Babies | mary emmens

2013’s first quilt finish

15 Jan

This was how I started the year with a stack of these blocks, 40 in total: I don’t like things sitting around unfinished so I signed up to A Lovely Year of Finishes in an attempt to try and get...
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A head full

7 Jan

I have a head full of things I want to sew and need to sew. Time is even more precious as we are having building work done on the house which will mean that for 8-10 weeks we will only...
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1st birthday gift

31 Jul

One of my nieces celebrated her first birthday in July, I was umming and ahhing over what to make for her. I made this: It’s cute but I wasn’t convinced about it’s suitability for a 1st birthday gift, maybe as...
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Soft books for babies – George and Grace

30 Jul

A few weeks ago I had a stall at a market in a nearby village, it’s a new venture for the village and I was more than happy to support a community event. A bonus is that we have some...
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Playing ball

12 Jul

I’ve been wanting to sew something fun but had too much to do, pieces of work that need completing and plans that need to be made, I also had a first birthday gift to think about. On Monday an email...
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Virtual Sew Day – May

19 May

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...
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Soft book for Daisy

15 Jan

At the beginning of December one of Tobits sisters commissioned me to make a soft book for a friend of hers who had just had a baby. I was happy to take it on but made it quite clear there...
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More Christmas presents revealed

6 Jan

Both of Tobits’ sisters had babies last year and I planned to make both of the babies soft books for Christmas. Knowing that I was going to be busy in the run up to Christmas I was incredibly organised and...
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I can now reveal…

28 Dec

I hope you had a healthy and happy Christmas, ours could have been much healthier, we are still suffering from a ‘bug’ but had a lovely quiet time at home. Now that some gift giving has been done I can...
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Feeling a bit sick

9 Dec

I started and finished a soft book last week in record time, I posted it off as soon as it was ready. So what’s the problem? It’s not been received by my customer. I sent it using the Royal Mail...
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