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Tag Archives: cross-stitch
A January Small
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
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged cross-stitch, Joyful World SAL, Snowflower Diaries
23 Comments
Stitch-a-long 3
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
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged cross-stitch, Signed Tealed & Delivered
22 Comments
Holly Humbug
I think this will be my last finish before Christmas, a Holly Humbug for our tree… Last year I stitched a Mistletoe humbug and it’s my favourite Christmas decoration this year, so much so that when I got a discount … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged Christmas Decoration, cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Holly Humbug
24 Comments
Stitch-a-long 2
Well three weeks have passed since I last showed you my project for the stitch-a-long, three weeks have flown by!! I’m making a cross-stitch block for a quilt which Kate Chiconi is making to be auctioned to raise money for … Continue reading
Two More Christmas Smalls!
I’m on a bit of a roll with these now! I’ve been stitching these two little projects over the last couple of weeks but I couldn’t show you until my daughter had returned from her travels so I could give … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged Christmas, cross-stitch, dachshund, Pug
24 Comments
Christmas Smalls!
My OH laughs when he sees the newsfeed on my facebook page, it’s all quilts, sewing and embroidery! I joined a new facebook page recently called ‘All About Smalls’, it’s nothing to do with undies, just little pieces of embroidery, … Continue reading
Lizzie Stitching Wallet
It’s happy dance time again, Snoopy is certainly getting his excercise at the moment as I seem to have a few finishes all at once! I started this stitch-a-long back in early summer, it’s organised by Faby Reilly, all we … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Lizzie Stitching Wallet
34 Comments
Lizzie Stitching Wallet SAL
I said a couple of days ago I could do with a few finishes…well it’s not quite happy dance time but I’ve just finished all the cross-stitch for the Lizzie Stitching Wallet. We get the instructions to stitch it together … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Lizzie Stitching Wallet
9 Comments
Lizzie Stitching Wallet SAL
I’m half way through stitching this section but it is so cute I had to share it with you! This is the final cross-stitching section as the next two sets of instructions are for making up the wallet. We’re making … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Lizzie Stitching Wallet, vintage buttons
25 Comments
Lizzie Sew-a-Long Part 9
The Lizzie Stitching Wallet stitch-a-long comes out every one or two weeks, depending on how much stitching is needed. We’ve had two weeks to complete this section and the cross-stitch for the main wallet is now complete. I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, Lizzie Stitching Wallet
24 Comments


