Bluebell Love

We're back! 😁 We've spent a wonderful week on the beautiful Isle of Mull 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lots of walking, wonderful wildlife, and beautiful scenery 😁 What a beautiful special place!

Just a few of my many many highlights:

💙 We visited other beautiful islands while we were there (Ulva, Iona, Lunga, Staffa and Erraid). I've never been on so many ferry's and boats in such a short space of time 😄

💙 Finally saw puffins! Sooo cute! That's been on my wishlist for many years, and I can't believe I could get so close to them 💛 and with Razorbills too!

💙 Nearly got frost bite paddling on Iona 😏 We were lucky to have sunshine for the majority of the time.... but the wind! 🥶 freezing! 😄 I don't think I've ever had to keep my waterproofs and warm gear on for the entire week before, just for the wind 😆.... but I just can't resist a paddle on a beautiful beach 😁

💙 The geology was incredible! If you didnt know, my degrees are geology based, and mull is a geology heaven 🪨 We visited the fossil tree, and fingals cave was just fascinating 😊

💙 aaand I did a little bit of stitching 🪡 I always like to start a new little project on my holidays as a little momento, but I didn't get much done this time 🪡 I was too tired most evenings from all our exploring 😄 I'll finish this one at some point though, it's turning out really cute 🪡

But back to it now 😁 I would like to say I'm feeling refreshed and raring to go..... but honestly, I feel like I need a week to recover 😆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

✨️ We're taking a little break 😁 I'm switching off for 10 days (ish) and recharging my batteries 😁

My shop is staying open but I won't be back in the studio until 10th June to make, wrap and send your lovely goodies 😁

I hope you all have a great couple of weeks 😊 see ya when I'm baaack! 😊

Oh, and it took quite a few attempts to get this pic 🤭 and several face licks 😋 I'll pop some outtakes in my stories for you 😄

It's been a busy week of making embroidery kits 😁🪡 The Spring Woodland kits are already in my shop 🌸......Buuut......

✨️ The Mountain Sunrise and Autumn Woodland kits will be launching at Exeter Craft Festival 🎉 ✨️

🗓 4th, 5th & 6th July
🗺 on the Exeter Cathedral green

So, if you're coming along, you can be the first to get them 🎉🪡

Don't worry though, I'll be adding them to my shop soon after the festival 😁

I'm getting there with this little Robin 🪡😁 Just a bit of his head to finish stitching, and then I'll just have his little face and legs to embroider 😁

I'm so pleased with how the Basket weave stitch has turned out 😁 It's been so fun using it this way, and I'm just loving how many different patterns you can make with that stitch 😁

✨️NEW GOODIES ✨️ The new refreshed Seagull and Lighthouse lavender bags, wheat hand warmers aaand embroidery squares are now in my shop 🎉

And in case you missed it, the Spring Woodland embroidery kits are live too 🪡🎉

I've really lined you up for some relaxing cosy stitching sessions 😁🪡 I hope you love these new additions 😁

https://www.bluebelllove.com/shop

It's time! 🎉 These kits are now available in my shop 🪡😁

Learn how to use Split stitch, Long and short stitch, Straight stitch, Satin stitch, French knots and Stem stitch 🪡

Suitable for confident beginners and seasoned stitchers 🌸

✨️ £26 plus p&p ✨️
You can find them here:

https://www.bluebelllove.com/shop/p/spring-embroidery-kit

Kits include..........

🧵 Calico cotton fabric that has been pre-printed with this pretty woodland design – no tracing needed!

🧵 A 5” stitching hoop made from 100% FSC beech wood.

🧵 A 4” hoop made from 100% FSC beech wood to finish off and display your beautiful work in.

🧵 15 colours of 100% cotton threads wound on to bobbins to help keep tangles to a minimum.

🧵 6 embroidery needles in 3 sizes for stitching varying numbers of thread strands for different effects and details.

🧵 An instruction booklet with a beginner’s guide to embroidery, colour guides, step by step stitching instructions with photos, and stitch guides with instructions for each stitch type 😁

If you've got any questions, I'm just a message away 🥰

Enjoy! 🌸🪡😁

Did you hear the news? ✨️Full kits of this one are coming at 12pm on 29th April 🎉 Eeee! My other two patterns will be coming in kit form too..... but later on the year (sorry!) 😁

Kits will include:
🪡 A pre printed fabric panel
🪡 A 5" hoop to stitch in
🪡 A 4" hoop to display your beautiful work in
🪡 All the threads you need
🪡 Embroidery needles
🪡 A booklet with step by step instructions, embroidery guides and stitch guides 😁

I'll show you what they look like next week 😁 ....... when (hopefully) I'll have all of the threads beautifully organised and ready on bobbins for you 😁

This ones had quite the transformation, hasn't he? 😊 I'll be sewing them into lavender bags soon, ready for adding to my little shop 😊.......... but I can't say exactly when yet...... because someone else might be joining in the fresh fun too 😉😄

✨️Full kits are coming! 🎉 They'll be available on Monday 29th April 🎉

They'll include all the threads, hoops, needles, pre printed fabric aaand full step by step instructions 🎉🪡

Eugh, I've made a boo boo with this one 🙈 Basically, I'm struggling to line my waves with the lighthouse....... I have a plan though 😄 and I'll use the gulls from this screen, so all is not lost 😅.....not the best start to the week though 🙈

Oh hello new screens! My lighthouses are having a little refresh 😁.....watch this space 👀😁

I've made a start stitching one of my Wren embroidery squares 🪡😁 I've made some nice progress this weekend whilst watching films in the evenings 😁 I hope you've been having a lovely Easter weekend too! Have you been doing any stitching?

