Stitch This

  • Sneaky peek

    Well, coming back from a sparse, clean, White seaside house made the chaos of our office space and, indeed, whole house seem even more awful. So we’ve been cleaning, tidying and fixing up all weekend and I’m absolutely fed up of it but…….want to see where I’ve got to in my stitchy storage endeavours?? A…

  • Back to earth

    Sorry for radio silence…we’re back from a lovely week in (very sunny) Brixham. I love it down there…crabbing, kite flying, coffees, chips, sandcastles (Elder) eating sand (Little One) and, inevitably, motorway gridlock. We stopped off at Spin a Yarn in Bovey Tracey – special treaty shop for me, fab, fab, fab. I bought some 100%…

  • Peaks and troughs

    Today has been like this quilt (from Quilters Newsletter Monthly) – up and down. Up and down. Must try to swing towards the peaks more often. Juggling is so much harder these days. You can decide whether I speak literally or figuratively. In other news – Scrabble for the iPhone rocks. Talk about sanity saver.

  • Flower power

    Guess where Elder and I spent a good chunk of today? He’s teaching me football, poor delusional child.

  • Playing shop

    Shop! As part of my massive clear out I’m getting ready for a bit of a yard sale next week – my knitting group have been invited along, I’m sorting buttons into colours, winding ribbons, plucking yarn and fabric from my stash…25% to charidee (Cancer Research and Parkinsons UK, natch) and the rest to fund…