Boys | mary emmens

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 finished quilt

21 Mar

I’m guest posting over at Lily’s Quilts today, head on over to find out more about this beauty:...
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Digger cushion

11 Dec

Have you entered my Sew Mama Sew giveaway? It’s still open here. Back in August I did some paper piece testing for Kristy at Quiet Play, I even wrote about it here: Some time later I turned it into a...
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More new pyjamas

9 Sep

I made myself some pyjama bottoms and my middle child asked if I would make some pyjamas for her as she said she didn’t have any with long sleeves – not true but never mind, any excuse to sew. Earlier...
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Made in August

1 Sep

School holidays and sunshine did not make it the most productive month, but still I found some time to sew: Most of the quilt top was made before August started but it’s definitely an August finish (on the top not...
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Books for Baby quilt top

28 Jul

On Wednesday after a couple of days of paper piecing (which I’ll show you soon) I had a look at the Patchwork Please sew along project for the week and discovered that it was the Books for Baby quilt. A...
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Modern Plus Quilt for Siblings Together

17 Jul

I’m off to FQ Retreat at lunchtime tomorrow (yippee), starting with a road trip with Emily, Jo and Susy – I can’t wait. I have 2 quilts to squeeze in to Emily’s car, this one and this one: I’ve mentioned...
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How long will these stay clean?

6 Jul

For as long as I can remember (which is at least 3 years ago) I’ve wanted to make placemats for my children and would you believe it this weeks project in Patchwork, Please! was placemats. I didn’t really plan to...
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A Lovely Year of Finishes – June goal

3 Jun

Right time to set a goal for June. Not too tricky, I have lots to do but I need to get this pile of fabric sewn into a quilt top: I’m going to make a Modern Plus Quilt using this...
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