Category Archives: Skipton Stitchers

There is no Planet B

Posted on October 27, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’m a member of Skipton Stitchers, formerly of the Embroiders Guild, every couple of years we hold an exhibition, showing the community our wide range of styles, hopefully encouraging people to take up a needle and thread and maybe joining … Continue reading →

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Skipton Stitchers

Posted on August 25, 2022 by craftycreeky

We had a lovely meeting a Skipton Stitchers, very simple idea but so much fun… I think it was Sally’s idea, inspired by The Great British Sewing Bee program where they have one and a half hours to recycle a … Continue reading →

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A Butterfly Book

Posted on August 1, 2022 by craftycreeky

We had a fabulous workshop last month at Skipton Stitchers, one of our members ran it, it was called a Garden Book workshop and I really didn’t know what to expect. The equipment list was things like papers, fabric, paper … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the Move Bag

Posted on April 29, 2022 by craftycreeky

Having decorated a cotton bag for the competition at Skipton Stitchers, I then turned to the fabric sample which needed titivating and turning into something. A few years ago I made a project bag to live in my handbag with … Continue reading →

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Skipton Stitchers

Posted on April 28, 2022 by craftycreeky

One of our members is celebrating an amazing 50 years in the Embroiderers Guild, and she is still just as involved within the organisation and enthusiastic about embroidery. She decided to celebrate by organising a competition for our members and … Continue reading →

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Leatherwork

Posted on April 7, 2022 by craftycreeky

I do like a good workshop that gives me the opportunity to try a new craft, I’ve never worked with leather, so when a workshop by Diamond Awl was announced at my Skipton Stitchers meeting, I was interested to try … Continue reading →

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Curlews in the Red

Posted on February 22, 2022 by craftycreeky

At Skipton Stitchers we have a variation of travelling books going round at the moment, rather than each persons book going round the group we are given a theme each month, all based around our next exhibition which is in … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden

Posted on February 21, 2022 by craftycreeky

Recently I started an on-line embroidery course with Nicki Franklyn from The Stitchery, she does beautiful, delicate stitching, very pretty. The course is called Stitch a Garden, it can be any garden, she is stitching Beatrix Potters garden up at … Continue reading →

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Crazy Patchwork

Posted on January 23, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve been trying to finish a few projects this week, tidying up loose ends before I start my next big project. Last Monday at my Skipton Stitchers meeting we had a workshop on Crazy Patchwork, we had to prepare a … Continue reading →

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Stitch Club

Posted on January 22, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve been on annual leave this week so it was perfect timing when textileartist.org announced a week long free workshop with Gwen Hadley. I did a couple of their free workshops last year and it certainly pushes me out of … Continue reading →

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