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buglady74.bsky.social
JM
@buglady74.bsky.social
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She/her. Scottish and spooky. Fan of animals and bugs. I'm tired a lot. I like to sew
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buglady74.bsky.social
I feel like I'm getting better at taking photos of Meryl Streek. Either that or he's getting less blurry #merylstreek #punk #irishpunk #gigs
Photo shows Meryl Streek performing live. He's wearing a cap and white contact lenses and holding a microphone stand. The lighting has given him a green tinge
August 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Another finish! Pattern once again by Mama Witch X Stitch #crossstitch #crafts #spooky
Cross stitch on black fabric showing cute sheet ghosts around their tree stump house. There is bunting up and cleaning happening like they are preparing for a party
June 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
I have spider babies! Missing sector orb weavers I believe. Thumb to show how tiny they are #spider #spiderlings
Tiny spiderling. Body is mainly brown with orange on the sides and brown stripy legs Tiny spiderling with my thumb below it to show how small it is (probably a millimetre)
May 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Aren't pets funny? You just pick them (or they pick you) and they come and live with This is Rocky, isn't his mouth the cutest? #pets
A guinea pig called Rocky. His fur is black, tan and white. He's lounging on a little bed I made for him
May 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Recent finish. Pattern by Mama Witch X Stitch #cat #crossstitch #crafts #spooky
Image shows complete cross stitch of a cute spooky cat, in a cartoon style, wearing Converse high tops and a striped sweater. He is grey with massive eyes and 2 bats are flying above him. The background fabric is pale cream
May 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
I forgot to post a finished picture of this bookmark I made for my friend. I made a better job of sewing on backing fabric than I thought #crossstitch #crafts #bookmark
Image shows a cross stitched bookmark featuring 3 crows and a moon. It's on white fabric with a black border
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
I keep forgetting about Bluesky! Here's a couple of recent photos #graveyard #cemetery #tapophile
Large angel gravestone on a warm sunny day, there's ivy climbing up one side Large memorial in a graveyard, showing a man preaching on a plinth. It's a warm sunny spring day, and it has trees in the background and other gravestones on both sides
April 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
My least favourite part of making bookmarks is sewing on fabric for backing 🤦 #crossstitch #bookmark #crows
Cross stitch bookmark showing 3 crows, it has pins around to mark where to sew fabric on the back
March 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Current work in progress, pattern by BeWilder cross stitch. Another gift #corvids #crossstitch
Partially complete cross stitch bookmark featuring 3 crows on a white background
March 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
buglady74.bsky.social
Another one done! Another gift, one more gift to make after this then I might make myself something for the first time in ages 😂 Pattern by Mini Stitch
Image shows tiny cross stitch version of famous painting The Scream
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Current work in progress...you can probably already tell what it is. Pattern by Cross Stitch Mini #crossstitch #craft
Image shows partially complete mini cross stitch version of The Scream with a long face with a wide open mouth in the centre
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Who said romance is dead? Silvia has taken her wee boyfriend for dinner (actually she's been carrying him for days) #stickinsects #insects #phasmids
Image shows a pair of Sungaya stick insects. The larger female is carrying the smaller male on her back. They are on a big ivy leaf
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
And that's a finish! Just need to find my glue dots to fix it to the card 🙄 #crossstitch #videogames
Image shows completed cross stitch of video game screen showing "press start!" and "insert coin" underneath.
February 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Current work in progress, this will be made into a card. Pattern is from The World of Cross Stitching magazine, most recent addition #crossstitch #videogames
Image shows incomplete cross stitch of an arcade machine which shows "press start!"
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
And it's finished! As mentioned previously, pattern is by Mama Witch X Stitch #crossstitch #ghosts #spooky
Finished cross stitch of 2 cute sheet ghosts eating ice cream cones surrounded by autumn leaves. Background is black fabric
February 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Nearly finished this, it's for a birthday present:) Pattern once again by Mama Witch X Stitch #crossstitch #ghosts #spooky
Unfinished cross stitch of 2 sheet ghosts eating ice cream surrounded by autumn leaves.
February 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
I managed....ish 😂
February 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Current work in progress! Yes it's ghosts again! Pattern by Mama Witch X Stitch #crossstitch #ghost #spooky
Image shows unfinished cross stitch of two sheet ghosts, each with an ice cream cone. Background is black fabric
January 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
I think it's the right time for this #stormy #windy #fox
Image shows a windswept red fox in the snow and the caption underneath says "it fucken wimdy"
January 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Another one done! Pattern once again is by Mama Witch X Stitch #spooky #ghost #crossstitch
Image shows cross stitch tea bag with a little ghost trapped inside it and the caption at the bottom says ghos-tea
January 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
As if to prove my last point - I started to paint the wall then realised I was meant to be painting the ceiling 😂 #mecfs #pwme #brainfog
Image shows a small kitchen, partially covered by an old sheet. Ceiling has a fresh coat of white paint and also there's one blotch of white on the wall
January 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
First finish of the year! Yet another Mama Witch X Stitch pattern 😊 #crossstitch #spooky #crafts
Image shows cross stitch of a possum surrounded by pink flowers on a black fabric background
January 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
No new year's resolutions for me, but I am going to make an effort to read more actual ink and paper books... Starting with this one #booksky #mythology I need to get my book hoard down and it'll do me good to put my phone down for a bit
Image shows the book Mythology of the British Isles by Geoffrey Ashe, which features black and white art of a stone circle and trees
January 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
Another finish! Ghost cat - Pattern by Mama Witch X Stitch #crossstitch #ghost #spooky
Image of cross stitch sheet ghost, but it's a cat wearing the sheet instead of a human. The cat is watching a goldfish. Background is black aida fabric
December 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
buglady74.bsky.social
If it's yer thing, me and the pig-in-blanket hope you have a great Christmas 🎄❤️ (his little stocking is by @edelji.bsky.social ) #guineapig #pigsinblankets
Image shows Rocky the guinea pig, he's mostly black but has a tan flash next to his eye and a white chin. He's in a soft purple blanket and his little guinea pig Christmas stocking is next to him. It's red and has an embroidered black and white guinea pig wearing a santa hat on it
December 24, 2024 at 11:03 PM