Patchwork | mary emmens

Winterberry cushion

3 Nov

I’m keen on using up scraps and if possible doing it after finishing the project they were created by. I finished this quilt in September using a jelly roll and charm pack (read more here): I had a few blocks...
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Another bee quilt

26 Oct

I’m leaving it a bit late to enter a quilt for bloggers quilt festival just because I’ve not had the time to sit down and write! But here it now is: This is a bee quilt with blocks made by...
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WIP Wednesday

21 Oct

How exciting: I have finished all the items that featured in last weeks WIP post (that I forgot to link up with Lee!). So believe it or not i have started some more projects. This is the start of a...
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Disappearing Nine Patch

2 Oct

I’m really pleased to have another quilt finish to show you this week. I finished stitching down the binding this morning and took some photo’s on my phone in the garden! Usually Tobit does the photography while I (or a...
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Scrappy Log Cabin #3

1 Oct

So I wasn’t really expecting to finish 2 scrappy log cabin quilts in one week (and get photo’s taken and a blog post written!). You can read about the one I finished last week here. This one is not...
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WIP Wednesday

23 Sep

I feel like there are too many things on my list right now; but I also think I am making some progress! Right now I am quilting the scrappy log cabin quilt, it’s on my list for this quarters finish...
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A blue quilt

22 Sep

I heard some rubbish news the other week; the sort that provokes the reaction ‘I can’t do much but I can make him a quilt, that might bring some comfort’. So the other Friday evening I pulled fabric: By Sunday...
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WIP Wednesday

9 Sep

After being on holiday for a week and only doing a bit of hand stitching I’ve been back at my machine and trying to be productive. This morning I finished off the log cabins I mentioned yesterday: These are 9″...
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WIP Wednesday

19 Aug

This week I made a start on hand quilting the EPP that I finished piecing last week, I added borders to make it large enough for the pillow. I also decided to start another quilt! But it’s ok as it’s...
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A soft and spiky quilt

5 Jul

I can’t remember what other quilts I have made this year but I think this is my favourite: It’s for Bethan; she chose the fabrics and planned out each block and left me to do the sewing. She picked enough...
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