Teaching appliqué
I’ve never had any aspirations to teach, I don’t feel like I have enough patience or the right temperament however in the past few months I’ve had a couple of requests for me to impart my knowledge to others. So … Read More »
handmade by mary emmens
I’ve never had any aspirations to teach, I don’t feel like I have enough patience or the right temperament however in the past few months I’ve had a couple of requests for me to impart my knowledge to others. So … Read More »
Another post not about sewing! It was a tradition when I was growing up for my Mum to make hot cross buns on Good Friday, they were delicious and thankfully I can’t imagine that she would ever have considered buying … Read More »
Here’s a sneaky peek at one of this weeks not sewing related projects (just realised as I wrote that I’m suggesting that there might be more!) it’s Easter this coming weekend and I refuse to buy mass manufactured chocolate eggs … Read More »
This needs to be an easy post to write as it’s school holidays and while I have more free time it’s not quiet time! This quilt I made for L’s birthday last year, I found the patchwork in a bag … Read More »
Another week, another quilt. If only I could produce them as quick as that – it would be amazing! Instead many years ago (2003 I guess) I bought this next quilt as a kit from Glorious Colour which is a … Read More »
Hope you mums all had a great day, we had fun despite one poorly child! We had a Mothers Day Park.Life.Heavitree event so had to be up and organised and out of the house by 9.30, well Tobi did with … Read More »
I mentioned a few weeks ago at the end of Dress a Girl Around the World that I had won the giveaway on Vanessa’s blog and promised I would show the lovely things that I had won. So first of … Read More »
I knew that I had another piece of fabric on the way from Courtney at Seamstar but I didn’t know she was sending two pieces! So, when it arrived on Tuesday morning it went straight in the washing machine (always … Read More »
What a busy week it’s been, I’ve spent many hours cutting, sewing, drawing and planning and almost zero hours cooking and cleaning! That’s how I like it – not sure anyone else is so keen! You’ll be aware of the … Read More »
I have a fairly long list of blog subscriptions that fill my Google reader each day and on Monday night up popped this post that caught my attention and inspired me even at such a late hour to print off … Read More »