Category Archives: Textile Books

More Bumble Bees

Posted on October 6, 2024 by craftycreeky

A few months ago I went on a workshop by Laura Edgar to make a seascape, she uses scraps of fabrics, often torn or distressed and lots of free-style stitching to create wonderful textile art. I finally finished my seascape … Continue reading →

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Busy Bee

Posted on October 3, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve been busy making bees for my book, I’ve got three on the go at the moment! My ‘handbag project’ for the last couple of weeks has been a bee that was in a treasure bundle I bought from SookieSoo … Continue reading →

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Bees Textile Book SAL

Posted on September 22, 2024 by craftycreeky

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

Posted on September 1, 2024 by craftycreeky

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

Posted on August 11, 2024 by craftycreeky

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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Bumble Bees SAL

Posted on July 21, 2024 by craftycreeky

It’s time for a new project for my three weekly SAL posts. This is a cross-stitch I actually started a couple of months back but never got round to posting about it. It’s for another fabric book! This time the … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 30, 2024 by craftycreeky

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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Strawberry Sampler Book

Posted on June 29, 2024 by craftycreeky

Happy days! Last night I finished making my Strawberry Sampler book. I started it over Christmas whilst on holiday, it was a kit from the Cross-stitch Guild. I think last time I posted about this book I’d just finished the … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Sampler Book

Posted on June 20, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’ve been working on my strawberry sampler book for about an hour most evenings and I’ve now finished the last two pages. I think this one just needed the edge stitching after I last shared it with you. This is … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 9, 2024 by craftycreeky

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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