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Some projects are great. Some projects are faaavourites!
Some projects are great. Some projects are faaavourites!
23
Sep 2013

Some projects are great. Some projects are faaavourites!

Carina Writes Books

I like all the projects in Stitched Blooms, of course. But you know, some of them are just my faaaaavourites. ;-) And this is one of those favourites. It’s a baby quilt, but it can…

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Some projects are great. Some projects are faaavourites!

Carina Writes Books

I like all the projects in Stitched Blooms, of course. But you know, some of them are just my faaaaavourites. ;-) And this is one of those favourites. It’s a baby quilt, but it can…

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Love and thoughts in stitched form
19
Sep 2013

Love and thoughts in stitched form

Carina Writes Books

This is one of the projects from Stitched Blooms, a set of botanical art inspired embroideries. The flowers I chose for these are hibiscus, daisy and rose. They represent three places: Hawaii, England and Denmark.…

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Wallpaper quilt wall
18
Sep 2013

Wallpaper quilt wall

Home

This wall in my studio needs a bit of work. We took down a hideous cupboard, but what with everything else we’ve been working on in the house (gutting the bathroom and master bedroom and…

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Stitched Blooms blog tour starts today!
16
Sep 2013

Stitched Blooms blog tour starts today!

Carina Writes Books

Today is a bit special. You know how I wrote a book and stuff? Well, today kicks off a blog tour for Stitched Blooms!! A whole bunch of nice people are helping me send it…

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August via Instagram
06
Sep 2013

August via Instagram

Life

A peek at what August was like, as seen through my Instagram photos… Lots of ‘firsts’… In August we knocked down the tiles and weird decorations and unappealing mouldings in the bathroom. Hence my charming…

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Hooked on hexies!
31
Aug 2013

Hooked on hexies!

Sewing and Quilting

I could have sworn I’d never do any paper piecing because it just seems like such slow work! But then Julie showed how fast it is to make hexagons and ever since then I’ve been…

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Embroidery tip: thread multiple needles
29
Aug 2013

Embroidery tip: thread multiple needles

Embroidery

I recently finished a commission where I mainly used one colour, black to be specific. And there was lots of black satin stitching going on in this particular piece. Satin stitch eats a LOT of…

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Working in my studio…
Working in my studio…
25
Aug 2013

Working in my studio…

Home

On Friday I worked in my studio for the very first time! I don’t even think I can properly express how happy I am to have a space of my own to work in. Really,…

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Working in my studio…

Home

On Friday I worked in my studio for the very first time! I don’t even think I can properly express how happy I am to have a space of my own to work in. Really,…

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