handmade by mary emmens
You might not remember this quilt from December last year: It was made with 6 FQ’s and I kept the leftovers just because that’s what I do! I discovered them one day last week and wondered what I could do with … Read More »
A few years ago (2011) I went to the Festival of Quilts for the first time with Emily (blog post here), I bought these 1/2 metre cuts of fabric: They are flannels from Boden, I’m pretty sure they were being sold by … Read More »
A couple of years ago at a South West Stitchers meet up, Will from Abakhan brought a box of scraps/offcuts etc and I picked up 2 largish pieces of fleece from it. Initially I thought I could use them for … Read More »
On my 3rd quarter finish along list were pyjama shorts for my boy. A couple of weeks ago I realised that he didn’t have many pairs of everyday shorts and if summer turns up we might need more. So I printed … Read More »
Back in March Leah asked me if I would make her a shirt like the one I made for her brother last summer: Leah loves a proper shirt and I’d checked out the pattern, the largest size is for a … Read More »
Welcome to all of you especially if you are visiting from Bloggers Quilt Festival, I’m delighted to have a new quilt to show you: Last month I showed you a new quilt for Siblings Together made with Parson Gray fabrics leftovers from … Read More »
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 … Read More »
A year on from these and these both of my youngest children have almost grown out of the pyjamas I made for them so I browsed online fabric shops for flannel before remembering that I have some in my stash! Amazingly when … Read More »
Another post about shorts and another pattern from Little One Yard Wonders (read reviews of the Western Shirt here and Casey Apron here). I made shorts earlier in the summer for Bethan, and Leah said she needed some too. So she pulled … Read More »
At the beginning of summer there was a request from my eldest for new shorts; she had grown out of all the pairs I had made last summer (or was it the summer before?). The pattern I’d previously used was … Read More »