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Tag Archives: bumble bees
First and Last
Over the last few weeks I’ve managed to stitch the first and last page for my bee book… At the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show I made a bee-line (please excuse the pun!!) for a certain stall, in my garden … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books, The Last Bee
7 Comments
Bee Book SAL
Apologies for not posting this yesterday, we had a bit of a family crisis last week when someone was blue-lighted into hospital, luckily it’s not as serious as thought at first but several days hospital visiting certainly keeps one busy! … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged bees, bumble bees, Crafts, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books, sewing
9 Comments
Bee Textile Book SAL
Things are starting to come together with my bee book, well maybe ‘coming together’ is a tad optimistic, but it’s heading in the right direction! Three weeks ago I had just started my thread-painted bee, called Betty… This is a … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Betty the Bumblebee, bumble bees, craft, embroidery, Fabric Books, hand-embroidery, sewing, textile book
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Collage Bee
I’m trying to stitch bees using lots of different styles. This one was inspired by Laura Edgar’s bumblebee which I saw when I did a wonderful workshop with her. She uses all sorts of textiles, usually distressed in some way, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, Crafts, embroidery, Laura Edgar, sewing, Textile Books
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More Bumble Bees
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
Posted in embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged bees, bumble bees, embroidery, Laura Edgar, Textile Books
8 Comments
Bee Book SAL
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
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged bees, bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, textile book
20 Comments
Bee Book SAL
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
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books, stitching
22 Comments
Bumble Bees SAL
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
Posted in cross-stitch, embroidery, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch, embroidery, Fabric Books
13 Comments
Textile Book SAL
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
Posted in cross-stitch, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged bumble bees, cross-stitch
12 Comments
Stitch Club
I’ve been on annual leave this week so it was perfect timing when textileartist.org announced a week long free workshop with Gwen Hadley. I did a couple of their free workshops last year and it certainly pushes me out of … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Skipton Stitchers, Workshops
Tagged bumble bees, embroidery, Gwen Hadley, textileartist.org
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