handmade by mary emmens
Last month I taught my second purse frame workshop at a local vintage shop Arrietty and even remembered to take my camera this time to capture the finished brilliance: The ladies were great students, some more confident than others, some … Read More »
I’ve spent what feels like a lot of time cutting vintage sheet charm squares recently for my Etsy shop and have been wondering what to do with the off cuts. I already carefully cut each piece of fabric carefully before … Read More »
Last month I saw that Trish at Two Peas In A Pod Design was looking for bloggers to choose one of her patterns to review and I jumped at the chance. I had a browse through Trish’s etsy shop and … Read More »
I’ve not had much to say in the last week or so, I’ve been caught up with sewing and other stuff and not felt the motivation or had the energy to write. I’ll be short and maybe sweet, I’ve got … Read More »
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 »
Week 4 and I’m still going on this! It helps that some of that projects are quick and easy. So again I opted out of linen went straight for denim and also used the same napkin as I used last … Read More »
Yes that’s right it is done! Hurrah! Thanks to Rachel for hosting a Virtual Sew Day last weekend, I got the quilting done. On Monday the children weren’t back at school but Tobit was on leave from his normal job … Read More »
After the success of week one I was more than ready for week two and encouraged by the very lovely and talented Amy host for this week, I got my materials together and got sewing. This project was done in … Read More »
Last month Kat put a call out for pattern testers and I volunteered possibly swayed by the photo of her gorgeous cushion/pillow Kat sent me the pattern through as a pdf and I had a quick read through. As you … Read More »
I mentioned last week in my doughnut post that I had made some Valentines gifts for Tobi. He likes gadgets, he has quite a few, his latest is a Garmin heart monitor or something that he wears when he is … Read More »