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Tag Archives: Christmas cross-stitch
Christmas in January!
I’m not sure if I’m very early or late with this quick make… We have a Christmas card swap at my stitching group, everyone makes a handmade card and swaps it for another one. I received this cute cross-stitch mouse… … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, cross-stitch, Serendipity
Tagged Christmas cross-stitch, Christmas Decoration
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Christmas Smalls
Each month I try and have a seasonal display of cross-stitch smalls, I’ve made a box full so it does mean they all get a chance to be on display. Obviously this month it’s all my Christmassy ones. Four of … Continue reading
A Holly Jolly Christmas
I seem to be getting quite a bit of cross-stitch done at the moment, I’m self isolating for an operation just before Christmas, so I’m using my time productively! I usually cross-stitch during coffee breaks and tea breaks or when … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery
Tagged Christmas cross-stitch, cross-stitch, First Snow, The Drawn Thread
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It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas…
I think I’ve finally got all my Christmas decorations up, it usually takes a couple of days to get them organised! In amongst the Christmas trees and the Father Christmases are my Christmas cross-stitch smalls. Some years I hang them … Continue reading
Believe!
This week I’ve managed another finish, a couple of days ago I put the last couple of stitches in the Believe cross-stitch. This was a Dimensions kit, I think I bought it on one of the destash facebook pages a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery
Tagged Believe, Christmas cross-stitch, cross-stitch, Dimensions cross-stitch
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Stitching Away
Last weekend we finally had a few days away, staying in a cottage in a tiny hamlet in Northumberland. It was bliss, just to get away and relax, of course I took some sewing with me… I took four hand-sewing … Continue reading
December Smalls
I haven’t got round to decorating the house for Christmas yet, but I did rummage through the Christmas boxes to find all my Christmas cross-stitch smalls… It makes a nice gentle start to the decorations! Quite a few of these … Continue reading
Christie SAL
I’ve just finished the fourth and final Christmas cross-stitch from Faby Reilly’s Christie Stitch-a-long. It’s a beautiful design of a heart shaped wreath. The designs are all designed as Christmas cards but I chose to make them into little Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, embroidery, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #christiesal, Christmas cross-stitch, Christmas Decoration, Faby Reilly Designs
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A Pair of Christmas Smalls
I’ve just finished the third of the Christmas cross-stitch designs from Faby Reilly’s Christie stitch-a-long. These were the first two… This time the design was a gorgeous Christmas tree. Faby’s designs are using soft muted colours (the star above is … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, Stitch-a-long
Tagged #christiesal, Christmas cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs
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