OriginalStitch: Stitches & Glitches

Being a bit of a stitcher, it's difficult not to use my skills when making birthday presents. Sneakily, I accumulated dates, memories, phrases, and favourites from my brother's family and friends, and compiled it into this big pint of memories. I think he was quite chuffed to see his life's work so far thus immortalised. And it's not often you get to stitch cricket bats, chillis, or very roughly rendered New Zealands... Hoop up, de-hoop, hoop up, de-hoop...big piece of work!The back, and my p

The ABC of Product Invention

We had a very silly Facebook thread going on the other day, after an equally silly conversation between Amanda and I, which went something like this."I find it so hard to know what the best products would be for us to make, sometimes...""I know, I mean - some are obvious, like the Great British Tea Cosy, but some are less so - I mean, with the demise of plastic bags, would we ever consider making plastic bag holders?""Exactly. And also, frankly, I just want to make EVERYTHING out of fabric. Ever