Those of you who follow The Stitching Sheep on Instagram will have noticed the daily updates of the Edsadvent CAL I joined. As today is the 24th of December it is the final day of the advent calendar and that means I have finished the animal! She is called Gloria and she is a Red…
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You will have noticed that the Stitching Sheep’s blog has been rather quiet for the last two weeks. It is not because I have not been doing anything craft-related as my frequent Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts will testify, but they are rather a mixed bag of things so this will be kind of a…
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My boyfriend and I took a day trip to Antwerp yesterday. Whenever I am in Antwerp, I always like to pop into the International Magazine Store. It stocks over 10.000 magazines in various languages and they have a great range of craft magazines on the shelf. They even stock Inspirations Magazine! They also stock a…
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For the past few weeks, I have not really felt in a stitching mood. The week at the RSN had been really intense and I was quite scared to start stitching on my own. Moreover, I had a job-change on my mind; leaving a company I had worked in for 8 years and joining one…
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Today is my first stint as an official blogger. I am blogging at the Kreadoe-show which is the largest craft show in the Netherlands. It is really a new experience for me blogging at an event, wearing an official blogger/vlogger t-shirt. I am not one for getting noticed but the bloggerspot is still relatively quiet…
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When I did my first day-class at the Royal School of Needlework last year I spotted the cute little purple thread catchers with the RSN logo on sitting on the poles of the trestles in the certificate & diploma classroom. At the time I thought it was a shame that they didn’t sell those in…
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For the certificate and diploma courses at the Royal School of Needlework, you are required to use a slate frame. The easiest way to embroider using a slate frame is to rest it on a pair of trestles. It was the first time I actually worked like that having previously only used seat frames or…
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Kreadoe, the largest multi-craft show of the Netherlands is held at the Jaarbeurs-complex in Utrecht from the 1st until the 5th of November. I am really happy to share with you all that the Stitching Sheep will be present on Friday the 3rd of November as an official blogger of the show! During the day…
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What a week I have had! Five full days at the Royal School of Needlework, which were the first five days of my first certificate course module: Jacobean Crewelwork. Even though I had been to the RSN before I did feel quite nervous and lost on my first day but during the next few days…
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Today I have visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. I really like this show at it has a great mix of all types of yarn, thread and fabric crafts and it has a good mix of small businesses/individual designers and bigger companies. I have been for these past two years but unlike previous…
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