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Ann Womack

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket, Uncategorized

After a long hiatus from my needlework, my recent decision to take the shop to Pakenham Stitch! has brought my stitching mojo back. Over the past 6 or 7 weeks I have been working on Ann Womack, from Shakespeare’s Peddler.  Originally stitched in 1838, Ann Womack is a gorgeous monochromatic sampler consisting of 5 alphabets,… Read More

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25/07/2016
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Stitching Again

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket

Fricassee has been very good for my stitching mojo. I really want to get back to that pesky rabbit. But I have some other projects that currently need my attention. A couple of months ago I discovered that the Craft Alive event Pakenham Stitch! was coming back again this year. And major win for my… Read More

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26/06/2016
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Elizabethan Fantasy

by Bette_H, in category Embroidery, Sewing Basket

A year or so ago, I went back to the Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria, after letting my membership drop.  I went primarily to meet up with other Cabinet of Curiosities ladies.  Some of these ladies were also working on another beautiful casket – ‘the other casket’, one designed by the talented Maree Talbot.  They started… Read More

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03/01/2016
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31 Days of WIPs and UFOs

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket

A few years I go I started a January tradition of looking at projects that I had started sometime in the past, but have yet to finish.  Last year I did not do this.  I had stitched so little over the previous couple of years that I thought it was a waste of time, and… Read More

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07/01/201507/01/2015
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2015 – A creative year…

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket

So… What do you think of my new theme?  You have looked right?  It needs some tweaking.  The slider on the front page is too large, but I am using this to give me some ideas of what might work on the Needlework Boutique’s site.  I will be starting the revamp of that site today.… Read More

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13/01/2014
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In my hoop…

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket

Over the last 12 months or so, my stitching mojo has been non-existent.  One of my goals for these summer holidays has been to find it again. For the past few weeks, I have spent time stitching on the Fig n Berry “Twas the Night Before Christmas” stitchery that I started during October’s Stitching Soiree.… Read More

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11/07/2013
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by Bette_H, in category Cross Stitch, Musings, Sewing Basket

This year I have not done a lot of stitching.  My heart just has not been in it.  I come up with all sorts of excuses as to why I don’t stitch – too busy, the light is poor, too tired.  And it is a combination of each of these, but I think if I… Read More

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01/10/2012
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Happy Dancing Again

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket, The Needlework Boutique

It is so strange.  To be happy dancing twice in a week.  I chose to work on Blackbird Designs ‘Basket of Memories’, because I knew it would be a quick stitch.  But knowing my track record, I was not sure if I would get it finished in the time I had set. It took a… Read More

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24/06/2012
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5 designs to consider for an exchange

by Bette_H, in category Exchanges, Sewing Basket, The Needlework Boutique

After a long hiatus from stitching, and an even longer one from participating in an exchange, I have just signed up to a Blackbird Designs ornament exchange.  The brief – to stitch a Blackbird Designs design, or part of a design, make it up into an ornament and send it off to someone somewhere in… Read More

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30/01/2012
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Quilting…

by Bette_H, in category Sewing Basket

My love of needlework has always been predominately a love for embroidery.  But at times you can be forgiven for thinking that quilting is taking over.  In fact I love the fabric that is available in the quilt shops, and I love putting together new patchwork tops.  I especially love embellishing the top with embroidery.… Read More

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Hi. Thank you for stopping by my blog. My name is Bette. I am an embroiderer, cross stitcher, quilter, teacher and aspiring textile artist. I also own The Needlework Boutique, an online cross stitch store. Here I share my journey through the world of needlework, and more recently, my journey as a high school textiles teacher.

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