Christmas Ornament Swap
Back at the beginning of October Ali at Very Berry Handmade decided to organise a scrappy ornament swap. At the time I thought that as Christmas was such a long way off there would really be no harm in joining … Read More »
handmade by mary emmens
Back at the beginning of October Ali at Very Berry Handmade decided to organise a scrappy ornament swap. At the time I thought that as Christmas was such a long way off there would really be no harm in joining … Read More »
It’s the first day of December so I thought I would share the tutorial that I entered for The Sewing Directory’s Christmas competition, I hope you have fun! Please bear in mind that this is the first tutorial I’ve written, … Read More »
If you didn’t know I’ve got my first fair of the season on Saturday. I’ll be at the ‘Crikey It’s Vintage and Handmade Haven’ at the Thistle Hotel on Queen Street in Exeter. I’ve been sort of crazily sewing, writing, … Read More »
Oh it’s been a while, it feels like it’s been ages! AND I’m only writing a short one to say ‘I’m still here – just busy (and it’s half term holidays)’. So I’ve been making… A stack of crayon wallets… … Read More »
I meant to mention this weeks ago and completely forgot, I came across a wonderful blog Michele Made Me which was dedicating a month to recycling denim! The month is over but that’s the beauty of blogs you can still … Read More »
You may remember last week I mentioned that our little boy is about to celebrate his 2nd birthday and I was asking for inspiration for something to sew. I have a lovely new book called ‘Sewing for Boys’ but not … Read More »
You may remember way back before summer really began that I signed up to the Summer Sewing Plans over at FairyFace Designs (here is my original post back at the beginning of May). So how did I do? I made … Read More »
This weeks inspiration and joy comes from this little man here: He loves fruit, especially ‘affles’ he eats all except the stalk. I’ve recently had to move the fruit bowls as he has learnt to push and pull a chair … Read More »
I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently that I was involved in some pattern testing. Today I can reveal all. Vanessa at Little Big Girl Studio (who hosted the Dress a Girl Around the World sew-along I took part in … Read More »
So, last week I wrote that I was feeling stuck, thankfully things have improved since then and I’ve got a bit of sewing done, it’s not ready to ‘show and tell’ just yet. I wonder why I was stuck,there is … Read More »