Tag Archives: Fabric Books

Cross-Stitch Words Book

Posted on December 1, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve been concentrating on my cross-stitch words book over the last couple of weeks, I felt ready to get it finished! I’m making it using the tab and slot method which is a way of putting together a book by … Continue reading →

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Holiday Stitching

Posted on November 13, 2025 by craftycreeky

My main holiday stitching project was a new one, the bird alphabet from the French designer, Les Brodeuses Parisiennes, so it’s officially called Le Grande Alphabet Oiseaux. I took squares of two different shades of Permin even weave linen in … Continue reading →

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Postcards form the Hedge SAL

Posted on October 26, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’m still making pretty slow progress on these postcards but I have managed to finish another one before going on holiday. Three weeks ago I had made good progress with my dragonfly embroidery, the background and the body was stitched … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the Go

Posted on October 24, 2025 by craftycreeky

After quite a lot of time in airports or on planes I’ve just finished the little sheepish virtue cross stitch, well it’s as finished as it can be until I get home as I’ve run out of ecru to finish … Continue reading →

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Stitching on the Go

Posted on September 13, 2025 by craftycreeky

Well I’m thoroughly enjoying being retired, I’m afraid I haven’t missed worked at all!! I haven’t been quite so productive as I hoped, I think I need to get a bit more organised. I have managed a fair bit of … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on May 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on April 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

I’ve started constructing my Birds and Blooms book, this book is a mixture of new cross-stitch birds and ones I made over the last few years as mini cushions. I’ve interspersed them with a handful of cross-stitch flowers to fill … Continue reading →

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Bobbin Along week 3 & 4

Posted on January 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

I caught up with Anne Brookes weekly SAL over the weekend, luckily this weeks was a quick one! This SAL is to stitch on a large hoop, I’m making mine into a book as I haven’t enough wall space left … Continue reading →

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Dancing Bees

Posted on January 26, 2025 by craftycreeky

When bees find a good source of nectar, they do a dance to show the other bees where it is, so having finally finished my bee book, I’m doing my happy bee dance! Three weeks ago I’d stitched the pages … Continue reading →

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Bobbin Along SAL

Posted on January 16, 2025 by craftycreeky

This year I’ve decided to join in with two of Anne Brooke’s SAL’s, Bobbin Along which is a weekly one and What’s Sewing which is a monthly one. Anne Brooke is a lovely lady who lives not too far away … Continue reading →

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