Category Archives: Textile Books

Stitching Flowers

Posted on August 30, 2022 by craftycreeky

Over the weekend I concentrated on finishing my flower sampler, this is for my textile book about the garden. I’ve been doing an on-line course with Nicki Franklyn frm the stitchery called Stitch-a-Garden and this sampler is one of the … Continue reading →

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Merging Workshops

Posted on August 22, 2022 by craftycreeky

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks here, hence very few posts! Our house sale has fallen through as our buyers pulled out, luckily before we had incurred costs for purchasing the one we wanted! Other countries seem to have … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-Garden SAL

Posted on August 7, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve finally made a bit more progress on my garden stitching, not a huge amount as I’m still a bit hesitant on how I’m going to get the effect I want. Three weeks ago on my last SAL post I’d … Continue reading →

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Garden Stitching

Posted on August 2, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve been busy stitching over the last week, just haven’t quite got round to writing about it. I’ve stitched another couple of little embroideries for my garden book. These are both from the mystery bundle I bought from Soukie Soo, … Continue reading →

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A Butterfly Book

Posted on August 1, 2022 by craftycreeky

We had a fabulous workshop last month at Skipton Stitchers, one of our members ran it, it was called a Garden Book workshop and I really didn’t know what to expect. The equipment list was things like papers, fabric, paper … Continue reading →

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Stitching a Treasure Bundle

Posted on July 22, 2022 by craftycreeky

I seem to be doing a lot of embroidery at the moment, lots of little ones which don’t take long but are lovely to stitch…and they’ll go in my garden textile book. These ones are from a ‘Treasure Bundle’ I … Continue reading →

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Stitch a garden SAL

Posted on July 17, 2022 by craftycreeky

I have finally made some progress with my garden SAL. This is a course by Nicki from the Stitchery, she’s been giving lots of ideas on how to represent trees, flowers and structures etc. I’m making mine into a book … Continue reading →

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A Flower Wreath

Posted on July 11, 2022 by craftycreeky

A few weeks ago I bought a surprise bundle of linen and designs from SoukieSoo, I follow her on instagram and I like her style. Quite a few were immediately earmarked for my garden book. Once I’d finished my ladybugs … Continue reading →

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Textile Book SAL

Posted on June 26, 2022 by craftycreeky

Well my stitch-a-garden project has had to take a back seat over the last three weeks, what with trying to finish the cot quilt before Hugo was born, trying to sell the house and the worry since the little one … Continue reading →

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Stitch a Garden SAL

Posted on May 15, 2022 by craftycreeky

One of my bigger projects (time wise!) is a textile book of our garden. Nicky from The Stitchery is running a SAL with videos and instructions on how to stitch a garden, it’s meant to be a picture but as … Continue reading →

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