handmade by mary emmens
Look what the postman delivered yesterday: A thank you gift from the lovely Ellen of the long thread. You might know she’s working on another book and I helped her out with a little bit of pattern testing. So not … Read More »
I’ve made a start on a quilt (or 2). Using the scraps I mentioned here along with some extra wide white cotton from Seamstar. I’ve also had a jelly roll of Alphabet Soup (boy colourway) in my stash for too long and … Read More »
At the end of July you may remember me mentioning a vintage sheet haul from the charity shop: Veronica a flickr contact couldn’t resist commenting and persuaded me into swapping with her. She is in the States and has a … Read More »
So despite the general view that August is a summer month here in the UK it didn’t feel much like it. I think I made it to two car boot sales and a couple of rummages in the charity shops: … Read More »
That phrase has been going over and over in my head for the last week or so. I finished the secret piece of work and because of number of you are impatient and maybe even nosey curious so I’ll show … Read More »
Hmm the first of September, summer has hardly shown it’s face and the children are already talking about Autumn, the school holidays are nearly at an end and I’m looking forward to finding more time to sew. August appears to … Read More »
We’re off on a camping trip for a few days over the bank holiday weekend, this little man is all ready to go: In his right hand he has something I made for him a few weeks ago with this … Read More »
It’s been quiet here on the blog, I’ve been having a bit of a break, looking after the children, doing ‘stuff’ and not being motivated or inspired to sew or blog very much. Anyway back in March we made a … Read More »
Last Saturday morning I was due to go and meet with Laural at Arrietty to talk about workshops for the coming months. I’d planned it this way thinking that I could go without any children in tow but Leah decided … Read More »
I haven’t mentioned that a few weeks ago at the car boot Kerry told me that she had a box of fabric in the boot of her car that she had bought previously at the car boot, she’d taken out … Read More »