Stitch This

  • Skirting the issue

    Now you know I love a charity shop….I aslo like a charity chop and so here’s my latest rejig of a bargain buy. This was a perfectly good denin skirt with a lace panel thingy around it. Unfortunately it was way too small for me, so you know my normal solution to these problems….CHOP! a…

  • 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…

  • Shiny!

    Something good came out of an overly long wait to see my PD Consultant yesterday, look! Made with some cheapy cheapy yarn (Galaxy) with sequins threaded on it already. Sparkly!I go to a knitting club in Stitch City and last winter everyone seemed to be making handwarmers. This is my offering, Stich Speed.

  • Walk the walk…

    Work in progress…inspired by Dillytante’s subversive stitch projects…a present for a good friend who has a birthday soon. I have a few days to make it. Wish me luck!

  • 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…