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Double Wedding Ring block from Charm About You

The Double Wedding Ring is a beautiful, traditional block that is associated with love, romance and of course marriage. For fabric lovers, this is such a fun block to play with, plan layouts and stitch! This is a bucket list block, one that all quilters will recognise and want to sew. It works wonderfully with either traditional or modern fabrics and is open to lots of variation within the pattern. I have made two blocks, one English Paper Pieced and one hand pieced (they are two different techniques) and will be demonstrating both methods in my upcoming online class. I ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 2 years, 1 month ago. under a hand sewn block , artist's home , aurifil , basting , class , craftymonkies , design , double wedding ring , english paper piecing , epp hand piecing , liberty fabric , online , patchwork , quilt block , quilting

a vision kept in sight from Charm About You

Following on from my last post, I'm back to share my new word of the year and a very special project I created. It seems so late to say this but Happy New Year to you all, I am sending my very best wishes to you all for a marvellous, healthy and joy filled 2022!

In previous years I have created a vision board, usually on new years eve, often incorporating my word of the year. I had lots of fun collaging with decorative paper, magazine clippings and pictures to create my board. This year I stepped that idea ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 2 years, 2 months ago. under aurifil , aurifil artisan , aurifloss , carrie bloomston , craftymonkies , cross stitch , elevate , jammy dodger , oak poster hanger , rosette , suzie sharp vintage , vision board , willow & stone , word of the year

kerchief girl ⋈ bow tie laptop case from Charm About You

It's great being asked to create a project when it's something you actually need! I've had my current laptop for a while but didn't have a case for it. My youngest has adopted my previous laptop, since all the online schooling started it made sense for her to use it. She has adopted my last homemade case to go with it. Clearly we don't need them for travel but it's nice to put devices away at the end of the day and keep them safe from dust and spills and the like.

The brief ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 years, 1 month ago. under a laptop case , aurifil , bow tie , button tin , buttons , craftymonkies , fabric scraps , forty3 , kerchief girls , manchester yarn dyed , miss matatabi , quilt block , quilted , quilting , sew , y seams

have courage and be kind from Charm About You

modern framed cross stitch with 'have courage and be kind' cross stiched in black on fabric with hand printed pink and yellow leopard print design in black frame

Finishing a project is such a joy! But then so is starting a project... and working on a project, no wonder I am always making ;)

This finish is a special one for a few reasons. The cross stitch kit is from Stitchsperation, I love her kits and had already completed one which you can see here. She hand paints the fabric and not only is that really cool but it means you get a unique piece of fabric to stitch on. I chose 28ct evenweave and as a change I stitched this in hand rather than using a hoop.

work in progress photo of black cross stitch word being stitched on hand printed yellow and pink leopard spot fabric

Now ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 years, 2 months ago. under a finished x stitch project , aurifloss , craftymonkies , cross stitch , cross stitch techniques , fat quarter shop , flosstube , sewing method , stitch in hand , stitchsperation , the real housewives of cross-stitch

the WHY = artistic fire from Charm About You

Today I'm sharing a couple of special projects, exciting news about how you can learn from me online and hopefully preempting a few concerns. The WHY matters. So I want to focus a little on why I do what I do, how sharing makes a difference and most importantly what I want to impart to you. Keep reading because it's not just pretty pictures, I would love to help you thrive and shine my spark for getting the most of out of your creativity.

epp hexies stitched together from the back, embroidery scissors

Hand sewn projects are probably my favourite. I prefer to spend hours on the ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 years, 8 months ago. under a passion , a way to share skills , aurifil , class , craftymonkies , embroidery , embroidery hoop , embroidery thread , hand embroidery , machine sewing , online , sewing , sewing mojo , sewing pattern , zipper pouch

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