Monthly Archives: April 2023

The Ugly Stitch Club

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Hand stitching and slow stitching is a big part of my art and crafting journey. Yesterday, I took half day of reading and hand sewing fabric scraps whilst chilling on my bed! I was tired and needed the rest but at the same time, I still wanted to craft. I began to take scraps of fabrics and sew then together. While making those imperfect, fun and silly stitches, it was then when it came to me. To start a stitch club, or group if you will on Instagram. You don’t have to be an experience stitchery. I just adore those imperfect stitching in my projects. Those stitches are everything! If you are interested in stitching of various kinds, I would very much love to have you join me in this journey. This is a positive and encouraging group to be a member. I’m looking forward to this journey and I have lots planned.

Hand stitching and slow stitching is a big part of my art and crafting journey. Yesterday, I took half day of reading and hand sewing fabric scraps whilst chilling on my bed!

While making those imperfect fun and silly stitches, it was then when it came to me. To start a stitch club, or group if you will on Instagram. You don’t have to be an experience stitchery. I just adore those imperfect stitching in my projects. Those stitches are everything! If you are interested in stitching of various kinds, I would very much love to have you join me in this journey. This is a positive and encouraging group to be a member. I’m looking forward to this journey and I have lots planned.

Please join me on Instagram here or you can search me on IG by typing @theuglystitchclub

Winter Musings and Spring Projects

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It is hard to believe that December 6, 2022 was the last postdate! I had decided to take a much-needed break but wow! Time flies! I have missed blogging exceedingly and I am delighted to be back at it. What have I been doing meanwhile? Well, there is so much. I have been story writing a bit, crafting a lot, creating art, reading some and writing in my journals quite a bit. Needless to say, I have been hunkered down this winter. Not that the south sees extreme cold winters mind you. I just use that as an excuse. Ha!

Lately, I’ve been making miniature wood houses, dioramas and dollhouse accessories. I’m having a blast! Back in the mid to late 1990’s I collected miniature tea sets and whatnot. I must confess, I miss those days of collecting miniatures. The combination of that past love and seeing people’s new works of dioramas sparked a fire in me to start creating miniatures. Was it a couple years ago or maybe it was last year, I had worked on a few miniature wood houses but nothing really came of it until now? Yes, indeed.

I’ve got so many ideas and I’m just getting my feet wet. Recently, I’ve made quite a few and I do have many of them available in my Instagram shop for sale. Plus, I have five Book Nook’s I’m creating for family this year. Excited! You should see my list of everything I want to create and the list keeps getting longer. There is simply not enough time on the day! I look forward to sharing more with you all and if you haven’t already, please follow my blog and stop by on Instagram to say hello or you may do so in the comment area below! Blessings to you and yours!

Stephanie Hopkins

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I will be restocking my Ebay shop this coming Monday!