Category Archives: Workshops

Lines and Edges

Posted on April 27, 2023 by craftycreeky

Last week at Skipton Stitchers we had a workshop called Lines and Edges by Deb Cooper, I really wasn’t sure what to expect but I loved it. I think sometimes having no expectations helps as you start with an open … Continue reading →

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Pyrography

Posted on January 17, 2023 by craftycreeky

Last week at my WI meeting we had a pyrography workshop, it was lovely as everyone had a go including many who don’t consider themselves ‘crafty’ and everyone went home with a lovely piece they had made. Pyrography is when … Continue reading →

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Stitch a Garden SAL

Posted on October 9, 2022 by craftycreeky

Well I have my dancing shoes on! Last night I finished – ish my stitched patio garden for my fabric book about my garden. I say -ish as I might just put a few more stitches on it…might! This is … Continue reading →

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A Barn Owl in the Garden

Posted on September 26, 2022 by craftycreeky

I have a bit of a thing about barn owls, they’re beautiful birds and it’s quite a magical experience when you see one. I was once driving home in the dark along a country lane and as I turned a … Continue reading →

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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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Stitch-a-Garden SAL

Posted on August 28, 2022 by craftycreeky

My garden stitching is coming along nicely, I think before I had a bit of white page syndrome, worrying about how it was going to come out so actually stitching not much at all. Now I’ve got started and it’s … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-Garden

Posted on August 23, 2022 by craftycreeky

As part of the stitch-a-garden course Nicki Franklyn from The Stitchery has included little samplers of how to stitch different parts of the garden. I stitched a tree and shrub sampler earlier in the course… It’s useful to see different … 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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Stitching Maps

Posted on August 4, 2022 by craftycreeky

I started an on line embroidery course with Zara Day a few weeks ago on cartography, I love looking at maps and I’ve a couple of ideas rumbling round my head of embroidered maps, so hopefully this will give me … Continue reading →

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