Category Archives: Stitch-a-long

Stitching 4 the Soul SAL

Posted on February 7, 2021 by craftycreeky

I was late to the party with this SAL, it was organised by Anne Brooke during the first lock down, she’s now doing a 52 week one of little embroideries to go on a luggage tag. I managed to resist … Continue reading →

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Anthea Book of Days

Posted on February 3, 2021 by craftycreeky

It’s happy dance time! Yesterday I finished my Anthea Book of Days and I’m very happy with it! I started this project last January when Faby Reilly started her Anthea Calendar stitch-a-long, each month she released a beautiful cross-stitch of … Continue reading →

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Covering my Book of Days

Posted on February 2, 2021 by craftycreeky

After working out how to bind my fabric book, the next stage was to make a cover. Having found how attractive the binding can be, another time I might make the covers the same way and just bind the whole … Continue reading →

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Stitch Wheel SAL

Posted on February 1, 2021 by craftycreeky

Over the weekend I’ve managed to catch up with the Stitch Wheel SAL. This is a stitch-a-long on YouTube organised by Cathy Reavy of Threads. Every Thursday she is releasing a video or two of a different stitch to stitch … Continue reading →

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Peppermint Purple SAL 2021

Posted on January 29, 2021 by craftycreeky

Four weeks in to this SAL and I’m up to date, though I still haven’t started my borders, mainly because I still haven’t quite decided on colours. This is the free stitch-a-long by Claire of Peppermint Purple, there’s two layouts, … Continue reading →

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Anthea Book of Days

Posted on January 27, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’m making good progress with my Anthe Book of Days, having completed all twelve flower pages and wordplays I started stitching the pages together last week. However I still needed a front title page and a back page, otherwise January … Continue reading →

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Making my Book of Days

Posted on January 23, 2021 by craftycreeky

When I made my stitchbook a couple of years ago a few readers asked me to write a tutorial on how to make the actual book. Life got in the way and apologies but it was never written. The double … Continue reading →

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A Stitch-a-long or Two

Posted on January 21, 2021 by craftycreeky

Every year I tell myself no more stitch-a-longs, and every year I fall for one…or two! This time though they should both be fairly quick to do! I’ve been tempted to try blackwork ever since Claire and Avis started a … Continue reading →

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December Wordplay

Posted on January 18, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’ve finally stitched the final wordplay for my Anthea Calendar book. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be, I could think of lots of words or phrases, but most of them were Christmas rather than December, I … Continue reading →

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Stitching 4 the Soul SAL

Posted on January 17, 2021 by craftycreeky

Ever started something to find further down the line it makes things tricky? When I started my #sewing4thesoulbook in the summer I decided that rather than making a book from batting and then embroidering directly onto each page (as Anne … Continue reading →

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