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Category Archives: Textile Books
Stitching 4 the Soul SAL
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
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, Fabric Books
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Stitching4thesoul SAL
I started the ‘stitching 4 the soul’ project very late in the day, I think it ran over the first lockdown. It was organised by Anne Brook of Hanne-made, her videos are still on Youtube together with the subsequent Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books, Walking
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, Catbells, embroidery, textile book
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Anthea Calender SAL
This morning I put the last few stitches in ‘December’ for the Anthea Calendar, this is the last one in the series of twelve beautiful flower designs by Faby Reilly. It’s been fun trying to guess what the seasonal flower … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, textile book
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Stitching 4 the Soul Book SAL
It’s three weeks since I shared another two pages for my #stitching4thesoulbook which was a SAL organised by Anne Brooke of Hanne-made during the first lock-down. The videos are all still on YouTube so I’ve been working my way through … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
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Words for November
Over the last couple of days I’ve stitched the wordplay to go opposite the flower page for November in my Anthea SAL book. The SAL is organised by Faby Reilly and her designs are beautiful. This was the penultimate month … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, textile book, wordplay
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Stitching 4 the Soul SAL
This week I turned my attention back to my #stitching4thesoul book. I started this in the summer, already late to the party and then got waylaid. Luckily it’s all on YouTube. It’s a stitch-a-long organised by Anne Brooke who lives … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
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Anthea Calendar SAL
Over the weekend I finished stitching this month’s design for the Anthea Calendar, a SAL by Faby Reilly. Each month has a seasonal flower and I was wondering what November’s would be and it’s physalis. Physalis is otherwise known here … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Fabric Books, Faby Reilly Designs, physalis
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A Square for October
I’ve two cross-stitch finishes to share with you, they’re both pretty quick makes so I stitched them over the weekend, finishing the last one just now… Firstly I stitched the wordplay for October. This will be opposite the colourful cyclamen … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, wordplay
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Stitching 4 the Soul Book
During the summer I discovered Anne Brook (designer of Harold the Hare) had started an on-line SAL called Stitching 4 the Soul, I was very late in starting, but better later than never! All the tutorials are on YouTube, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged #stitching4thesoulbook, embroidery, textile book
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Anthea Calendar SAL
In the last couple of days I’ve finished the October design for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. I would have finished it a few days before only I mislaid the dark maroon I needed for back-stitching the flowers, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, cyclamen
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