Paper piecing | mary emmens

Goodbye blouse, hello shirt

25 Jul

A month or so ago a friend, Kate who is sorting out her house ready to move handed me a bag on the school run containing a couple of lovely items. One was a gorgeous vintage blouse, made in Switzerland...
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Personalised Paper Pieced Pillow

24 Jun

(How fast can you say that? Actually it’s a cushion but for the purposes of the title…) It appears as if it’s birthday party season again, invites keep arriving; mostly for the children! At the end of last week I...
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All Shirt Swap

20 Jun

I had a message yesterday to let me know that my shirts had arrived safely with Lee for the All Shirt Swap. I didn’t send all of these, I couldn’t bear to part with them all: So I’m eagerly waiting...
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Ta daaaa!

12 Jun

At last I can share with you the finished quilt I made as a gift for my brother and his wife to celebrate their marriage. I’ve been going on about it since January, it felt all consuming, it really was...
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ALYoF – May complete

28 May

At the beginning of the month I set out a goal to make a vintage sheet quilt top. At that point I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do but after looking through my stash of vintage sheets...
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Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Winner

18 May

I hope you’ve had a fun week entering some great giveaways. It was fascinating to read your memories and thoughts on vintage sheets, sorry I’ve not got around to replying to you all I’ve been a little busy this week!...
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Vintage Sheet Strings – Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day (now closed)

12 May

Giveaway now closed, winner announced here Welcome to new and regular readers of my blog. Here I write about my sewing projects and fabric acquisitions, feel free to stay and browse. Just over 2 years ago I opened my etsy...
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April goal completed – #ALYoF

29 Apr

Not that many blog posts ago (2 to be precise) I set out my goal for April, to make 7 more shirts for the All Shirt Swap. By the time we were ready to go to London for the wedding (16th)...
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#ALYoF – Goal for April

5 Apr

This month I need to finish the quilt for my brothers wedding gift, but it is nearly done, just the binding to stitch down and then it needs to be washed and photographed. So that would be a simple goal...
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#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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