Tag Archives: embroidery

Stitch-a-long 10

Posted on April 23, 2017 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my flower lattice embroidery, this is how far I’d got then; I’ve managed to get a few extra supplies on e-bay since then with this embroidery in mind, I bought a big … Continue reading →

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Travelling Sketchbook

Posted on April 4, 2017 by craftycreeky

Skipton Embroiderers Guild are doing Travelling Sketchbooks at the moment. We are just in groups of six and the books are exchanged each month at the meeting. We could choose the theme of the book and the book I have this … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long 9

Posted on April 2, 2017 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my progress on my flower lattice embroidery. Yet again I haven’t had much time to spend on my embroidery, mainly because I decided to make a concerted effort to finish my Splendid … Continue reading →

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Mothers Day Gift

Posted on March 26, 2017 by craftycreeky

Apologies if this is a bit of a proud Mum post!! My 19 year old daughter Helen is in Uni at the moment but she came home for Mothers Day weekend. She gave me the most beautiful present, I’m so … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long 8

Posted on March 12, 2017 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last posted photos of my flower lattice, this is what it looked like then; Since then I’ve spent a morning at Embroiderers Guild and an evening at home working on it. It’s surprising how quickly … Continue reading →

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Jenny Wren Embroidery

Posted on March 8, 2017 by craftycreeky

I’m feeling well chuffed with myself, I have designed and stitched a proper embroidery all by myself! I even remembered to take photos of my progress!! At Embroiderers Guild we are doing a Travelling Sketchbook project, we’re in groups of six, … Continue reading →

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Another Sketchbook

Posted on February 12, 2017 by craftycreeky

There does seem to be a few Sketchbooks featuring here at the moment, there’s the international one organised by Anne Lawson in Australia, it’s called The Sisterhood of the Travelling Sketchbook, there’s about 14 of us contributing to it, all … Continue reading →

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Catbells

Posted on February 11, 2017 by craftycreeky

Catbells is featuring quite a lot here at the moment, it is my favourite fell, but it is also on my mind because when the Sisterhood of The Travelling Sketchbook arrives I want to do something about the wonderful countryside … Continue reading →

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A Rolling Landscape

Posted on February 5, 2017 by craftycreeky

A couple of weeks ago I showed you an embroidery I’d started at our Embroiderers Guild, we’d had a mini workshop on making Rolling Landscapes. The idea is that a long, thin embroidery of a scene is attached to an … Continue reading →

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Stitch-a-long 6; Flower Lattice

Posted on January 29, 2017 by craftycreeky

Three weeks have flown by since I last showed you the Flower Lattice embroidery. It’s ribbon and stumpwork, designed by Di van Niekirk, I bought the book sort of by accident as I didn’t realise it was for one big … Continue reading →

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