Category Archives: Smalls of the Month

A Bird in the Hand…

Posted on February 17, 2021 by craftycreeky

…is better than two in the box! My one and only New Year Resolution this year was to try and make cross-stitch smalls up as soon as I finished them, so they don’t end up languishing in a box. Last … Continue reading →

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February Faby Fest

Posted on February 9, 2021 by craftycreeky

I try and have a seasonal display of my cross-stitch smalls, changing them each month. The obvious theme for February is Valentines Day, but we have our wedding anniversary in March, so I tend to have the lovey-dovie ones out … Continue reading →

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A Robin Sings

Posted on January 15, 2021 by craftycreeky

I finished another cross-stitch small today. I’m trying to break my 2020 bad habit of completing a piece of stitching and then not doing anything with it! I started this one whilst I was in hospital between Christmas and New … Continue reading →

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First Finish of 2021

Posted on January 8, 2021 by craftycreeky

Yesterday I finished off an embroidery I started just before Christmas. It is called a Strawberry Pot, it’s a kit by the Historic Needlework Guild which I bought for £3 from a Facebook destash page last year. I suspect it’s … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas…

Posted on December 9, 2020 by craftycreeky

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 →

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A Square of Fudge

Posted on November 4, 2020 by craftycreeky

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 →

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The Eleventh Hour

Posted on October 29, 2020 by craftycreeky

A couple of years ago I started stitching the Joyful World series of cross-stitch designs. This was originally a free SAL on the Snowflower Diary website. I got as far as October and stopped – I think the month overtook … Continue reading →

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Smalls of the month

Posted on September 6, 2020 by craftycreeky

It was June when I last showed you my seasonal display of cross-stitch smalls, I know because June’s smalls were still out a week ago! July and August went by in a bit of a blur with things going on … Continue reading →

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June Smalls are Buzzing!

Posted on June 10, 2020 by craftycreeky

Where has this month gone, we’re a third of the way through already! So, here’s my cross-stitch smalls for the month… The Joyful World SAL one for June has a very cute bear with a bee hive. That gave me … Continue reading →

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April Smalls

Posted on April 4, 2020 by craftycreeky

I changed all my cross-stitch smalls over today, I’ve got all my spring and Easter ones out, it almost doesn’t seem real that it’s nearly Easter already, but next weekend it’ll be here! It was nice to rummage through my … Continue reading →

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