birthdays | mary emmens

X marks the spot

19 Nov

There is a small boy in our house who for a while now has had a keen interest in pirates and treasure. It’s mostly the treasure that interests him to be honest, so much so that we even visited a...
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Double Figures

13 Nov

Last weekend my eldest daughter turned 10. She had a few requests for birthday gifts; in addition to those I decided to make her a pouch for her inhaler and spacer instead of using the plastic wallet that school put...
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WIP Wednesday

1 Oct

I’m making an attempt to share more in progress projects rather than just finished items. This week I have 2 things on my sewing table (ok that’s not true there is a lot of stuff on there at the moment...
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Small (but perfectly formed)

15 Jul

Last month Storey Publishing sent me this book to review: Little One Yard Wonders available from Amazon and lots of other book shops I’m sure. For some reason I was surprised at the amount of projects in it; however the clue...
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Gifts for boys

13 Jul

My 9 yr old has had a number of boys birthday party’s to attend recently and I’ve taken it upon myself to make gifts. With plenty of fabric in the cupboard it seems wrong not to! I mentioned back here about...
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Personalised Paper Pieced Pillow

24 Jun

(How fast can you say that? Actually it’s a cushion but for the purposes of the title…) It appears as if it’s birthday party season again, invites keep arriving; mostly for the children! At the end of last week I...
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A birthday bag

2 Jun

My wonderful husband celebrated a big birthday in May. On his birthday last year he was diagnosed with Coeliacs disease so I wanted to make sure that this year was a lot better! I love to give handmade gifts if...
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Birthday girl

8 Nov

Nine years ago today this gorgeous girl was born; I wanted to give her something handmade for her birthday, but funnily enough she has quite a lot of handmade things and I was struggling to come up with a plan....
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A Lovely Year of Finishes – September

28 Sep

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...
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Commissions – bunting and a journal cover

18 Feb

Don’t forget Ruby Star Wrapping giveaway still open here for UK and Ireland folks. A quick update on some recently completed commissions: Bunting for a boy: using the delicious fabrics from the Mechanical Genius range by Mo Bedell: Bunting for his...
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