handmade by mary emmens
Deep breath, time to make a decision about my goal for the month. Truth be told I’m going to try and be really disciplined this year and focus on what I want to do, not pick up BOM’s or QAL’s … Read More »
If you’re a regular reader you may have seen these all before but it’s a quick (and satisfying) resume of my monthly goals in 2013. Each month links to the blog post with details of the completed goal if you’d … Read More »
At the beginning of December I stated my goal for the month, to get my vintage sheet scrappy trip around the world quilt finished. Despite the thought that it might be a simple task to fit in between the seemingly … Read More »
There is no other option, this month I would love to finish this: I have plenty of vintage sheets in my stash to choose the backing from and think I some binding ready made too! I quite fancy some time … Read More »
My plan this month was to turn this: into a quilt top. Not as straight forward as I thought it might be. After cleaning the kitchen floor and laying out blocks I struggle to decide on a layout. Many of … Read More »
Choosing a project for this month has been tough, there are a couple of things that I have to get done anyway so I felt I wanted to choose something else that would feel like a big achievement. So what … Read More »
At the beginning of the month I set my goal to complete my #MSBHQAL top. I was so nearly there; all the blocks were made, I sashed them and then hung the quilt top on the wall and after a day … Read More »
Just a quick post on the eve of my little boys birthday weekend to make a commitment to do something with these this month: Broken Herringbone blocks as part of the #MSBHQAL. I’m hoping that I will manage at least … Read More »
At the beginning of the month I showed you these 2 blocks which I made 15 months ago at FQ Retreat (if you want to know how to make them I believe you can find the instructions in Lucie Summers … Read More »
The children go back to school next week so I’m anticipating some more time to sew. Time to start something new? Hmm maybe I should deal with some of the WIPS I found when sorting out my sewing space: I … Read More »