Category Archives: Textile Books

Travel Journal

Posted on March 6, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve got a big holiday coming up in May (if things don’t escalate even more!) I’m going interrailing with my daughter round Europe for six weeks, I’m so excited!! Anyway, obviously I want to make some kind of journal of … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the Hedge SAL

Posted on March 1, 2026 by craftycreeky

It’s time for a happy dance, I finished my Postcards from the Hedge book! Three weeks ago I had a little stack of prepared pages, I just had to make the cover and work out how to bind the book. … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the Hedge SAL

Posted on February 8, 2026 by craftycreeky

Last time I posted about this project I thought I was going to have to take a break from it in order to do the birth sampler for my grandson, however I made such a good start on the Winnie … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the Go

Posted on January 24, 2026 by craftycreeky

After a few days away I’ve stitched a fair bit on my ‘stitching on the move’ project. We’ve been to Cyprus visiting family so we had two flights of nearly five hours and train journeys to get to the airport, … Continue reading →

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Postcard from the Hedge SAL

Posted on January 18, 2026 by craftycreeky

It’s six weeks since I posted about my progress with the Postcards from the Hedge, so I’ve managed a fair bit of stitching since then. It was early December and I had just finished the foxglove postcard… I decided to … Continue reading →

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Stitched with Love

Posted on January 16, 2026 by craftycreeky

This week I finished my concertina book. Last time I posted about it I had finished the strip of pages, I just had to work out how to do a cover… These strips can be left to have the front … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on January 13, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another letter of my alphabet of birds. This one I think is a female blackcap – the male has the black cap, females have a brown one. These are delightful to stitch and don’t really take long … Continue reading →

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Love is…

Posted on January 7, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve almost finished my little book of love. This is a concertina style book so it opens out into a long strip. The original strip of calico and the basic instructions and inspiration came from a kit I’ve had in … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on January 6, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another of the letters for the bird alphabet book. The letter F has a very sweet little chaffinch. Now I’ve completed A to F, I’m nearly a quarter of the way through the alphabet. I’ve started G … Continue reading →

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Back and Forth

Posted on January 1, 2026 by craftycreeky

New Year to me is a time both to look back and look forward, I look back at what I’ve made, what’s worked and what hasn’t, things I’ve done and plans for things to make or do in the coming … Continue reading →

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