January, 2013 | mary emmens

I have a plan

29 Jan

I have a plan but I also have a headache so this is all you get to see tonight: I’m hoping the drugs work! Tweet

Spread the Love – Valentines blog hop

25 Jan

Emily came to play today, I cleaned the floor so she could baste a quilt, she sewed and I instructed and pressed, oh and I admired her new dress! No photo’s were taken – we were too busy gassing! … Read More »

It’s snowing at last

23 Jan

While the rest of the UK appears to have been blanketed in snow for the last week we’ve not had any. Travel 2 or 3 miles out of the city and I’m told you’ll find some, but this morning it … Read More »

Not a quick birthday present

18 Jan

There is a pile of things I’ve made over the last month or so that I’ve not written about, here is one of them: My eldest daughter Bethan has a good friend who was celebrating her birthday, her mum appreciates … Read More »

2013’s first quilt finish

15 Jan

This was how I started the year with a stack of these blocks, 40 in total: I don’t like things sitting around unfinished so I signed up to A Lovely Year of Finishes in an attempt to try and get … Read More »

Vintage finds – December

14 Jan

I’m a little later than usual with my round-up of vintage finds for the month. I’ve not been to the car boot sale for ages; illness, birthdays, exhaustion and Christmas have prevented me for getting out of bed and out … Read More »

A head full

7 Jan

I have a head full of things I want to sew and need to sew. Time is even more precious as we are having building work done on the house which will mean that for 8-10 weeks we will only … Read More »

An adventure in paper piecing

2 Jan

We’ve not been in the best of health this holiday and on New Years eve the rain poured down and we (I) opted to stay inside. Wonderfully my husband came home early from work so I had some time to myself … Read More »

Decembers projects

1 Jan

Happy New Year! I’ve done a round-up/review of last year but here is a summary of things I sewed in December. I had grand plans to make lots of reusable wrapping bags but poorly children got the better of me … Read More »