Paper piecing | mary emmens

#ALYoF – March goal complete

25 Mar

I set my goal for March to paper piece the text for the back of the wedding quilt. I took the letters away on our sewing retreat and got them all stitched up. It was quite intense work, but I...
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Don’t get shirty

22 Feb

I feel like I’ve fallen off the blogging wagon, time has been short, I tend to share my in progress and finished makes over on instagram (if you’re interested I’m memmens), it’s quick and easy and doesn’t eat into my...
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Gifts for Jo

17 Jan

Last week a good friend of mine Jo celebrated a milestone birthday, she’s someone you might know and blogs over here. I knew her before she really started sewing so she might blame me for her addiction but I can...
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Greetings from Antarctica 2

16 Dec

At the very beginning of this year I made this little beauty: It’s from the book Pretty in Patchwork Holidays, I wanted to make the other 2 cushions but didn’t get round to them until recently. In November I managed...
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Digger cushion

11 Dec

Have you entered my Sew Mama Sew giveaway? It’s still open here. Back in August I did some paper piece testing for Kristy at Quiet Play, I even wrote about it here: Some time later I turned it into a...
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Presents!

27 Nov

**Lola the Owl PDF pattern giveaway still open over here** Last week I had a sewing date with some lovely ladies; Jo, Emily and Susy. Emily had organised us into holding a Secret Santa swap, it was so secret we didn’t...
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Some of this week’s paper piecing…

23 Nov

Just a really quick post to say yes I’m still here just busy trying to get well and sewing as much as time and energy will allow. This week I got together with a few lovely friends and we did...
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Birthday girl

8 Nov

Nine years ago today this gorgeous girl was born; I wanted to give her something handmade for her birthday, but funnily enough she has quite a lot of handmade things and I was struggling to come up with a plan....
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October Makes

1 Nov

Wow I really can’t believe that today is the first of November, thankfully October whizzed by, it wasn’t a nice month for me, I’m hoping that November will be much better! So what did I do? It doesn’t feel like...
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Bloggers Quilts Festival – October 2013

27 Oct

I’m guessing that if you ‘live’ in the world of quilts and fabric the fact can’t have passed you by that Quilt Market is happening right now and therefore it’s time for Bloggers Quilt Festival. It took me a little...
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