Stitch This

  • Silence is golden

    Just a quickie – I’ve got a horrible cold, a chest infection and a sprained hand…blurgh. On the up side its been beautiful here and the sun makes me happy…how about you?

  • Confessional

    oh dear…ebay-itis has struck again…I am now the proud owner of another vintage quilt currently being shipped here from the US. A blue sawtooth star beauty…oh, it’s lovely and I have a good, practical use for it already in mind. Honest. I’ll post a picture as soon as it gets here. It’ll be worth the wait.

  • Finishing off

    I’ve been at a bit of a loose end since finishing my wallhanging. I should be finishing off. Loads of things including little ones jacket, my crochet scarf, taking up elders trousers, various work projects, clearing the office, blah blah blah. Where to start though? Where to start indeed. On the up side I got…

  • Once I had a secret love…

    Finally I get to show off my latest creation – do you like? this thing gave  me blisters but I LOVE it!! and I gave it away!!!! It was my end of a stash buster sewing swap on mysewingcircle and so I bade a fond farewell to my 3rd child and sent it off into the…

  • Things I learnt this weekend

    Well, we made it…and I have grown a little wiser as follows I wildly underestimate prep times jellies take longer to set than you’d think 20 is the absolute maximum you want at a brithday party children are the perfect demonstration of entropy – they continue to expand to fill the space they are given…