handmade by mary emmens
Hadley is queen bee this month and chose a St Louis 16 patch using this tutorial. It’s simple to make, I made 2 using 2 fqs in half an hour. The fabric is a new line by Gina Martin for … Read More »
Life seems to be revolving around this quilt but it will get finished! This month my goal is to get all the blocks made up. This morning I sorted all the small flying geese into sets of 4. Now they … Read More »
There was obviously too much going on at the start of the year for me to find time to review December, I got as far as looking at photo’s but that was it. So I made a couple of infinity … Read More »
I mentioned yesterday that I’d made my first economy block at the weekend. Yesterday I wasn’t in the best of moods but in between trying to drink cups of tea and other stuff I managed to make this little lot: … Read More »
I started the month with this: and 4.5 metres of Kona Snow with the goal to complete all the cutting for a quilt top. My sewing space now contains this pile of flying geese, all trimmed, approximately 70 large and 224 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
Sew Mama Sew giveaway winner announced over here. At last a blog hop for cushions not pillows! (In my life cushions are for sofa’s and pillows are for resting your head on at night). On Friday afternoon I spotted a … Read More »
At the end of September I bought a bundle of fabrics from Quilt Me Happy; prints from the Curious Nature by Parson Gray line: and some coordinating solids. I’ve long admired the work of Parson Gray (aka David Butler), delighted … Read More »
**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 … Read More »