handmade by mary emmens
A year on from these and these both of my youngest children have almost grown out of the pyjamas I made for them so I browsed online fabric shops for flannel before remembering that I have some in my stash! Amazingly when … Read More »
I am just a little bit excited to show you my new bag. Last year at Fat Quarterly Retreat I took a paper piecing class taught by Joanna and Julianna which I wrote about here (free pattern available here). The result of … Read More »
For a while Leah has been asking for a handbag like this one I made for Bethan a couple of years ago. I suggested that she might like something a little different and showed her the Mini Messenger bag by Make It … Read More »
Another post about shorts and another pattern from Little One Yard Wonders (read reviews of the Western Shirt here and Casey Apron here). I made shorts earlier in the summer for Bethan, and Leah said she needed some too. So she pulled … Read More »
Way, way back at Easter I won a £30 gift voucher to spend at Oakshott Fabrics from Lily’s Quilts. I was delighted, especially as I was on a fabric fast, however despite browsing their online shop I couldn’t find anything … Read More »
It’s September; my girls go back to school next week and my little boy starts school; part-time for a couple of weeks so my days will be a little bit disrupted but then full time by the end of the … Read More »
At the beginning of summer there was a request from my eldest for new shorts; she had grown out of all the pairs I had made last summer (or was it the summer before?). The pattern I’d previously used was … Read More »
At the beginning of July I finally felt inspired to make a quilt for a new niece. I made a test block: While I was wanting a scrappy look, I decided that this was too scrappy and got a bit … Read More »
I’m the Queen Bee for September in the Siblings Together Quilt Bee, we’ve got holiday coming up and then school starts so I’m getting organised! I’ve decided to go big and simple for my quilt. I searched around for my … Read More »
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