Category Cross stitch/ Embroidery
How 2012 was for me.
A year ago today I published my first blog post. Just a simple little Hello. 1 year later, and I this is my 189th post. 45 of them included chocolate. At least 80% of them were probably fueled by chocolate. Or Chocolate Microwave Brownies…. Some major events have happened this year, for us Brits in […]
The post-Christmas post
I don’t know about you, but it had been a hectic time this year. It has been good to see people though, and I have had some splendiferously crafty presents, which has been fabulous! My friend put me together this apron kit: I love how she also included this tag to add to it: Haha! […]
Christmas Gifts: Cross stitch kits
Earlier in the year I made my own pattern for a fabulous bacteriological cross stitch kit. When I was planning out christmas presents, I saw some really fun patterns on the weelittlestitches Etsy site. So I bought a few to make into kits as presents… I made up little sets using all the threads…. ………………..material, […]
Currently…..
…it’s that time of year where most things made are Christmas presents or other super secret crafty projects, so alas there is little to upload. I also have some goofy things in the pipeline, but keep running out of time to do them due to imminent crafty deadlines! Here is my progress on my Christmas […]
I got distracted….
I know I said I would work on a bit of a sewing project on Saturday… but the post arrived and with it some fabric for a cross stitch project that I had planned to make from this month’s edition of CrossStitcher. With it estimated to take 65 hours to stitch…. I thought I had […]
Grandma K’s Lemon Cheese
Whether you call it Lemon Cheese or Lemon Curd I think really boils down to preference. I usually refer to that stuff you buy in the supermarket as Lemon Curd, the homemade high quality stuff is Lemon Cheese, in my family anyway, and I love it! I spent the morning at work, not very exciting. […]
Gnome love.
I fancied a little cute quick project. Meet Mr Gnome. Too cute. Who doesn’t love Gnomes? I actually have two gnomes in my garden, they are Royal Wedding themed Gnomes from last year, I got them for a super bargainous price after the event, I had managed to resist… (just about) beforehand, but once those […]
Happy Happy House
I have had this pattern awaiting stitching for a little while, in fact, since I saw it in the April issue of CrossStitcher. To begin with it looks like a random collection of colourful shapes… I showed it to my cousins wife and she said “ooh lovely… it’s very… abstract… Are they trees?” Once it’s […]
A Custom Wedding Sampler.
This project was based on a wedding sampler from CrossStitcher Magazine. It is also part of the reason I haven’t posted much lately, as it was a fairly big project, designing, stitching and then finally getting it framed, and was done as a surprise for my lovely Mr M. It was published around the time […]
Cross stitch: The Return of the Superhero/villain!
I thought about it. The MRSA cross stitch was just too cute and nerdtastic to stay unstitched. Well, by me anyway. So I took the design that I made for our Trainee’s leaving present, and made one for myself! First I drew in a cross across the design to find the centre: Then…. well, I […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 