I've been thinking I might try a different way of displaying this one 😏 Usually I display them in a hoop.......we'll see 😁🪡🤔

Hoppy Easter everyone! 🐇

Psst....did you hear? I added this pattern to my shop on friday 🎉🌸 Could be ideal for some 'me time' and relax a bit this bank holiday weekend, right? I have included the list of threads in the pattern, but you could always switch them out with threads you have in your existing stash 😁🪡

I've started to print my wildflowers today 😁 I'll be adding a pretty purple layer of Primroses, Silenes, Buttercups and Bluebells to these Cow Parsley and Foxglove prints tomorrow 😁

I feel like I'm starting to get back on top of my lavender bag printing now 😅 I want to print my mice this week..... and then...... I may have a look at tweaking the last couple of existing designs 👀 but that's quite a big may 😄

Eeee! I've finished the stitching 🌸🪡 It's a spring haven! 😁 I just need to finish it off by popping it in its smaller hoop, and then I can start writing the pattern for you 😁 What do you think? Are you wanting to give this one a go? 😁🪡🌸

✨️ Easter is just less than 3 weeks away ✨️ I'm going to be printing more of my rabbits this week...... but they'll be in the original colourway rather than this very pretty limited edition version 😊

p.s These very cute lavender bags are available in my shop, and it just so happens they make really lovely gifts for easter 😁 nice and postable too 😁🐰

We have bluebells and blossoms! 😁🌸 Pretty, right? 😁 I'll be stitching the blossom on the 2 outside shrubs next 🪡 Its a fair few French knots 😅 but I'm not being fussy about them .... just packing them in and embracing the uneven blossoms 😁🪡

How do you feel about French knots? Love em? or avoid at all costs? 🤭🪡

Happy World Book Day! 📚🪱 What are you reading at the mo?

Me (and my Bert 🪱) have delved back into the magical world of Harry Potter 📚✨️ Its been a loooong time since I first read them and have seen the films 100 times since then.....its interesting revisiting the books after getting to know the films so well 📚

I'm about half way through the first one 📚 I still have a few unread gems on my bookshelf though, so I might break the series up with some of them 😁📚🪱

Oh, it has just been sooo lovely working in the sunshine the last couple of days 😁 Doesn't it make the world of difference? Especially with my little jar of daffs 🌼

We added about 100 more daff bulbs into the garden last autumn 😅 They seem to have popped up a bit early this year 🤔 but I'm all up for an early spring 😁

Have you got any exciting spring activities happening in your garden? 🌸☀️
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Ooo it's coming along so nicely! 😁 ..... even if I do say so myself 😏

I'm gonna be stitching the bluebells into the grass this weekend, then I'll be onto the pink and white blossom 🪡🌸

I can't wait to see it finished and next to the Autumn woodland hoop 😊 they're gonna look so good together! 😁🪡

I added all of the cute little beaks and eyes onto my Long Tailed t**s yesterday 😁 It feels so good to be slowly building a little stock of each print 😊 I think this is really gonna make a difference... ..I won't have the pressure of printing to order and I'll be able to get your goodies on their way to you a bit quicker 😁

But gosh! I've never printed so much and my body is not too happy about it 🙈 I'm gonna take it easy for the rest of the week on the printing, let my body recharge, so I can can be carry on printing next week 😁

A little spring woodland stitching update..... 🪡 I'm hoping to stitch the last 2 tree trunks and the path this weekend, but I think it's starting to look soo pretty 😁

I'm kinda wanting to go back in and add some more stitches to the sky (just to blend the 2 blues in a bit more). But I'm trying to resist until the end. I know that once the blossom and the daffodils are there, I won't be focusing on it so much 😁🪡🌸

Look at his little pom pom tail! 😍🪡 I don't think I've shown you this one for a while, and seeing as I was printing some more of these embroidery squares today and Easter is around the corner..... here he is! 😊

This one really was soo fun to stitch 😁 It's so tempting to stitch it again, but with a different colour pallette...... just to see how different it could look 😊🪡 but I have other ones I want to do first 😏

Oh btw, the blog post I wrote of exactly how I stitched this one is on my website 😊 but remember...... there are no rules with this 🪡

It's not my usual cup of tea...... Printing in grey is so so dull 🤪🤭 Buuuttt, I print my embroidery squares like this so I don't influence your thread colours 😁🌈
I can get through all the greyness, knowing that they will be super pretty once they've been coloured in by you 🥰🪡

A reading date with Bert and nice toasty hand warmers sounds like bliss, doesn't it? 😁🪱📚

This was such a lovely order to wrap up this afternoon 🥰 Thank you so much! 🥹
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A bit of sunny progress to show you 🪡

I've made a start stitching my 'spring woodland' 😁 This is actually 'take 2' .... we won't talk too much about take 1, but let's just say the sky was starting to look green 🤭 it's veeeeery early days, but this one's going so much better 😁

I'll keep working on it in the evenings, and hopefully, it'll be one to add to my little collection of pdf patterns 😁

✨️ Matchy matchy *Chefs kiss* 🤭 This lavender bag and hand warmer were sewn up this morning...... don't they look so cute together? 🦆
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✨️ NEW goodies! ✨️ These fresh new lavender bags, wheat hand warmers and embroidery panels are in my little shop 🎉

The links for them all are in these pictures - or you can find them with the links in my stories 😁

I started giving this print a little makeover back in October (I think!), and I'm just so excited that it's the very first cheerful addition to 2024! 🦔 It's really had quite the makeover! But since the hedgehogs were one of the earliest designs I created, it's about time, don't you think?