Tag Archives: embroidery

UFO Time

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

I’ve been trying to have a bit of a sort out at home, including my sewing room. Whilst mooching through boxes I found an embroidery I did years ago, 1988 to be precise, I know that because luckily I embroidered … Continue reading →

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A Bird in the Hand..

Posted on February 2, 2019 by

I’ve got two embroidery projects on the go at the moment, well actually I’ve got three, but one is my new stitch-a-long piece so you’ll have to wait til tomorrow to see that one. At one of the big shows … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my etui, it’s a design from the Classic Inspirations magasine by Betsy Morgan. I was still embroidering the final pieces then… I’ve been working hard on it since then, I was ready … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui – Nearly There!

Posted on December 23, 2018 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan which I’ve been working on for what seems like ages! Well I finally feel I’m almost there!! Three weeks ago I … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my progress on this Betsy Morgan project, I’ve been busy with Christmas makes but I have managed a bit of stitching. Three weeks ago I was here… I’d just started the lid … Continue reading →

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Christmas Snowflake

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

Last month I needed to make something for the Christmas Decoration Swap organised by Deborah of Sweet Fallen Angels, it had to be a surprise so hence no spoilers on here! It took me a while to think what to … Continue reading →

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A Bird in the Hand…

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

I was a little bit behind with My Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long so I decided to do a bit of catch up. This is the quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, there’s a new 6″ block released each … Continue reading →

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Tall Year Square Etui SAL

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a design by Betsy Morgan which was published in Classic Inspirations. Each side represents a different season, I’m using different threads to the instructions, so I’ve … Continue reading →

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Back to Front

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

I took the last two pages of my stitch sampler with me on my walk last week, well I knew I would need something to do in the evenings when we collapsed in a heap. So as we walked from … Continue reading →

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A Pair of Smalls for Skipton

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

My Embroiderers Guild are stitching a panel all about Skipton (where we are based) so there are embroideries of the main  buildings, some to represent areas, all surrounded by a square representing the home town of each member. I volunteered … Continue reading →

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