When looking for a slate frame bag to buy or for a pattern to make one myself I could only find one ready made, which the RSN sells, and one blog post by Sweet Fallen Angels who made her own. However, neither was one that suited my style or had the features I wanted. I wanted…
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It has been an odd last few days. Everything has been about embroidery but without actually doing any embroidery at all. It has been more about sewing, organising and planning. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts I have decided to do the Royal School of Needlecraft certificate in technical hand embroidery course. I…
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Those of you who follow my social media accounts will have already seen the completed Jacobean Crewelwork project I started during a Royal School of Needlework day class. I finished it during a week’s holiday in Cornwall and since the WIFI-signal was not very reliable I thought I would better wait writing a blog post…
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The reason for starting the Stitching Sheep is because I love needlecraft and embroidery in particular and I wanted to share it with more people than just my immediate family and friends. The problem, however, with enjoying something so much, is that you want to keep doing it and as a result don’t give yourself…
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Today I thought I would share the contents of my embroidery workbag with you. I always like reading about tools and gadgets other people are using so I hope you like that too. My workbag has been evolving quite a bit over the past year because I have been getting into different kinds of embroidery…
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It took some patience on my part but I finally picked up my framed pheasant today. In a previous post I have written about stitching this design by Jenny Adin-Christie for Inspirations magazine. I was already really happy with the result but now it just looks even better, if that is even possible! Believe me…
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I had picked up this kit from the RSN Shop when I was at Hampton Court last month. I was mainly attracted to it because of the geometric design and the colour scheme which is based on a picture of the Wool Rack at the RSN. This picture is used by the RSN on a…
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It has already been a month since I attended an Introductory Silk Shading day class at the Royal School of Needlework with tutor Helen Richman. With finishing my Hygge shawl and my gold work pheasant I have only just got back to finishing the day class project. Besides really liking the design – an English…
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It is finished! I can’t believe it I have actually completed it. In a previous post I have written about starting this project from Inspirations Magazine 93 (design by Jenny Adin -Christie) and how much I loved the design. I really happy with the final result and how it resembles to original design but that…
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Can’t believe I have actually finished it! Moreover, I have finished it within the 14 weeks set for the CAL, even though we have been on holiday for a large part of it. When I started in the middle of February I was very excited about the CAL but also a bit scared as I hadn’t…
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