I am Lily - stitcher and part time bookseller. Mother to my gorgeous girl, Abigail and wife to Julian. I make time each day to let my imagination potter and add quirky prettiness and handmade comfort to our home and lives. You can email me at lily(at)blockaday(dot)com
embroidery
stitch and mend
Monday, March 29th, 2010The cardie is in the suitcase, awaiting my mum’s clever stitchin-up needle. Has been for a few days. And next on the make do and mend schedule - a little cross stitch. Whenever I cross stitch, I am oh-so-reminded how much I LOVE this. Cross stitch was my first crafty enterprise, post childhood experimentation. Our [...]
a handsome princeling
Monday, March 8th, 2010The nice thing about needlepoint is that once you’ve got it underway, it pretty much looks after itself. All it needs is a few hours of film or audio book each night and merrily it rolls along, no matter how sleepy or slow I feel. Which is usually how I feel after dinner and dishes [...]
scratching an itch
Sunday, March 7th, 2010It’s been an AGE since I have done any needlepoint - actually cannot remember what I last picked up - and whilst there are many, many projects - all pretty and worthy and waiting in my needlepoint bag - to be finished, I had such an itch to start something new. Just something little, a [...]
the slow coming of autumn
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010This being our first real “autumn” in a long while, we are madly looking forward to watching the leaves turn orange and yellow and red and brown, the weather cooling and the nights growing longer; the coming of slippers and flannel. And on this, the second day of March, it is indeed happening.
Every street I [...]
the many versions of bliss
Monday, March 1st, 2010I pause, still my hands and my mind, and notice that Bliss has settled alongside me. She is many things. Warm and cosy, cool and fresh, spicy and fragrant. Sometimes she is busy and focussed. Other times dreamy and relaxed. She may have a needle in hand, a book on her lap, or a dear [...]