Stitch This

  • Pick me up

    So, we are back from a seaside sojourn – rain stopped play. I needed a quick boost so here’s my remedy – a flowery button hole. Very quick to make. Take a length of lace or ribbon or both, running stitch along one side, gather and fasten off, then top with a button. I added…

  • Snap!

    Do you remember the make that I forgot to photograph? Well, here it is… A double sided cushion for a very good friend. Made from felt, raw linen and cotton and using vintage tapestry wool to embroider life’s great truths. I hope it was worth the wait.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • No pictures, please

    I could kick myself. I am sooooo annoyed at myself. I finished my friend’s cushion today. On the M5 Ian massive traffic snarle up. I was v proud of it which I guess was my downfall. I just gave it to her this evening but forgot to photograph it! No record of my creation! Aggghhhhhh!…