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Category Archives: Textile Books
Stitching my Garden SAL
I finally plucked up the courage and started stitching the pages together for my garden book. I’ve been prevaricating for a while on how to do it, I discussed it with one of my friends from my stitching group who … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Stitch-a-long, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
Tagged birds, embroidery, garden, Making textile books, Stitching my Garden
10 Comments
Stitching my Garden SAL
I’ve just finished what I hope is the last page for my embroidered garden book. I say ‘hope’ as I haven’t arranged the pages in order yet and there’s one more page that might be needed. I decided last month … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
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Strawberry Sampler
Last weekend I decided to have a change with my stitching projects, I’ve been working hard for the last few months on either the Owl and Hare Hollow or the Garden in Stitch book and I just fancied a change. … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch Guild, embroidery, Fabric Books, Strawberry Sampler Book, textile book
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Stitching my Garden SAL
I’ve been quite productive over the last three weeks with my embroidered garden book, I think now I’m nearing the end I just want to wrap it up. I’ve been stitching what I call filler pages, not a huge amount … Continue reading
Strawberry Sampler Book
I think I’ve got too many embroidery projects on at the moment, like four! Rather than concentrating on finishing my long running ones like my garden book and the Owl and Hare Hollow quilt blocks, I keep being distracted by … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch Guild, embroidery, sampler, Strawberry Sampler Book, textile book
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Stitching my Garden SAL
Three weeks ago I was full of plans for one of the last pages for my garden book. I’d mapped it out a few months ago with the help of google maps and put it somewhere safe…and guess what, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Stitch-a-long, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, rosa Claire Austin, Stitching my Garden
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Strawberry Sampler Book
This is the third (and final!) holiday stitching project, I bought this with the holiday in mind at the Knitting and Stitching show last November. I’d admired it for quite a while (we’re talking several years!) and finally took the … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch Guild, embroidery, Strawberry Sampler Book, Textile Books
8 Comments
Stitching my Garden SAL
Well we finally returned home yesterday after nearly four weeks away, visiting family in Sydney and then cruising round New Zealand. We had a fabulous time, but after over 30 hours travelling to get home, I’m feeling somewhat jetlagged, hopefully … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Stitch-a-long, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, Stitch a garden, textile book
22 Comments
Stitching my Garden SAL
I always work better with a deadline, even a self imposed one. Having decided to give my two granddaughters a quilt each for Christmas and having already promised a quilt as a christening present I decided that making one each … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Stitch-a-long, Stitching my Garden, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, Stitching my Garden
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Stitching my Garden
It’s three weeks since I shared my progress on my last big piece for my embroidered garden book. I’ve not done as much as I wanted, mainly because I’m having increasing issues with neuralgia in my arm at the moment … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged embroidered flowers, embroidery, iris, Stitching my Garden, textile book
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