handmade by mary emmens
The unstoppable Kristy at Quiet Play put a call out again last week for pattern testers. She attached images of the blocks that she wanted testing and one of them was a digger. There is a small boy in our … Read More »
A few weeks ago when we were beginning to settle in to the new bit of the house I decided that I had time and energy to execute a plan that had been swirling around in my head for a … Read More »
Week number something or other in the Patchwork, Please! sew along and the turn of the Swedish Bloom Time Quilt. I will admit to starting this a while ago. I can’t remember when but it was before we moved out … Read More »
I’ve been wondering for a few days now what to set as my goal for the month, there are a number of projects that could do with being finished but I’m not inspired to commit to them this month. The … Read More »
One of the classes that I took at Fat Quarterly Retreat was the Read Between the Lines class with Joanna from Shape Moth and Julianna from Sewing Under Rainbow. It was a 3 hour paper piecing class with this block as … Read More »
It feels like a shockingly long time since I’ve posted about any of my vintage finds…I think the last one was March! I have been searching and finding but I suppose that I’ve just not got round to sharing here. … Read More »
Wow July seemed like a really busy month and a long one, maybe because I think I got a lot done. A Bee block, Patchwork, Please! sew along, name tags for Fat Quarterly retreat, Siblings Together quilt, paper pieced typewriter … Read More »
It was the end of the school year for my girls last week and it has fast become a tradition for me to make a gift for their teachers. I try to get them to think about what their teacher … Read More »
Yes that is the title of July’s block in the And Sew On BOM. I usually crack on with BOM early in the month, often as soon as it’s out, but this month I’ve had a lot on and this … Read More »
On Wednesday after a couple of days of paper piecing (which I’ll show you soon) I had a look at the Patchwork Please sew along project for the week and discovered that it was the Books for Baby quilt. A … Read More »