Tag Archives: sewing

Sewing Basket

Posted on September 6, 2024 by craftycreeky

Over Christmas whilst I was on holiday I embroidered a top for sewing basket. It was a kit I bought at the Harrogate Show from Sew Different, you could buy the whole kit with all the fabrics in, but I … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on July 29, 2024 by craftycreeky

Apologies for being a day late with this post, I had unexpected Grandma duties! Well I’m no further with my quilt, partly because I’m still not 100% decided whether or not to add a border. This is it without the … Continue reading →

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Making Macaroons

Posted on July 15, 2024 by craftycreeky

At Skipton Stitchers today we had a wonderful speaker called Wyn Ingham, she was talking to us about lace but wove into it her Catholic upbringing with lots of Irish aunts and grandparents, she brought with her family pieces of … Continue reading →

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Christmas in July

Posted on July 10, 2024 by craftycreeky

I’m trying to clear the decks a bit at the moment, I’ve quite a few half finished projects, several from mini workshops that I’ve attended and then not finished. One such item was this pretty Christmas decoration. It was from … Continue reading →

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Heart to Heart Quilt

Posted on July 2, 2024 by craftycreeky

Last year I decided to make my granddaughters a quilt each, it was going to be for Christmas but I ran out of time so I decided to aim for birthdays instead, this also nicely spread out the delivery dates … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 30, 2024 by craftycreeky

Well I’ve finally finished it! Two years in the making but my embroidered garden book is finally finished. To say the least, I’m well chuffed with it 🙂 Three weeks ago I’d just finished making all the pages, I was … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Sampler Book

Posted on June 29, 2024 by craftycreeky

Happy days! Last night I finished making my Strawberry Sampler book. I started it over Christmas whilst on holiday, it was a kit from the Cross-stitch Guild. I think last time I posted about this book I’d just finished the … Continue reading →

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TWRD Quilt Block

Posted on June 17, 2024 by craftycreeky

Over the weekend I finished the second block I had promised for Kates charity quilt. I’m pretty pleased with this one as it’s one I ‘designed’ myself, rather than just finding a pattern someone else has written out…it is however … Continue reading →

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Teal Waters Run Deep

Posted on June 15, 2024 by craftycreeky

I still feel I have rather a lot of projects on at the moment but I’m slowly ticking things off my list. Some things take more priority than others, as they are time critical. One of these was some quilt … Continue reading →

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Stitching my Garden SAL

Posted on June 9, 2024 by craftycreeky

It’s time for a mini happy dance, I’ve finally made all the individual pages and stitched them together into ten double sided pages. Three weeks ago I had finally worked out how to create the actual pages. Each embroidery is … Continue reading →

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