handmade by mary emmens
My Andover goodies: A cloth bag which is great for filling at the shops (yep no plastic bags here), a charm pack of Dimples, one of each colour – that’s 135 charms! A fat quarter bundle of Savannah Bop by … Read More »
A few weeks ago we had a dryish day and we went up to visit my mum and eldest brother to chop wood and stage a photo shoot with a couple of finished quilts. They have a large and beautiful … Read More »
A bit of a twist maybe on the Black Friday mayhem that may or may not be taking place in the US this weekend. It’s grey here and very wet, lots of flooding near where we live but I am … Read More »
Today is the start of the Holiday Lane Pillow blog hop: Jill Findley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern, Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane, and Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS, who comes up … Read More »
Thanks for all your suggestions in response to my request for help yesterday. This is where I’d got to earlier this afternoon. I’m actually typing this one handed as I wait for glue to go tacky! So yes I did … Read More »
This coming weekend my lovely youngest cousin is getting married, the present is made, a gorgeous quilt with photo’s coming soon (it just needs a label), now the small matter of what to wear. Truth be told that has actually … Read More »
If you’ve not entered the giveaway be quick it closes tonight at 9pm (UK time) I’ve been working on a few things recently some of which are earphone pouches: Some are for a friend who runs her own soap business Soapdaze and ‘gets’ … Read More »
Giveaway now closed After a week of seeing what others have created in this priceless blog hop it’s my turn to share some of my handiwork. First a big thanks to Mdm Samm for the great pattern and instructions and … Read More »
You know sometimes you intend to write about something and then you don’t? Well this is one of those! Way back in May I won a wonderful prize in the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day, it was from the lovely … Read More »
Another month of successful hunting: Quite a stack this month, some duplicates but mostly new prints to me: The blue and purple floral on the 3rd row is 100% cotton and quite lovely, I might be using one of those … Read More »