Stitch This

  • Quick as a flash!

    Here’s a very fast refashion, easy! Take a waistcoat purchased from a fab charity shop I visited today while waiting for a train after a PD appointment. You’ve got to make the most of these opportunities! so, hey presto! Some funky buttons, removal of chain store labelling and a nifty corsage (felt, scrap of fabric…

  • Solidarity, female stylee

    I am a feminist. I have been lucky enough to have been able to get a good educashun, a good job and be independant. My mother and father did me a great service by ramming home the messaeg that education is a key to a better life. What I had never appreciated until I had the…

  • Going to the zoo

    Lemur!!!! I love a good lemur, me.

  • The suspense…

    I’ve finished my ravelry Downton Abbey swap knit. And all the goodies. Here’s my parcel before I packaged it up. It’s going to the US. Hope my swap partner likes it. I’ll post more when I know she’s received it. Looking forward to mine too…

  • Inspiration

    Today I’m reading this book. I love Jane Brocket. She’s so interesting in her approach to colour and pattern. And so far this book has not let me down. The quilts are very simple in construction which leaves lots of opportunity to play with colour. She talks a lot about her design ideas and metaphors…