Stitch Journal – April 2023

Here’s April in stitches. I’m a little happier with this month’s efforts.

Stitch Journal – March 2023

March was another quiet month with lots of wet and windy weather, so a lot of time was spent indoors.

Stitch Journal – February 2023

I completed my February stitch journal last week.

Stitch Journal – January 2023

At some point, early on in 2022, I saw (on Instagram, I think) a stitch journal. It looked really interesting, and I knew straight away that I wanted to try and make my own. It was a bit too far through the year to start, so I put it on the back burner until the end of the year.

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Christmas projects 2022

Here’s a little round-up of all of my Christmas crafting.

A bird’s eye view of an allotment

For quite some time, I’ve had my eye on Collette Kinley’s embroidery pattern for a bird’s eye view of an allotment.

Crown to Catwalk

One of the things that I used to enjoy most about visiting the Knitting and Stitching Shows was seeing the work on display in the textile galleries. Even in pre-Covid times, the shows got too busy for me so I stopped going, preferring to look out for smaller exhibitions instead. When I saw that the Royal School of Needlework was holding a 150th-anniversary show at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, I knew that it would be something I would enjoy.

UFO number four completed

My fourth UFO for 2021. As with so many of my kits, I bought this at one of the Knitting and Stitching shows. I get a little over-enthusiastic at these shows, wanting to buy lots of new things to try. I like kits because they’re a gateway into trying a new craft without having to invest too much in case you don’t like it.

Another side project

Motivated by my last project, I immediately started another embroidery.

A little side project

Inspiration comes from all sorts of places. I received this pretty card on my birthday recently. The design (by Emma Grant) is so lovely and delicate, and it struck me as something that I could try and replicate using some of my craft stash.