handmade by mary emmens
These are the remaining 3 quilts that I finished up for Siblings Together. The blocks are donations from far and wide around the world: And the back, kindly pieced and donated by Carol Wilkie The third: with another back from … Read More »
I can’t remember what other quilts I have made this year but I think this is my favourite: It’s for Bethan; she chose the fabrics and planned out each block and left me to do the sewing. She picked enough … Read More »
If you’ve been here before or if you follow me on IG it cannot have escaped your attention that I’ve been campaigning to get quilts made for the Siblings Together charity. I made a request for Home Sweet Home blocks … Read More »
My not too ambitious goal for the month was to get the Hazel Hedgehog quilt top finished. At the beginning of the month I had 23 blocks and needed to make 2 more, which I fairly quickly did: Then Bethan … Read More »
Way back in August 2010 I had a 10 month old little boy wearing cloth nappies, I was struggling to find trousers to fit him and then the amazing Rae released a pattern ‘Big Butt Baby Pants’ (BBBP). Over time I … Read More »
Back in March Leah asked me if I would make her a shirt like the one I made for her brother last summer: Leah loves a proper shirt and I’d checked out the pattern, the largest size is for a … Read More »
Earlier this month my eldest child went off on a residential trip with school. It was her second trip away with school, the first time she went I made her a wash bag to take with her: I had a … Read More »
This is another project that was on my 2nd quarter FAL list, it’s a Divided Basket by Noodlehead and at the beginning of April it looked like this: It didn’t take too long to finish it off although stitching through … Read More »
Welcome to all of you especially if you are visiting from Bloggers Quilt Festival, I’m delighted to have a new quilt to show you: Last month I showed you a new quilt for Siblings Together made with Parson Gray fabrics leftovers from … Read More »
Number one of my 2nd quarter FAL list was a pair of City Gym Shorts for Leah; she had chosen fabric but that was as far as I had got: A couple of weeks ago Bethan asked if she could … Read More »