Stitch This

  • Say it with crochet…but what?!

    I’ve been a bit quiet lately. But an evening’s gabbing with a good friend, a yarn bomb surprise from another and some Devon downtime has done its magic. Then I got this vintage crochet in the post…eBay I love you. 99p!!! I’ll post more tomorrow but right now I’m looking for ideas for this ‘good…

  • Quilt ER

    This is an eBay rescue quilt, probably 1920’s or so, with holes galore. I can’t bring mYself to cut it up though so I’m mending it. Rotary cutter? Needles? Fabric? Pins? Check. Mop my brow, nurse, this is going to be a long job.

  • Sshhh…stitch ideas forming

      Stitch Towers is turning into a bit of a specialist library. I blame it on Mary Portas. Ever since her foray into charidee shops the quality of books at our local shop has been on the up, and it was pretty darn good anyway. Either that of the good citizens of Stich City have…

  • Kaffe Society

    The charity shop strikes again….this masterpiece has given me loads of ideas for 2012…. Bliss. I’ve a horrible cold so this shot of colour is just what I needed!! Update: oh God. I went back. 3 more books on Needlepoint incl Fassett’s tome, Glorious Needlepoint. I’m a danger to myself.

  • Blah, blah, blah

    Reader, I finished it. The recipe book. Yay! There’s one typo I’ve since found but my interpretation (ahem) of the multi generational collection of cooking lore is bring printed by Elves as we speak. Hush, let’s not disturb them. The point of this post is not however, to demonstrate my current state of nervous fragility…