handmade by mary emmens
Giveaway now closed. Winner: Hello and welcome to my corner of the blogging world. I’m Mary, 30 something, living in the south west of the UK with my 3 small children and amazingly wonderful patient and tolerant husband! I love … Read More »
Today didn’t quite go as it could have done. This morning I made the weeks Zakka Style project and then spent time pinning the binding on to this quilt: It’s strange looking at that photo because I don’t think the … Read More »
Tomorrow Rachel is hosting another Virtual Sew Day Believe it or not I’ve plenty to do: Machine sew the binding to 2 quilts for Siblings Together Sew the blocks together for the two Sew Cherry quilts for Siblings Together, and … Read More »
Welcome to my little corner of Blogger’s Quilt Festival. At the end of last year I saw a lot of quilt alongs starting up and was tempted to join a number of them. I had a need to make a … Read More »
Hopefully you’ve not had enough of hearing about Siblings Together. Today I have spent the morning backing and basting 2 quilts, but first I had to roll up a very big rug and clean the floor underneath it so that … Read More »
I mentioned back here about the My Precious QAL, I think it is an awesome idea, especially for the fabric hoarders amongst us. Why is it that each time I start a new project I look around for fabric that … Read More »
(There’s still time to enter my Fugly Fabric party giveaway). At the end of a busy week what better way to spend a Friday evening than sewing with a group of great ladies? You may remember back in March I … Read More »
(There’s still time to enter my Fugly Fabric party giveaway). Week 6 and I’m here almost by the skin of my teeth. I’ve been busy this week, the opening of my Etsy shop selling vintage sheet charm squares and a … Read More »
I’ve been feeling really under the weather this week but still wanted to join in the sew along. I was concerned that denim would be too thick to work well on this project so I resigned myself to using linen. … Read More »
It’s been a busy month which I suppose is no great surprise! Here’s a summary of what I’ve achieved. I’ve been taking part in the Zakka Style sew along: My big finish of the month is this beauty: I joined … Read More »