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…

  • Quilt lovers’ delight

    I got a parcel through the post today…want to see? I warn you, if you are a quilter you’d better settle down. I’m itching to play with these babies, vintage 1940’s blocks, with original papers attached. I’ve got a few ideas already. Watch for Christmas list developments soon…enjoy! The boat is my favourite. I’m planning…

  • Excuse my French

    So, just wanted to share my love love love of this magazine. It’s absolutely barking, mainly due to very literal translation from the original French. And the quilts are to die for. Look at that cover quilt…I need to find some black fabric and do that silhouette thang. Now. A mix of French and japanese…

  • Yo yo cushion – chatty tutorial

    I thought I’d try to give you a description of how I cobbled this little lovely together…it’s become one of my favourites already! I cheated and got the yoyo’s (or Suffolk Puffs) from eBay – they’re vintage 1940’s apparantly – but to make a yoyo is so easy even I do it look . You cut…

  • Happy bunting to you

    Or How Your Stash Can Save The Day It’s birthday season at Stitch Towers. Both boys and all my NCT lovelies. So I buy the presents in bulk to make life easy. The girls were a doozy this year. I used Yellow Moon and bought their Design Your Own Bunting kit. Except it wasn’t a…