handmade by mary emmens
At the beginning of the month I mentioned on my facebook page that I’d found something in the charity shop that I said was quite odd and that after some research I discovered that there was a complete set of … Read More »
It’s the weekend and we have had a busy week doing ‘stuff’ not leaving much time to sew and no time to blog. So here is a summary (not promising it will be brief though) of some vaguely sewing related … Read More »
Tobi has been on holiday from work this past week so we’ve had lots of quality family time and a few strops and rows (that, I promise was the children!) and little time for sewing or blogging; for this I … Read More »
Wow – I had one fun if exhausting day! I had arranged to go with Emily who has been reading my blog for a while, we’ve met a couple of times and conveniently she lives not too far from me. … Read More »
So here are some pictures of this weeks creations: This is for Bethan – she chose the fabrics. No surprises this is for Leah and she chose the fabrics which match her drawstring backpack. And these are for sale/gifts I … Read More »
I had one of those moments this week where I remembered that Leah had a birthday party to go to this weekend, we had already been into town once and there was no way was I going again so I … Read More »
You may remember me mentioning that I was taking part in a Japanese fabric swap wonderfully organised by Cindy, well this week I received my package of 5″ delights: If you want to see them in more detail go and … Read More »
Wow 2 posts in one day – not such a tiring day! You may have seen earlier the lovely Vintage Doll kits that Donna Flower so kindly sent to the girls, well today they decided that they would like to … Read More »
It’s the end of the first week of school holidays and I feel like we’ve survived remarkably well, aside from laundry liquid being pumped out all over a shelf and a big pot of yogurt all over the kitchen floor … Read More »
So as I mentioned in my previous post, there was another dress: It is handmade but has also been adjusted and not very well! The darts down the front have been increased but rather randomly, you can probably spot that … Read More »