This year the craft group that I’m a member of is working on a year long project: a slow stitch fabric book.I found this gorgeous old secondhand hardback book at the op shop that I thought would be perfect for the project.

Last year we made our title page to start us off - the general theme of the book being “A Journey Through Stitching”.
Each month, the ladies who are running the project give the group a prompt to create a page around. So far the prompts have been:
- Flowers/floral
- Lace
- Suffolk puffs/yoyo’s

Our latest prompt is Mushrooms.

As I’m predominantly a Cross stitcher I’ll be trying to incorporate a small piece of cross stitch on each page.
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So I have this old white dressing gown that has a few holes in it and doesn’t really provide that much warmth. I was going to take it to the op shop or just throw it out but then I came across a video on YouTube that inspired me to try turning it into a patchwork jacket…(get ready for the twist) without using a machine. All stitching done by hand sewing 😁
I may be crazy and it might be a complete failure, but I want to give it a go.
You can see I’ve already cut the bottom of the dressing gown off, leaving it my desired length for the jacket.
Here goes nothin’.
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YouTube video that served as inspiration:
How To Make An Upcycled Slow Stitch Patchwork Reversible Jacket Without a Sewing Machine

Channel name: tmyers handmade
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Started a new mini cross stitch recently. I love working on little projects like these on my lunch breaks.
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Finished this piece for my friend’s mum. She loved it 🥰

This was also my first time finishing a piece using a wooden hoop to display my creation in.

For backing I used cream coloured felt which I blanket stitched on (forgot to take a pic of this).
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Been teaching myself how to make fabric yo-yo’s/Suffolk puffs.
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Progress on my current WIP
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Throwback to 2017 when I stitched this piece and gave it to mum for Mother’s Day.
Yes, I gave it to her like this and she had to then turn it into a cushion herself because I didn’t know how to, but it’s the thought that counts, right?
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I find this flatlay so aesthetically pleasing. The gradient of colours just makes my brain happy 🌈
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Last year I started taking little mini cross stitch projects with me to work to chip away at on my lunch breaks.
One such project was this little mushy frog. Towards the end of the year I found out that one of my coworkers is slightly obsessed with frogs, so I gave the piece to her for Christmas. (He’s a little off centre because of the small piece of Aida I was working with)
It was originally on a leather cord which allowed her to wear it as a necklace. But she’s a clever cookie and had an even better idea to add a clasp on it to use it as a keyring/bag accessory.
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Pattern bought from Etsy.
Seller: WildBluebellPatterns
Stitched on Aida (ct unknown)
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My doggo apparently doesn’t appreciate being used as a display table
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