Category Archives: Serendipity

…because every fairy deserves a special set of wings!

Posted on July 11, 2019 by craftycreeky

I’m so chuffed with my latest ’embroidery’ that it’s jumping ahead of about six other outstanding posts!! It’s my Embroiderers Guild on Monday and that means it’s time to swop travelling sketchbooks again, so I thought I’d better get on … Continue reading →

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Ambling Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on July 7, 2019 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last shared my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt with you, this is a Sarah Fielke quilt which I am now hand quilting, it’s taking a lot longer than I anticipated, but it is a very … Continue reading →

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Windows Past and Present

Posted on July 2, 2019 by craftycreeky

It’s the first Tuesday of the month which traditionally is the day to share photos of windows for Wild Daffodil’s photo challenge, though officially it lasts all month. Whilst I was walking 80 miles of the Cleveland Way last month … Continue reading →

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Grassington to Kettlewell

Posted on June 14, 2019 by craftycreeky

Last week my walking buddy and I had our last practise walk, ready for our big challenge which starts tomorrow, walking the Cleveland Way as far as Whitby. We’ve been walking sections of the Lady Anne Way as practises, not … Continue reading →

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Quilts for Care Leavers

Posted on May 31, 2019 by craftycreeky

Last Saturday I met up with a group of ladies in Steeton to make quilts for young people who are leaving the care system.I do feel quite strongly that these young people have had a pretty poor childhood and then … Continue reading →

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Walking with New Friends and Old Friends

Posted on May 31, 2019 by craftycreeky

I did two walks in quick succession a couple of weeks ago. I went up to Halton Gill with forty colleagues from work for the weekend, staying in a lovely bunk barn. The aim on the Saturday was to walk … Continue reading →

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Spring Reading

Posted on May 30, 2019 by craftycreeky

About three months ago I met up with an old friend and during the evening we got onto the subject of books. She knows I love walking, she loves Scotland, she recommended a book called Between the Sunset and the … Continue reading →

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Bees Knees

Posted on May 30, 2019 by craftycreeky

I’m rather partial to things with bees on, we used to keep bees and my mum has this theory (which I think i a load of twaddle!!) that my maiden name, Bickerdike, means beekeepers by the dyke! I made her … Continue reading →

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Waste not Want not!

Posted on May 28, 2019 by craftycreeky

A few years ago I bought a length a broderie anglais on my first visit to Goldhawk Road, I seem to recall it was only about £2.50 a metre and 60″ wide, so a bargain.I bought about 2.5m, a good … Continue reading →

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From Wharfedale to Wensleydale

Posted on May 17, 2019 by craftycreeky

A couple of weeks ago three of us walked another section of the Lady Anne Way. This is a long distance path which runs from Skipton to Penrith in Cumbria, 100 miles altogether, we’re doing it in little chunks! We … Continue reading →

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