Stitch This

  • Never felt better

    Tonight I and my Good Friend sat stitching felties to give to our offspring on our return to reality tomorrow. You like? I am whacked but we’ve had a magnificent day. I’ll post properly soon but bed is calling. Zzzzzzzz…..

  • Stuffed!

    Every family has its Christmas traditions. Egg nog, midnight mass, stuffing. Yep, stuffing. Crucial to the success of our feast. Paxo this ain’t. You remember my family recipe book? Well, my mum’s handwritten recipe for Stitch Family Stuffing fell out when I was nosing through it. It now has pride of place in our kitchen…

  • Smells good…

    So, here’s my latest idea for a family Christmas present. Inspired by an interview I heard on Woman’s Hour this morning With Edd Kimber the winner of last years Great British Bake Off. He was saying about how he wanted to carry on his Grandmother’s recipes and I thought, ‘I can do that!’. I’ve spoken…

  • Here kitty kitty

    I’m a bit Sick today (for which read shaky so I apologise for the slightly fuzzy photos, I call it Parkyphotoshop effect) so I thought I’d show you Elder’s quilt what I made when he was little – a little older than Little is now. It’s my cats quilt with a little fish hiding in…

  • Salty sea puppies

    Back from Devon again, sigh. My boys are sea salt encrusted sailors now. They hugged their life jackets close and bobbed around with the best of them as we whizzed down the Dart and out to sea. My mother in law came too and had a rare old time even if she did lie on…