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Category Archives: Textile Books
A Bag for Memories
I’m trying to play catch up before I start any new projects, tidy up loose ends as it were. In some ways I don’t feel I’ve achieved much over the last couple of weeks, but a lot of it is … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Home, Sewing, Textile Books
Tagged crewel embroidery, Memories textile book
16 Comments
Anthea SAL
I’ve just finished this month’s stitching for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. The stitch-a-long is of a flower themed design for each month, you can either stitch them into one big picture or individually. I’m doing them individually, but … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, wordplay
28 Comments
Textile Memories
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a textile book of all the finished and unfinished crafty things we found when clearing my mum’s house when she went into a care home a couple of years ago. … Continue reading
Textile Memories
I gave you a sneak preview on Tuesday of what I’ve been working on this week, my mum’s textile memories book. She was a prolific craftlady, trying all sorts of different crafts over the years and when we cleared her … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged Memories textile book, textile book
28 Comments
Anthea SAL Book
I’m stitching the Anthea Calendar this year, it’s a stitch-a-long by Faby Reilly. Each month we get a design which includes a seasonal flower, I’ve decided to double my workload by making it into a textile book with a facing … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, wordplay
22 Comments
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
The advantage of doing courses like the Stitchbook Collective is that you can try new techniques out without major expenses, a bit like attending workshops, you can decide if it’s something you want to try more of. A couple of … Continue reading
Textiles photo challenge; Playtime!
Sandra from Wild Daffodil is organising a monthly photo challenge again (last years theme was windows) this year it’s all about textiles – right up my street! Do follow the link to her post to see lots more textiles. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Serendipity, Textile Books, The Stitchbook Collective
Tagged gel plate printing, joomchi, The Stitchbook Collective
6 Comments
Nineteen for 19
I’ve got a bit behind on my posts again – a mixture of Christmas and sewing I think! Anyway, I decided it’s time I shared my November update for my Nineteen for 19 challenge. I’ve got to that point in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dressmaking, embroidery, Nineteen for 19, Serendipity, Sewing, Textile Books, The Stitchbook Collective
Tagged Nineteen for 19
10 Comments
The Stitchbook Collective
I’ve just completed another month’s project for the Stitchbook Collective, this is a monthly on line course organised by Helen Bellingham of Untangled Threads which is teaching us different techniques each month, she sends a box out which contains everything … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Textile Books, The Stitchbook Collective
Tagged dyeing, embroidery, The Stitchbook Collective
12 Comments
A Book of Memories
I have finally started a textile book of my mums work. My mum was a prolific craftsperson – you think I do a lot, she made lots of things and was happy to try almost any craft, pottery, embroidery, spinning, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, Memories textile book, textile book
38 Comments


