Stitch This

  • What Quarkee did next

    How was your Mother’s Day? Mine was spent doing housework!!! But i had a great day the day before being taken to a big charity furniture warehouse and a knitting shop in Stroud I’d been meaning to go to for ages. Fab. I also got lots of time with my boys and the chance to…

  • Work work busy busy rush rush bang bang

    Well here’s my Make list – it’s a work in progress as are many of these projects. I’ll add links etc as and when. Knitted gold bag – an experiment in mixing yarns together. Socks – any kind. Desk skirt – assuming I don’t get a retro larder. Lacey scarf crochet – coming along. Japanese…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • A slight diversion

    Here’s my latest treat. Isn’t it lovely? You do know I’m just trying to distract you from the fact I haven’t finished my swap item yet, don’t you?!