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Craft diary
Something I should have started doing a few years ago. completed card What is it: Lavender pot cross stitch card kit, came free with an issue of Cross Stitch Card Shop How long did it take: A couple of...
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Stitching
Another stitch completed Completed stitching What is it: Bird cross stitch kit, came free with an issue of Cross Stitch Crazy. I think it is a Blue Tit but I do not know How long did it take: Off an...
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Making Christmas ornaments
I like to stitch, and while it is kind of nice to produce finished pictures to hang on the wall, I also like to try to complete projects that have some function, or at least a little more interaction....
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I made this! Stash busting
We hauled 3 of my craft stash boxes upstairs, and I went through two. I have a lot of craft kits. A lot. Many I had forgotten I had. This was a small kit, which I have no memory of buying. Started last...
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I made this! Kokeshi card!
Another stash stitch, but this one is actually from a magazine from earlier this year- the cover kit. A cute little kokeshi. I have a kokeshi collection, so this could just go on the wall. But, it is a...
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Stitchy catch up
A few weeks ago Elle from Spoolz rush in came over and we sashiko’ed. I brought back some kits from Japan for her, and this was the learning session. Sashiko is quite simple. I worked on a coaster kit...
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Accomplishments
This weekend I got a few things done. Apologies on the photo sizing- iPad blogging is not so easy… I went to the gym on Saturday morning. Just a Pilates reformer class,but I walked there as well. I did...
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I made this
I actually finished this off months ago, but the kit didn’t come with backing for the heart, so the messy stitching and ends would kind of ruin the effect. Other ( more expensive) kits do come with...
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Progress
Over the weekend I worked on my owl a little. I finished the wings while watching Dr Who. Then last night I started on the wing outline. Tiny chain stitches. Have I mentioned my non-confidence on...
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finished!
I took a bit of a break from blogging, and from reading blogs to some extent. A quiet week or so, with G sick and then the rain from a cyclone bucketing down. I worked on my cross stitch. It’s...
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Stitch diary- sublime cushion cover
A brief post of accomplishment. I started this cushion cover (from Sublime Stitching) a couple of months ago. I was working on it before we went to Japan. When we came back I would pick it up and...
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