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Moving House

I decided that it's time for a change of blog address and have moved my blog to Wordpress. I do hope that you'll hop across and say hello - there is a new post ready and waiting The Treehouse Continue reading

Posted Jun 26, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Bloglovin

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Posted Jun 18, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Framed Cottages and Finished Flowers

I collected my framed cottages a couple of Saturdays ago and we hung them on the wall in my sewing room at the weekend. In hindsight I should have taken a photograph before I hung them up as in spite... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2013 at The Treehouse

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A Year of Cottages

I finally put the last stitches in the last cottage last week and I couldn't be more pleased with the finished piece. Here's a pic of the December cottage... Definitely one of my favourites. Below is the whole thing. I... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2013 at The Treehouse

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A custom order of pouches.

When Catherine spotted the huge pouch that I made for the Nancy Drew blog hop she immediately requested a couple for herself! She picked out the fabrics and I took it from there. I made the small size and the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 27, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Cara's Birthday

This year it was my turn to buy for Cara's birthday which was last month. I decided to get her some threads for some of the charts on her to be stitched list. While new thread is lovely, I thought... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Christmas Ornament No. 3

I've remembered to take photos but not remembered to blog so here is a small finish from last month. This is the third of Joan Elliott's Christmas designs that I've stitched from the Cross Stitch Designs book-a-zine. I love this... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The Treehouse

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CCN Cottage update

I've been doing plenty of stitching and knitting and no blogging so I thought I should put in an appearance with something! A week and a half ago I decided that it was time to press on with the stitching... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The Treehouse

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What a great design, your quilt is lovely. I especially like how you've got the X going through the middle. Thank you for the tutorial.

Commented Mar 8, 2013 on The Mystery of the Double Disappearing Nine Patch at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Nancy Drew is a Clue

Day 3 of the Nancy Drew blog and it's my turn to show my creations. As Always, thank you to Mdm Samm and Cheerleader Carol for their tireless efforts in organising such a fun event. I've never really bought a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Christmas Ornament No. 2

I've just finished the last little bit of backstitching on this 'soon to be' Christmas ornament. It's another of Joan Elliott's designs from the 365 Cross Stitch Designs Bookazine. In the book it was stitched all in gold but I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 6, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Song of the Weather - March

I was in two minds whether to carry straight on with the March chart or have a change. I decided that as I had all of the stuff out that it made sense to carry on. March was a lot... Continue reading

Posted Mar 4, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Song of the Weather - February

In my enthusiasm to catch up on the Papillon SAL I forgot all about my February piece of the Song of the Weather SAL. I was so excited to get part two and get stitching away at it but I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2013 at The Treehouse

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A little bit of festivity

As promised yesterday, here's the picture of the little Christmas ornament that was my easy stitch on Saturday night. It's a chart by Joan Elliott and can be found in the 365 Cross Stitch Designs 2013 book-a-zine. There are getting... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Quick! take a photo...

I've gone slightly off plan with my stitching! In fact, I'm not too sure why I make a plan because as soon as I make one - I go right off plan! The 'plan' with the Papillon Around the World... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Song of the Weather January and Lucky Stars Practice

I've just put the final stitches on the January piece for Song of the Weather. I can't possibly say how much I've enjoyed stitching this little piece. I had sworn off doing monthly stitches for this year other than the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Around the World in 80 Stitches

I started this project last year after some encouragement from Carole and a peek at the first part of her project. I struggled to keep up with stitching last year as I wasn't enjoying very good health, there were a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 26, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Dare to Dresden Blog Hop

Welcome to the first day of the Dare to Dresden blog hop. A big thank you to Christine of Quilt Monster in My Closet and Mdm Samm for all the time, hard work and encouragement that goes into making these... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2013 at The Treehouse

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New Year - New Start

I realised that if I didn't post on my blog soon then February would have arrived! December went by in a blur of activity and ended in a haze of illness! That seems to have mostly passed now and I'm... Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2013 at The Treehouse

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Holiday Lane Blog Hop - Grinch Lane!

Thanks for stopping by to visit me on the Holiday Lane blog hop. I have had such a great time with this lovely pattern. Huge thanks to Mdm Samm and Pauline for their time and work organising this fun event... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2012 at The Treehouse

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A Few Things...

First of all - next week is the start of the Holiday Lane blog hop organised by Mdm Samm and Pauline The hop starts on Wednesday 21st November (tomorrow) and clicking the link in my sidebar will take you to... Continue reading

Posted Nov 20, 2012 at The Treehouse

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CCN June/July Cottage

I've finally put the last stitches into my current cottage. I've switched this around from June to July as I used the red/white/blue July cottage for my June Jubilee spot. It was a bit tricky with the lettering but I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2012 at The Treehouse

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UR Priceless Blog Hop - My turn!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog on the UR Priceless blog hop, organised by the wonderful Mdm Samm of Sew We Quilt and chief cheerleader and super helpful Katherine of Sew Me Something Good. This is my first... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2012 at The Treehouse

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UR Priceless Blog Hop

The blog hop for these cute little purses starts on Monday 5th November - Guy Fawkes night here in the UK! This is the first blog hop that I've ventured to join in with and I'm looking forward to it... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2012 at The Treehouse

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Happy Halloween

I managed to finish my little Halloween quilt just in time. It was a really quick and fun to make, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Here it is below with a little cushion that I made last year - the embroidery... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2012 at The Treehouse

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