handmade by mary emmens
I have a plan; it’s for a Christmas quilt, I never thought I’d be making one but I am. The seed was sown at a sewing date last month with Jo and Emily. Emily already has at least 2 Christmas … Read More »
Back in November my friend Rachel said that she would like to commission me to make a drum stick case as part of her eldest daughter’s Christmas gift. Once she had bought the new sticks she came round to talk … Read More »
At the very beginning of this year I made this little beauty: It’s from the book Pretty in Patchwork Holidays, I wanted to make the other 2 cushions but didn’t get round to them until recently. In November I managed … Read More »
**Lola the Owl PDF pattern giveaway still open over here** Last week I had a sewing date with some lovely ladies; Jo, Emily and Susy. Emily had organised us into holding a Secret Santa swap, it was so secret we didn’t … Read More »
Just a really quick post to say yes I’m still here just busy trying to get well and sewing as much as time and energy will allow. This week I got together with a few lovely friends and we did … Read More »
While the rest of the UK appears to have been blanketed in snow for the last week we’ve not had any. Travel 2 or 3 miles out of the city and I’m told you’ll find some, but this morning it … Read More »
Happy New Year! I’ve done a round-up/review of last year but here is a summary of things I sewed in December. I had grand plans to make lots of reusable wrapping bags but poorly children got the better of me … Read More »
A good friend recently (last week) commissioned me to make little gifts that she could give to her work colleagues this Christmas. Last year I made keyrings with their initials on, which she tells me they all loved and still … Read More »
A bit of a twist maybe on the Black Friday mayhem that may or may not be taking place in the US this weekend. It’s grey here and very wet, lots of flooding near where we live but I am … Read More »
Today is the start of the Holiday Lane Pillow blog hop: Jill Findley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern, Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane, and Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS, who comes up … Read More »