birthdays | mary emmens

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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Not a quick birthday present

18 Jan

There is a pile of things I’ve made over the last month or so that I’ve not written about, here is one of them: My eldest daughter Bethan has a good friend who was celebrating her birthday, her mum appreciates...
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Birthday gifts and a giveaway winner

8 Dec

The end of another week and another amazing Sew, Mama, Sew giveaway day. Thank you to all those who visited, for your lovely birthday wishes and welcome to all the new subscribers. Before I announce the giveaway winner I thought...
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