handmade by mary emmens
This morning we had a a pre 6am wake up call from a small boy demanding ‘my cup, my cup’, fairly soon after followed by a sister claiming “I’m not tired” so rather than lie in bed and be irritated … Read More »
It’s no secret that I love a good craft/sewing book, recently I came across this new release ‘reinvention: sewing with rescued materials’: It’s written by Maya Donenfeld. Maya shares 28 projects to help you “reinvent” materials like linen, burlap, wool … Read More »
You may know by now that I have a bit of a thing about fabric, you may also know that Saints and Pinners an online fabric shop are in reality not far from my house, so rather than order online … Read More »
So this time next week I’ll be in London at the Fat Quarterly Retreat, I’m joining in the linky party for us all to get to know each other a little better before the weekend. So I’m Mary, 30 something, … Read More »
Wow, I am amazed at the response to the giveaway here, to be honest I really wasn’t sure whether anyone would want what I was giving away! Thanks to all of you who signed up to follow my blog or … Read More »
Giveaway now closed. Winner: Hello and welcome to my corner of the blogging world. I’m Mary, 30 something, living in the south west of the UK with my 3 small children and amazingly wonderful patient and tolerant husband! I love … Read More »
Today didn’t quite go as it could have done. This morning I made the weeks Zakka Style project and then spent time pinning the binding on to this quilt: It’s strange looking at that photo because I don’t think the … Read More »
Right first project of today’s Virtual Sew Day: I wasn’t going to join in this weeks sew along as I’ve had far too much to do, but this morning after a great haul at the car boot I thought I … Read More »
Tomorrow Rachel is hosting another Virtual Sew Day Believe it or not I’ve plenty to do: Machine sew the binding to 2 quilts for Siblings Together Sew the blocks together for the two Sew Cherry quilts for Siblings Together, and … Read More »
Welcome to my little corner of Blogger’s Quilt Festival. At the end of last year I saw a lot of quilt alongs starting up and was tempted to join a number of them. I had a need to make a … Read More »