• Deck the halls…

    I’ve started my Christmas making! So far I’ve started knitting a bear for Little One and making a pretty keepsake box for a friend. Here they are…. I know it’s not much but from little acorns….. I also went to a posh garden centre yesterday and explored their Christmas shop. After picking myself up off…

  • Lets stick together

    So, lets look forward…quite frankly, the present is too tedious to focus on…what’s coming up here at Stitchopolis? Well, my New Year’s Resolution was to declutter and Choose Life. I see no reason to abandon this goal. I’ve done some serious decluttering this year, actively and passively. And that means space. Space to create a…

  • I love you Mr Postman

    Because you brought me these lovely fabrics from M is for Make. She can be found here. A brilliant shop. These lovelies are destined for Christmas makes. Look at me, so organised. Or maybe just a fabric addict. You choose.

  • Ho ho ho

    Terrible photo I know but I couldn’t wait until tomorrow. I’ve finished my first Christmas make – a scandi stitch cushion. Don’t tell anyone it was meant for 2011. No, don’t. Do you like my label? I’m inordinately excited to have labels. It might make me finish more things. Stranger things have happened.

  • I wrote that!

    So, the recipe book. Or should I say The Recipe Book. I thought you’d like to see it in the flesh as it were. I used old family shots together with my pics of quilts and stitchy goodness. Then I chose the recipes that had memories or interesting phrases (wrap yr brandy snap round a…