I really love the range of cross stitch kits which Bothy Threads have produced from Kim Anderson’s beautiful and quirky designs. Last year I saw the Love Tree kit in a local craft shop and I just had to have it. I knew it would be perfect made into a cushion to sit on the…
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Heritage Crafts USA Cross Stitch Map.
Here’s a project I just started before Christmas and I know it won’t be a quick one. I love the cross stitch map kits which Susan Ryder of Heritage Crafts designs and have stitched several of them over the past twenty five years. Starting with a map of the traditional West Riding of Yorkshire where…
Cross Stitcher Magazine’s 2017 Stitchalong.
January 2017 Now as you all know, my SmartCookieSam blog is meant to be about my love of baking and cooking. But baking up until last summer wasn’t doing my health any good. I’m too busy in my day job to make a living from baking (though I would love to do this in an…
Christmas Cross Stitch Project 2016- “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
Along with baking and cooking, cross stitch is another great hobby. I love to sit down on an evening and stitch, especially on a cold winter’s evening with the fire on and something decent to watch on the TV. I can’t just sit down with empty hands, I have to be busy doing something. Cross…
