Babies | mary emmens

Busy, busy

24 Oct

Oh it’s been a while, it feels like it’s been ages! AND I’m only writing a short one to say ‘I’m still here – just busy (and it’s half term holidays)’. So I’ve been making… A stack of crayon wallets…...
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Apples and dribble: a winning combination?

26 Sep

This weeks inspiration and joy comes from this little man here: He loves fruit, especially ‘affles’ he eats all except the stalk. I’ve recently had to move the fruit bowls as he has learnt to push and pull a chair...
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KCWC – day 5 Big Butt Baby pants!

13 May

I didn’t sleep well last night but I do feel better today than I did yesterday so that has got to be a good thing. On Friday’s my youngest 2 are at home and we almost always go to Milkshake...
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KCWC – day 4, tired.

12 May

I’ve had a productive 4th day working on 2 pairs of Big Butt Baby Pants for my little boy but they’re not finished so no photo’s to share. I made an executive decision that as I am so tired it...
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A Christmas present in April and some bunting

9 Apr

This week I have made one Christmas present! It is for my youngest niece for last Christmas, I’d offered to make something for her back in early December and her mummy asked me to make a cutlery roll but she...
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Quilts – part 1

25 Mar

One of my first big sewing projects was a patchwork quilt approximately 18yrs ago, I can’t remember what got me interested or why I decided to give it a go but I did. The girls and I were chatting about...
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A first birthday

12 Mar

The gorgeous boy who lives next door to us was one today. I decided a while ago on what to make him for his birthday and then his mum saw the book I made for baby Ella and said something...
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What’s in your loft?

1 Mar

I’ve got an event coming up in a couple of weeks and am starting to get my head in gear for what I might need to make for it. So, I went up into our loft to have a root...
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New baby, new soft book!

17 Feb

I have been keen to make more soft baby books and some lovely friends of ours recently celebrated the arrival of a beautiful baby girl, so I took this opportunity to get started on another book. Except…I discovered I didn’t...
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Freestyle sewing

8 Feb

My sewing machine is back from it’s service but I’d not even got it out to see how it’s running because I was having such a great time with the Singer! I was having a bit of an issue because...
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