Tag Archives: embroidery

Summer School

Posted on July 29, 2021 by craftycreeky

Earlier this month I had a wonderful weekend at Bishop Burton College where the Yorkshire region of what used to be the Embroiderers Guild hold their summer school. It’s an annual event but it was the first time I’d attended. … Continue reading →

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Flower Power

Posted on July 20, 2021 by craftycreeky

A couple of weeks ago I shared my progress on my denim jacket, embroidering flowers along the back… This is a white denim jacket I bought at Sainsbury’s, our local supermarket. It was only £22, cheap enough to try something … Continue reading →

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Seaside Quilt HQAL

Posted on July 11, 2021 by craftycreeky

Over the last few days I’ve been busy embroidering blocks for my seaside quilt and I’m three seagulls short of finishing the top row! Three weeks ago I’d stitched the first set of blocks together and I’d just finished embroiderinfg … Continue reading →

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Flower Power

Posted on July 1, 2021 by craftycreeky

My white denim jacket is coming along nicely. It’s a lot easier to sew than I thought it might be, It’s quite a soft denim, it’s just an inexpensive one I bought at our local supermarket, Sainsbury’s. These are the … Continue reading →

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The Seaside Quilt HQAL

Posted on June 20, 2021 by craftycreeky

I’ve not made as much progress as I’d hoped over the last three weeks with my seaside quilt, mainly because I’ve been dress-making more as I’ve realized those four or five extra pounds I’ve put on during lockdowns have been … Continue reading →

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Leafy Tree SAL

Posted on June 13, 2021 by craftycreeky

It’s happy dance time with my Leafy Tree embroidery. This is a design by Mary Corbet of Needle’n’Thread. It’s available in an e-book which I found worked really well for this project, I could print off the necessary pages but … Continue reading →

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The Seaside Quilt HQAL

Posted on May 30, 2021 by craftycreeky

These three week cycles seem to come round awfully quick, or is that just a sign of age! Anyway, three weeks ago I had just started my seaside quilt, it’s by the same designer as the cottage garden quilt (Kathryn … Continue reading →

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The Leafy Tree SAL

Posted on May 23, 2021 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last posted about my Leafy Tree embroidery, this is a design by Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread, it comes as an e-book which works pretty well, I’m not a lover of reading books or … Continue reading →

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A Medieval Pincushion

Posted on May 21, 2021 by craftycreeky

This afternoon I cracked on and finished the flowery pincushion, yesterday when I posted I had two flowers left… I stitched the cone flower in bullion knots and the allium in irregular cross-stitch. It was nice to learn last night … Continue reading →

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A Medieval Pincushion

Posted on May 20, 2021 by craftycreeky

We’ve just had a few days away in a little cottage in Northumberland, it’s the same cottage we went to last September,it’s an old railway cottage called Whistlestop in a little hamlet of Redesmouth, it’s relaxed and comfortable, well equipped … Continue reading →

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