handmade by mary emmens
A week or so ago I had a message from Ashleigh who blogs at Ickle Tomato Handmade asking if I would be interested in a scrap swap. Someone else’s scraps are always interesting so I had a sort out and sent … Read More »
I’ve been remiss in keeping you up to date with additions to my fabric stash. Just before Christmas I had an email from Valori Wells telling me that my name had been picked as a commenter on her blog to receive … Read More »
I’m a little later than usual with my round-up of vintage finds for the month. I’ve not been to the car boot sale for ages; illness, birthdays, exhaustion and Christmas have prevented me for getting out of bed and out … 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 »
The end of another week and another amazing Sew, Mama, Sew giveaway day. Thank you to all those who visited, for your lovely birthday wishes and welcome to all the new subscribers. Before I announce the giveaway winner I thought … Read More »
The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway post is here, there is still plenty of time to enter. It’s been a busy month and I think I only made it to the car boot once, due to terrible weather (I can’t imagine … Read More »
Hello and welcome to all of you lovely people visiting for the first time as part of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day and happy Monday to all my regular readers. I’m Mary, I live in the south west of … Read More »
Another month of successful hunting: Quite a stack this month, some duplicates but mostly new prints to me: The blue and purple floral on the 3rd row is 100% cotton and quite lovely, I might be using one of those … Read More »
I’ve spent what feels like a lot of time cutting vintage sheet charm squares recently for my Etsy shop and have been wondering what to do with the off cuts. I already carefully cut each piece of fabric carefully before … Read More »
Randi who runs the wonderful store that is Freshly Squeezed Fabrics is running a ‘pin it to win it‘ contest, pin a bundle from her store and you get the amount of repins that equal the cost of the bundle … Read More »