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October 22, 2026 · 1:22 pm

Crafty Update – Travel Log

Image of an open book with stitched pictures - paris skyline, london skyline and a viking ship

I have been making a stitched journal of my travels to England and France.

The left half I have stitched on a separate piece of cardstock. I will add these to my book when I get to that section. The Viking ship is to remind me about our trip to the Viking Museum in York.

For the two skylines, I bought a line drawing from Etsy and printed onto the cardstock using my cricut. Then I stitched them – back stitch and punched holes.

The Viking ship I also found on Etsy (a whole Viking collective), but I stitched this directly into my book.

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July 26, 2026 · 6:46 pm

Finished Book Mark

I finished the paper book mark. The pattern is from here.

I do like embroidering on paper.

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May 24, 2026 · 1:13 pm

Paper Embroidery

I have been experimenting with my Cricut to make perforated card for stitching. I found the svg file at Wild Olive.

Here I am doing a bit of stitching on it.

I was thinking, you’re not limited to cross stitch, I could put the holes anywhere.

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April 25, 2026 · 2:47 pm

Reversible Cross Stitch and Paper Embroidery

I have long been fascinated by the idea of reversible cross stitch. More as a brain exercise, but also if you are making something that needs to be double-sided. Plus I have been exploring the idea of paper embroidery – using my cricut to make the holes.

I down loaded the svg file from Wild Olive.

I did end up with the occasional vertical or horizontal stitch on the back. And I do need to plan my path a bit better, but the process was easy to understand.

I used a medium weight card stock, but I think a thicker cardstock would be better.

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December 22, 2025 · 4:03 pm

Paper Embroidery

I have been intrigued by paper embroidery (this one is from Flourishing Fibers).

I printed the design, laid it on top of my circle and used an awl to make the holes.

I used Pearl cotton (number 8) instead of stranded floss.

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December 4, 2025 · 3:42 pm

Snowflake

I have been making snowflakes – the file is from here.

These cut very well, but I had trouble getting the glue to stick.

I have tried many different types of glue

Glue pen
Glue tape
UHU glue

But in the end I found an acid free glue applied with a cotton bud worked best.

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April 25, 2025 · 2:25 pm

English Paper Piecing Progress

I have been working on my hexagons (English Paper piecing) – it is very relaxing and doesn’t require anything special (magnification, hoop, etc.). I want to get to a piece that is 40cm by 30cm so I can make the Slow Stitched Huswif – from L’ucello. I already have the pattern. Once I have the base, I am going to embellish.

Originally I was using a guterman cotton thread to sew the hexagons together, but I have swapped to a aurafil 50wt cotton 2846, and it does seem to be a bit easier to make small stitches (less visible from the front).

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April 5, 2025 · 5:32 pm

English Paper Piecing – Florence Knapp

I have had this book for a long time, but I have only just read it (because of my new passion for EPP).

It is a beautiful book, her various projects are inspiring.

There is a chapter on the history of English Paper Piecing, little biographies of various artists, a section on supplies and how to do it, a section on fussy cutting, different rosettes (e.g. Holmwood rosette) and a quilt pattern.

I have read it from start to finish, and highly recommend it.

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April 2, 2025 · 6:19 am

English Paper Piecing

I was exploring the different things I could do with my Cricut machine and I thought I could use it to cut both the paper templates and the fabric for English Paper Piecing.

I used the offset feature to add a 5mm seam allowance to the fabric hexagons. It works well, very accurate paper and fabric shapes. It would work for applique as well.

My plan is to make fabric using the hexies and then add stitching (embroidery) to them.

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March 4, 2025 · 4:59 pm