handmade by mary emmens
I’ve been joining in the Sewing for Boys sew-along hosted by Stacey, the pattern chosen for March is the Easy Linen Shirt. Before looking at the pattern I wondered about the use of the word ‘easy’, you may know that … Read More »
It’s still early in the month but I wanted to get on with this months Sewing for Boys Sew along pattern. Stacey has chosen the Kickin’ Back Sweats pattern and/or Mr Two Face pants (we’re working from Sewing for Boys … Read More »
The raglan t-shirt that I made for Mathias last week has now been embellished… First though thanks to Karen (one of the book authors) for her helpful comments on Flickr, I now know that when using old knits you should … Read More »
I mentioned on facebook on Thursday that I was planning to repair a dress ready to wear for the event on Saturday. The dress I was talking about was this one: Which I wrote about back here. What you can’t … Read More »
So as I mentioned in my previous post, there was another dress: It is handmade but has also been adjusted and not very well! The darts down the front have been increased but rather randomly, you can probably spot that … Read More »
First day of the holidays, but it’s also a Saturday so jobs to be done, washing to be hung and a bit of ‘quiet’ time at home. Oh, we also needed to pop to the local shop and pass the … Read More »
So, back at the beginning of May I signed up to Summer Sewing Plans hosted by Sarah at Fairy Face Designs. I’m now just reviewing where I am with those plans! I’d already signed up for Kids Clothes Week Challenge … Read More »
I asked the Random Generator to pick a winner of a notebook cover and… you are going to have to wait, I decided that I will make the cover and once it is done I will post a photo and … Read More »
Ok so the dress was finished a week or so ago, I just felt it needed a pocket. So I made a pocket following this pleated pocket tutorial, I scaled it down as the pockets I made recently for Dress … Read More »
After blogging almost every day last week it’s been really great to not post anything for days! It’s amazing how much time it does take up, not only do I make something to write about, get some decent photo’s of … Read More »