Stitch This

  • Buttons for breakfast

    The mark of obsession. Making covered buttons at the breakfast table because I wanted to close my cardigan up! Lovely ribbon from VV Rouloux. Yum!

  • Buttons and bobbins

    As Christmas slips away from us, I thought I’d show you my Other Present. This from my sister in law and her vintage-obsessed husband. This is possibly one of the nicest presents I’ve ever received. How lovely.

  • It’s a wrap

    Want some tasteful, personalised, fun wrapping paper? Here’s an idea… Use brown wrapping paper and write your recipient’s name over it (or any message you fancy) using a metallic pen. Add doodles or patterns as you wish – I do stars normally. Wrap as normal. I add a parcel tag label and button using good…

  • Sneaky peek

    Well, coming back from a sparse, clean, White seaside house made the chaos of our office space and, indeed, whole house seem even more awful. So we’ve been cleaning, tidying and fixing up all weekend and I’m absolutely fed up of it but…….want to see where I’ve got to in my stitchy storage endeavours?? A…

  • Indespensible

    Inspired by a thread on mumsnet here’s my latest creation. It’s crochet. Thats a big deal for me. I’m not too good at crochet. What do you think? I’m quite proud – I finished something!!! Work is overwhelming at the moment. My shakes have increased but hey, they’ll go again hopefully. Making progress on being…