handmade by mary emmens
Way back in March I ran a Dress A Girl Around the World sewing evening at my friend Rachels house. In the summer her eldest daughter Mia went on a school trip to Malawi and the group took approx 250 … Read More »
A good friend recently (last week) commissioned me to make little gifts that she could give to her work colleagues this Christmas. Last year I made keyrings with their initials on, which she tells me they all loved and still … Read More »
The end of another week and another amazing Sew, Mama, Sew giveaway day. Thank you to all those who visited, for your lovely birthday wishes and welcome to all the new subscribers. Before I announce the giveaway winner I thought … Read More »
The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway post is here, there is still plenty of time to enter. It’s been a busy month and I think I only made it to the car boot once, due to terrible weather (I can’t imagine … Read More »
Hello and welcome to all of you lovely people visiting for the first time as part of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day and happy Monday to all my regular readers. I’m Mary, I live in the south west of … Read More »
I had a lovely package in the post last week from Amy/Sukie who blogs at ‘don’t you know who I am?‘ You may well have seen that Meloday Miller, fabric designer and illustrator has brought out a book – Ruby … Read More »
For fear of sounding like a stuck record ‘where did that month go?’ So maybe it was a month of coin purses and earphone pouches in the name of Christmas swaps! One delightful quilt finish and a blank space at … Read More »
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 »