Category Archives: Serendipity

Christie SAL 2

Posted on November 20, 2018 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished the second part of Faby Reilly’s Christmas stitch-a-long. She’s releasing a design every two weeks, they’re Christmas card size but I’m making them into decorations. The designs are gorgeous, this was the first one… I changed the … Continue reading →

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Stained Glass Christmas Decorations

Posted on November 20, 2018 by craftycreeky

Last year a few of us from my WI went to Alma House in Ripon for a workshop with Rachel Poole to make a stained glass nativity, we loved it and we were really proud of our nativities. So when … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on November 19, 2018 by craftycreeky

The days are getting shorter and shorter, it’s only about five weeks now to the shortest day, on the plus side after that the days will start getting longer! I managed to get home today just in time to take … Continue reading →

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HQAL Round the Houses.

Posted on November 18, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, in that time I’ve actually met the designer, Sarah Fielkes at a talk in Slaithwaite, thousands of miles from her home in Sydney. It was pretty … Continue reading →

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St Cuthbert’s Way

Posted on November 14, 2018 by craftycreeky

I finally got round to sorting out my photos from our ‘big adventure’, our long distance walk, so I thought I would share some with you. My friend and I try to do a long distance walk each year, we … Continue reading →

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Meeting Sarah

Posted on November 13, 2018 by craftycreeky

I had a wonderful evening yesterday, I went to a trunk talk by Sarah Fielke. Sarah is the designer of my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt which I made last year as part of her BOM and I’m now (slowly) … Continue reading →

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Oh My Darling Clementine!

Posted on November 13, 2018 by craftycreeky

My latest Minerva make I can share with you is a denim skirt, I’ve been trying to pluck up the courage to make a pair of jeans for ages, like a couple of years! I’ve even bought all the necessaries, … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on November 11, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Square Year etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan published in Classic Inspirations last year. I had just finished the winter side so all four seasons were complete, it was … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Challenge

Posted on November 9, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s Remembrance Day this weekend, so the word for today’s Photo Challenge set by Postcard from Gibraltar is Remembrance. Everyone has made a big effort this year for Remembrance Day as it’s 100 years since the end of WW1. There … Continue reading →

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Christie SAL

Posted on November 9, 2018 by craftycreeky

I tried to resist the Christie SAL, honest!  I’m not exactly short of things to do! The designs are by Faby Reilly and every two weeks the pattern for a Christmas card is being released, there are four altogether. I … Continue reading →

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