THESE are the stunning pictures of a church decorated with a sea of poppies in tribute to those who fought and died in the First World War.

Parishioners at Carmunnock Parish Church, Clarkston, Glasgow spent more than eight months stitches a whopping 9,000 knitted poppies to adorn the historic church.

It was completed in time for Remembrance Day, on November 11, honouring all those involved in the war - including 13 Carmunnock locals.

Parish member Sandra Hawkins, who led the community run project, says this year is particularly special as it marks 100 years since the end of World War 1.

She said: "As a parish member I had asked the church if they were willing to let us do this as a community, which they accepted.

"One lady knitted 517 poppies to show respect to those who fought in the war.

"This is because we want to show tribute to them especially those who came from our village Carmunnock.

"At first the target was to knit 3,000 poppies but we all got carried away and the church has been great in letting us do this.

"We know the weather is terrible in Scotland so to combat that we've had to knit our poppies and weave them through plastic tags and pull it tight just so they don't fall off when they are hanging."