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Embroidery Heritage
I remember admiring this table runner as a young girl and marveling at the tiny stitches and the colours. As an adult and a pretty “crafty mummy”, I still marvel at it’s beauty and the time that must...
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How To: Blanket Stitch
Polar fleece fabric is fabulous! It doesn’t fray so you don’t need to finish the edges. But I like the look of edging around blankets so I often stitch my edges with blanket stitch. How to Blanket...
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Felt Decorated Blanket Tutorial
It gets chilly here in Winter so we often seem to need extra blankets on the beds or the couch. This blanket tutorial uses some of the felt I received from Plushka’s Makery plus some recycled shirt...
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iPhone Case Cross Stitch
I’ve been at the ProBlogger Training Event. My brain is full of marketing and monetization, ebooks and email auto-responders. It was fabulous! But also overwhelming! So much great information. But...
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Chevron iPhone Case Done!
After I started this project at the ProBlogger Event last month, it got lots of lovely comments. But it has been slow going. It has been my “take to swimming and dancing” project so it only had a...
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Cross Stitch Owl Ornament
I finished another little project this week – probably because it was so small and quick! This owl ornament was another find at The Haby Goddess. I decided to stitch it with Christmas colours to hang...
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Babushka Cross Stitch Ornament
Remember my owl ornament from last week? Well, you can check it out here if you missed it. When I bought that kit I also bought a babushka doll one. I decided to stitch that one in the same colours to...
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Christmas Stitchery
One of the items that came out of storage at our place last weekend was this Christmas stitchery. It is only about 40cm square so it hangs just inside our front door under a mirror that is there. I...
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Ballerina Doily
In the midst of tidying up my linen cupboard, I came across this lovely ballerina doily embroidery that I just had to share. I made this when I was much younger – maybe in the first couple of years of...
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How to Blanket Stitch an Applique
Tomorrow I have a very cute project to share on the blog as part of the Make a Plushka Toy Blog Tour. As I was making my toy I decided to create a tutorial that I’ve been planning to write for a while...
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Lazy Daisy Baby Gift
I’ve been stitching baby gifts lately. Last week I shared over on And Sew We Craft how to stitch Lazy Daisy stitch, one of my all-time favourite embroidery stitches. Here’s another singlet using the...
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Stitching Tip: Organising Threads
Today I want to share a quick tip that I have found helpful over the years. Often when you buy embroidery or cross stitch kits, they come with all the threads but no way to store them. I have found...
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Tips for Stitching with Kids
My Little Miss has been working on a small cross stitch project over the last few days and it got me thinking about kids and stitchery. I learnt to embroider when I was about 8 years old, and I know...
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Free Printable: Thread Bobbin
There’s a new kids craft magazine on its way and I’ve been watching the clever posts arriving at Imagine Make. Believe. Janelle is the crafty mummy behind a team of crafty kids who are creating this...
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Cross Stitch Progress
I’m a last-minute kinda girl. It might not be obvious here on the blog, but I often leave projects to the last minute and I long ago learned that I work best under pressure when I have a time limit....
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Cross Stitch Ornaments
I shared my last-minute Christmas decoration making the other day so I thought I’d best let you all know that I did in fact finish them and gave them as gifts for Christmas. I was pretty pleased with...
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Winter Stitchery: Snowflake
Back before Christmas I signed up for the Winter Stitching Club with Wild Olive. Her stuff is so cute and her tutorials are always easy to follow so I figured it would be well worth the $5. I haven’t...
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Winter Stitchery: Sweater
Only a few days ago I shared the first of the stitcheries from the Winter Stitching Club with Wild Olive. That snowflake was super cute but I’m wondering whether this sweater might be even cuter! Is...
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Stitching: How to Transfer a Pattern
One of the things that is most likely to put me off stitching is having to transfer the pattern. You’re with me, right? When I was a beginner I always stitched projects that came with the pattern...
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Stitching: Kokeshi Doll
A while ago now I made a gorgeous kokeshi doll from a free pattern over at Melly and Me. Little Miss loved it but wanted hers in pink and purple. The end result was a very pretty softie! I must find...
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