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You may remember last year I was excited to start a 365 embroidery wheel. I read 365 Days of Stitches and was inspired to start my own project, recording every day of the year in stitch. Reader, I failed. Why I failed to complete a 365 embroidery wheel I bought a large wooden embroidery hoop. I prepared a fabric wheel divided into 12 parts. I pondered which colourways I would use (and swiftly abandoned that idea). I kept a note each day of the motif I would stitch, just in case I couldn’t remember what it meant. I photographed each…

Have you ever tried the craft of botanical casting before? We had the children’s hand and feet cast when they were very young but not really thought about it since. So when I saw a botanical casting kit I thought it would be a fun craft to try at home. Botanical casting for beginners I bought myself a casting kit to make two sweet botanical casts. Everything was provided in the kit, although you could substitute the grasses for anything out of your own garden. As it’s February and there is nothing in my garden I was more than happy…

It’s the last month of the year and I’m happy to look back over all my makes from this year. Looking back over what I’ve made helps me realise all the little stitchy projects I’ve completed, as well as the ones I haven’t. It’s definitely something I’m going to carry on writing in 2024. December crafting There was a definite festive feel to my crafting in the month of December. This year I started early on my handmade gifts and it really paid off as I had some time left for Christmassy makes. I stitched 7 small initial cross stitch…