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Tag Archives: cross-stitch
Jenny Wren
A couple of weeks ago I stitched a kookaburra, it was a kit from Fido Stitch Studio on Ebay, I was really pleased with the detail in such a small piece of cross-stitch. I’d bought two kits at the same … Continue reading
Anthea Calendar SAL
Over the weekend I finished stitching this month’s design for the Anthea Calendar, a SAL by Faby Reilly. Each month has a seasonal flower and I was wondering what November’s would be and it’s physalis. Physalis is otherwise known here … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Fabric Books, Faby Reilly Designs, physalis
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A Square of Fudge
I mentioned yesterday that I had two cross-stitch finishes to share, so this is the second one, stitched over the last few days. A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to stitching November from the Joyful World SAL, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Serendipity, Smalls of the Month, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, Cross-stitch smalls, Joyful World SAL
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A Square for October
I’ve two cross-stitch finishes to share with you, they’re both pretty quick makes so I stitched them over the weekend, finishing the last one just now… Firstly I stitched the wordplay for October. This will be opposite the colourful cyclamen … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, wordplay
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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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Anthea Calendar SAL
In the last couple of days I’ve finished the October design for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. I would have finished it a few days before only I mislaid the dark maroon I needed for back-stitching the flowers, I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, cyclamen
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Believe!
My Christmas ‘Believe’ cross-stitch is coming on nicely. This is a kit by Dimensions, I think I bought it on one of the facebook destash sites a couple of years ago. I started it a few weeks ago as my … Continue reading
Anthea Calendar SAL
Last weekend I managed to stitch the wordplay for September to go with the autumn crocus design for the month. Once I get the design sorted it doesn’t usually take long to actually stitch as a lot of it is … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Fabric Books, wordplay
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Anthea Calendar SAL
Last weekend I managed to finish this month’s cross-stitch for the Anthea Calendar, this is the SAL by Faby Reilly with a seasonal flower design for each month. September’s was a delight to stitch, the flower is the autumn crocus, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Stitch-a-long, Textile Books
Tagged Anthea Calendar SAL, cross-stitch, Faby Reilly Designs, textile book
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Not so Quick Cross-stitch
It was my daughter’s birthday yesterday, I looked for a birthday card last weekend but couldn’t see one I liked, so I thought I’d do a quick cross-stitch one. I looked on Etsy and found a gin cross-stitch design which … Continue reading