Sometimes I come across types of embroidery that just completely draw me in. Blackwork embroidery is one of them. When I get into a blackwork ‘period’ it is all the embroidery I want to do.…
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The first few daily floral folk dots are taking shape. You can follow the project daily on my Instagram account, @carinacraftblog. And of course the project has its own hashtag: floralfolkdots. If you want to…
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This is my most recently finished Daily Dot project. More satin stitch dots! I really do enjoy stitching these. And now I have sort of a method for stitching them that ensures that they are…
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Hey, how are you doing? Do things feel more ‘normal’ to you? I’m not sure they do to me. Time still feels weird. August has gone by in a flash and now it’s September and…
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Sorry this is late! We went to the local shopping centre yesterday and being around Actual People for, I dunno, an hour, just completely zapped me of energy…the joys of being an introvert, eh?! ;-)…
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Aimee Ray, author of a whole series of ‘doodle stitching’ books, has a new book out called Doodle Stitching Embroidery Art. Great minds, or at least doodl-y minds, think alike! :-) Doodling with stitches and…
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I made myself an embroidered mask and you can make yourself one too! The pattern is available in my Payhip shop, as well as in my Ko-fi shop and Etsy shop. If you’d told me…
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I have known Jo Avery for a bunch of years and I’ve been inspired by her patterns, and her use of colour, of course! :-) So I was excited when I heard she had a…
View PostI have known Jo Avery for a bunch of years and I’ve been inspired by her patterns, and her use of colour, of course! :-) So I was excited when I heard she had a…
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