Stitch This

  • Thank ricrac for that!

    Done!!!!! Rubbish picture but I hope it conveys the gist of my recreation. Remember where we started?  Off on hols tomorrow so finishing off reports for work tonight. Blardy hell!

  • Price of fish these days…

    May be high but you can still bag a bargain at our local charity shops….I had a spree today, look… What a haul! £12 the lot! I particularly like the little red and White sewing box. Very 50’s. It’s coming with me to knitting tonight. The pink jug was 50p! It’s nestling on my sewing…

  • All flounced out?

    Part 2…I think I’ve just ruined a perfectly good, if small, maxi dress… Gulp. So, I made some binding with the fabric chopped off. Then sewed it on round the top to make pleats of the gathers. Then I hacked off the bottom tier to make a ruffled edge. And here’s where I’ve got to.…

  • Flouncy!

    Want to see what I did in my lunch hour? Like the dress? Bought from Help the Aged while waiting for my prescription today. Nice but a bit on the erm, snug side. And very long. So out came my shears and…. Snip!!!!!? Elastic through a channel round the new top. Et……well not quite voila…

  • Peak – aboo

    So, I said before that life is a series of peaks and troughs around here at present. Last post saw me pretty much in a trough. Today I am aiming for a peak so let’s have a chat about my embryonic new quilting project and what’s on the (very posh) circular needles at the moment.…