Tag Archives: cross-stitch

Last of the Holiday Stitching

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

I did quite a lot of stitching on holiday, we had several long flights, with the inevitable long waits in airports, together with quiet time either by the pool or on our balcony. These are the last two I have … Continue reading →

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SAL 5 The Tall Year Square Etui

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my etui box, I’d just made a mistake on the number 2, the last number of this side. I blamed jet lag, which when I saw the mistakes close up I think … Continue reading →

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Four Months of Cross-stitch

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

I’m trying to get a few finishes under my belt at the moment, I seem to have quite a few projects almost finished…but not quite! So I’m going to make a concerted effort over the next few days, there’s other … Continue reading →

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A Travelling Needlewoman

Posted on March 24, 2018 by

I’m not very keen on flying, I’m better than I used to be but I can’t say I enjoy it. For our long haul flights this time I decided to take some sewing to keep my mind occupied. I packed … Continue reading →

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A Not So Small Heart!

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

It’s our wedding anniversary whilst we are away, last year I made a cross-stitch card, this year I decided to do the same but to make it in such a way that I could make it into a ‘small’ afterwards, … Continue reading →

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Three Smalls and a Shortlist!

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Somehow or other  I seem to have ended up with three little cross-stitch projects on the go, which is a lot, even for me! Last month I stitched ‘January’ from the Joyful World series by Maja Matyas, I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL 2

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a pattern by Betsy Morgan from issue 93 of Classic Inspirations. This is where I was three weeks ago…I must admit over recent weeks I’ve been concentrating … Continue reading →

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Two January Smalls

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

At the eleventh hour I’ve just completed two little cross-stitch smalls for January! I finished piecing the centre of my Kaffe Fassett quilt this afternoon and having decided I really didn’t have enough scraps to make a piano key border, … Continue reading →

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A January Small

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

Last year on pinterest I saw a collection of little cross-stitch designs, one for each month of the year. They were very pretty and I eventually traced them back to the Snowflower Diaries the designer is Maja Matyas. The series … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long 3

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

It doesn’t seem three weeks since I last showed you my Signed Tealed & Delivered cross-stitch, I started it in mid November so I think I’ve made pretty good progress.This is going to be part of Kate Chiconi’s ovarian cancer … Continue reading →

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