Tag Archives: textile book

Stitching 4 the Soul SAL

Posted on February 7, 2021 by craftycreeky

I was late to the party with this SAL, it was organised by Anne Brooke during the first lock down, she’s now doing a 52 week one of little embroideries to go on a luggage tag. I managed to resist … Continue reading →

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Binding the Book of Days

Posted on January 31, 2021 by craftycreeky

Having finally stitched all my pages for my Book of days, the next task was to bind them together. I’ve been pondering for a few days how to bind my Book of Days. I’ve never done bookbinding, when I made … Continue reading →

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Stitching4thesoul SAL

Posted on December 27, 2020 by craftycreeky

I started the ‘stitching 4 the soul’ project very late in the day, I think it ran over the first lockdown. It was organised by Anne Brook of Hanne-made, her videos are still on Youtube together with the subsequent Christmas … Continue reading →

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Anthea Calender SAL

Posted on December 16, 2020 by craftycreeky

This morning I put the last few stitches in ‘December’ for the Anthea Calendar, this is the last one in the series of twelve beautiful flower designs by Faby Reilly. It’s been fun trying to guess what the seasonal flower … Continue reading →

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Stitching 4 the Soul Book SAL

Posted on December 6, 2020 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I shared another two pages for my #stitching4thesoulbook which was a SAL organised by Anne Brooke of Hanne-made during the first lock-down. The videos are all still on YouTube so I’ve been working my way through … Continue reading →

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Words for November

Posted on December 2, 2020 by craftycreeky

Over the last couple of days I’ve stitched the wordplay to go opposite the flower page for November in my Anthea SAL book. The SAL is organised by Faby Reilly and her designs are beautiful. This was the penultimate month … Continue reading →

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Stitching 4 the Soul SAL

Posted on November 15, 2020 by craftycreeky

This week I turned my attention back to my #stitching4thesoul book. I started this in the summer, already late to the party and then got waylaid. Luckily it’s all on YouTube. It’s a stitch-a-long organised by Anne Brooke who lives … Continue reading →

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Stitching 4 the Soul Book

Posted on October 25, 2020 by craftycreeky

During the summer I discovered Anne Brook (designer of Harold the Hare) had started an on-line SAL called Stitching 4 the Soul, I was very late in starting, but better later than never! All the tutorials are on YouTube, I … Continue reading →

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Anthea Calendar SAL

Posted on September 22, 2020 by craftycreeky

Last weekend I managed to finish this month’s cross-stitch for the Anthea Calendar, this is the SAL by Faby Reilly with a seasonal flower design for each month. September’s was a delight to stitch, the flower is the autumn crocus, … Continue reading →

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Stitchbook Collective

Posted on September 3, 2020 by craftycreeky

In August I finally finished the last workshop in the Stitchbook Collective series by Helen Bellingham of Untangled Threads. It’s been a great experience and a huge learning curve as I tried techniques and products I’d never even heard of! … Continue reading →

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