handmade by mary emmens
This week I am delighted to say that I finished my Starburst quilt after joining in with the Starburst QAL: The weather here is very cold and grey, the quilt is also enormous so I knew we would have to … Read More »
Don’t forget Ruby Star Wrapping giveaway still open here for UK and Ireland folks. A quick update on some recently completed commissions: Bunting for a boy: using the delicious fabrics from the Mechanical Genius range by Mo Bedell: Bunting for his … Read More »
You may recall back in December I made this inside out box: and blogged about it here, entering it into the Sew Mama Sew Ruby Star Wrapping Contest. Well imagine my delight to discover that I won 4th place! You … Read More »
Or so it might seem. You may well have seen a number of pouches popping up on sewing blogs all with 3 zips. Yes, 3, well if you can put one in you can probably put in 3! This is … Read More »
Thanks to those of you who responded to my request on Sunday for quilting suggestions, the fact that no one said ‘don’t circular quilt’ I have been circular quilting: It is hard work, any quilting would be hard work on … Read More »
I’m not sure that I’ve mentioned that I joined in the Starburst QAL over at Happy Quilting. The quilt consists of 4 of these starbursts, as you can see they are pretty big! I finished the quilt top and this … Read More »
I was not so quick off the mark with getting this months ‘And Sew On’ block done. I’d read Kristy’s tutorial about putting this block together and had a vague idea of what I was doing after making the Greetings … Read More »
I’ve done a little bit of fabric buying over the last couple of months, nothing excessive (at least I didn’t think so until I got half way through this post) and only in the sales (sort of). On Black Friday … Read More »
A week or so ago I had a message from Ashleigh who blogs at Ickle Tomato Handmade asking if I would be interested in a scrap swap. Someone else’s scraps are always interesting so I had a sort out and sent … Read More »
All of our children have packed lunches for school/preschool. A couple of years ago I made Bethan a lunch bag which is still going strong but not looking quite so fresh. Leah’s shop bough lunch bag has been looking quite grotty … Read More »