Category Archives: Stitch-a-long

Bee Book SAL

I’ve been a busy bee with my book over the last three weeks, I now have the makings of a book! It’s mini happy dance time! Three weeks ago I was still making the final pages, cutting them to size … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

I’ve not done as much on my actual book over the last three weeks, mainly due to Christmas preparations but also I’ve been stitching extra bees which I’ve already shared with you. I have however done some extra stitching on … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

Apologies for not posting this yesterday, we had a bit of a family crisis last week when someone was blue-lighted into hospital, luckily it’s not as serious as thought at first but several days hospital visiting certainly keeps one busy! … Continue reading →

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Bee Textile Book SAL

Things are starting to come together with my bee book, well maybe ‘coming together’ is a tad optimistic, but it’s heading in the right direction! Three weeks ago I had just started my thread-painted bee, called Betty… This is a … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

Well my bees are continuing to multiply! Three weeks ago I was making good progress on my wild flower bee, a design I found on Etsy by Doodle and Stitch… I stitched the legs and antenna and then the wings … Continue reading →

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Bees Textile Book SAL

I’ve been a busy bee over the last three weeks! I’ve been working on the embroideries to go in my bee book most days. Last time I shared my progress I was working on the first bumblebee of a cross-stitch … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

It’s time for my three weekly update on my fabric book about bees. Last time I shared my progress I was doing nicely with the second half of my bee cross-stitch. This was a kit I bought at a destash … Continue reading →

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Bee Book SAL

I’ve made pretty good progress over the last three weeks with my bee cross-stitch, this piece is for a fabric book on bees. I’ve quite a few bee cross-stitches so I thought I’d put them all in a book, I … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Well I’ve finally finished it! Two years in the making but my embroidered garden book is finally finished. To say the least, I’m well chuffed with it 🙂 Three weeks ago I’d just finished making all the pages, I was … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

It’s time for a mini happy dance, I’ve finally made all the individual pages and stitched them together into ten double sided pages. Three weeks ago I had finally worked out how to create the actual pages. Each embroidery is … Continue reading →

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