pretty quick makes so I stitched them over the weekend, finishing the last one just now… Firstly I stitched the wordplay for October. This will be opposite the colourful cyclamen … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, wordplay
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Button Back Skirt
Last week I finished making a skirt for the autumn, it’s a pattern I’ve used before, back in 2017, Newlook 6876. I made it then in a beautiful teal blue tweed… …it still fits me nicely so I just made … Continue reading
Anthea Calendar SAL
In the last couple of days I’ve finished the October design for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. I would have finished it a few days before only I mislaid the dark maroon I needed for back-stitching the flowers, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, cyclamen
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Anthea Calendar SAL
Last weekend I managed to stitch the wordplay for September to go with the autumn crocus design for the month. Once I get the design sorted it doesn’t usually take long to actually stitch as a lot of it is … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Fabric Books, wordplay
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Dancing to Bethlehem
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Bethlehem embroidery, I was still prevaricating over the filling in designs round the spirals and I was still only half way round the outer border… Well it was the first thing … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Workshops
Tagged Bethlehem embroidery, Deborah Mullins, embroidery
21 Comments
2020 Vision
It’s a while since I last checked how I was doing with my 2020 Vision, I’ve just looked back and it was May – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!! As we are now three quarters of the way … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Vision, Dressmaking, embroidery, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, The Stitchbook Collective, Workshops
Tagged 2020 Vision, embroidery, Quilting, sewing
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