clothing | mary emmens

Sewing for a girl or boy

8 Aug

I asked my sister in law what my niece might like for her 5th birthday and the response was pyjamas. Of course I wasn’t about to go shopping for pyjama’s when I can make them so I went shopping for...
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Years later…

31 Jul

Over four years ago I made an Easy Linen Shirt for Mathias: It was too big on him at the time but he has worn it extremely frequently over the last year. But he’s grown so I thought it about time...
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#mayisformakers week 3

21 May

Since last week I’ve made a few more foxes: And I also bought a pattern for the 3rd week of May is for Makers (click on the pattern info below to take you to the pattern): I whipped up a...
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More knits

22 Apr

After the success of my first knit top I bought 1.5 metres of some light jersey to make another scoop neck top: I was pleased with my attempt at matching the stripes on the side seams: I’m pretty sure that...
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Sewing with knits (at last)

2 Apr

Once upon a time (Dec 2014) Tobit bought me the Sewing with Knits Craftsy Class; I watched some of the classes and thought a lot. In September (2015) I bought some knit fabric: I also bought an overlocker, despite the...
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Using stashed fabric

22 Oct

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...
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Kids Clothes week – Rohan Hoodie

20 Oct

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...
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Shorts: a FAL finish

16 Aug

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...
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WIP Wednesday

29 Jul

Giveaway for Day Off Backpack open here Phew, the children are now on school holidays and life seems to have taken on a more relaxed pace. I’ve continued to work on my Wildflower EPP and decided not to make a huge...
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What a lot of sewing

9 Jul

Well I must say I feel like I had a very productive quarter, not everything is ticked off my list but I made a good effort! 1. City Gym shorts for Leah: I ended up making 5 pairs of these!...
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