I am sure I have told this story before but I got into needlecraft through my mum, who used to be an avid cross-stitcher. However, I kind of stuck to cross-stitch, but progressed to more complicated designs, as cross-stitch kits were the main (or actually only) type of embroidery kits sold in the Netherlands. I…
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When Helen Richman of The Bluebird Embroidery Company first shared the design of her new Crewel Work Chaffinch kit at the end of January 2018 I e-mailed Helen straight away as I just had to get one. Due to studying for the RSN certificate it has taken me until now to stitch it but I loved…
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My boyfriend and I visited Bruges last Friday as a treat for my birthday, which was that day. We had visited a couple of years ago, but I hadn’t really paid much attention to the needlecraft heritage of the town. Inspired by the tips from a recent edition (no. 147) of ‘All Stitched Up!’, Inspirations Magazine’s weekly newsletter,…
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Yesterday, we visited the Museo didattico della Seta di Como. Primarily since the 1800s Como has been at the centre of the region’s and later the centre of Italy’s silk production. Silk from Como is currently well known all over the world for its quality. When at the end of the 20th century many factories…
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When I spotted the cute kits L’Ile à Mousse was selling at the Aiguille en Fête show we were attending I knew I just had to get one. It was just a matter of deciding which one. I opted for Miette the Mouse as it was just a little bit different than the actual teddy…
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Aiguille en Fête is Paris’ main needlecraft show. For the past few years, I have seen pictures of this show on my social media timeline and it looked like a really nice show so I thought it would be great to attend. An even better idea was to combine it with a visit to the…
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Today is the 31st of December. Besides being the last day of 2017 it is also the last day of the first year of the Stitching Sheep and what a year it has been! I am so glad I have taken the plunge last year to launch the Stitching Sheep’s blog and social media accounts.…
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This year was the first year I had bought the Devere Yarns Advent Calendar. I had come across Devere Yarns and the calendar on Jen Goodwin’s Instagram page and quickly found that two of my other stitching-friends had got one too! Devere Yarns sell various options of their Calendar, all silk threads, all cotton threads, all…
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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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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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