Tag Archives: cross-stitch

Stitching on the Go

Posted on January 24, 2026 by craftycreeky

After a few days away I’ve stitched a fair bit on my ‘stitching on the move’ project. We’ve been to Cyprus visiting family so we had two flights of nearly five hours and train journeys to get to the airport, … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the go

Posted on January 21, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’m sitting at Paphos airport in Cyprus waiting to board our plane home, stitching a Faby Reilly design. With four hours on the plane I’ll hopefully make good progress.

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on January 13, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another letter of my alphabet of birds. This one I think is a female blackcap – the male has the black cap, females have a brown one. These are delightful to stitch and don’t really take long … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on January 6, 2026 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another of the letters for the bird alphabet book. The letter F has a very sweet little chaffinch. Now I’ve completed A to F, I’m nearly a quarter of the way through the alphabet. I’ve started G … Continue reading →

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Back and Forth

Posted on January 1, 2026 by craftycreeky

New Year to me is a time both to look back and look forward, I look back at what I’ve made, what’s worked and what hasn’t, things I’ve done and plans for things to make or do in the coming … Continue reading →

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Bird Alphabet

Posted on December 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

These cross-stitch birds are a delight to stitch, they don’t take too long either. Last time I posted about them I had stitched A B and C on holiday and I’d just started D. Having finished my slot and tab … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the Hedge SAL

Posted on December 7, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished another postcard, these are designs by Rebecca of Featherstitch House, they’re lovely designs with a video suggesting stitches and threads. Three weeks ago I had just arranged the base fabrics of the foxglove postcard, using bondaweb to … Continue reading →

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Cross-Stitch Words Book

Posted on December 4, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s happy dance time, I’ve just, this morning, finished my book of cross-stitch words. I’m pleased with it but I can’t say I’ll be rushing to make another slot and tab book!! In my last post I shared the finished … Continue reading →

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Cross-Stitch Words Book

Posted on December 1, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve been concentrating on my cross-stitch words book over the last couple of weeks, I felt ready to get it finished! I’m making it using the tab and slot method which is a way of putting together a book by … Continue reading →

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Holiday Stitching

Posted on November 13, 2025 by craftycreeky

My main holiday stitching project was a new one, the bird alphabet from the French designer, Les Brodeuses Parisiennes, so it’s officially called Le Grande Alphabet Oiseaux. I took squares of two different shades of Permin even weave linen in … Continue reading →

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