handmade by mary emmens
On a freezing cold day I’m able to share with you a quilt finish. This is the original fabric pull, all vintage sheets from my stash (some recently obtained from the vintage sheet FQ swap): It changed a little and … Read More »
It’s been a quiet few months on the finding front. A sheet from the car boot: A handmade duvet cover from the charity shop, this was quite expensive, especially considering the one side was plain, but still I had to … Read More »
I pulled out a selection of vintage sheet fabrics last week: I was tempted by this: My final selection of fabrics has changed slightly but I now have a whole pile of blocks that need to be sewn into rows. … Read More »
My oh my what a freezing cold month it has been. Despite other stuff going on here I’ve spent a fair bit of time with my sewing machine: 1. You Little Ripper!, 2. Triple zip pouches, 3. Patchwork journal cover … Read More »
This week I am delighted to say that I finished my Starburst quilt after joining in with the Starburst QAL: The weather here is very cold and grey, the quilt is also enormous so I knew we would have to … Read More »
Thanks to those of you who responded to my request on Sunday for quilting suggestions, the fact that no one said ‘don’t circular quilt’ I have been circular quilting: It is hard work, any quilting would be hard work on … Read More »
I’m not sure that I’ve mentioned that I joined in the Starburst QAL over at Happy Quilting. The quilt consists of 4 of these starbursts, as you can see they are pretty big! I finished the quilt top and this … Read More »
This was how I started the year with a stack of these blocks, 40 in total: I don’t like things sitting around unfinished so I signed up to A Lovely Year of Finishes in an attempt to try and get … Read More »
I have a head full of things I want to sew and need to sew. Time is even more precious as we are having building work done on the house which will mean that for 8-10 weeks we will only … Read More »
It’s the end of the year so I’m having a quick look back at what I’ve achieved in the last 12 months, I am pleasantly surprised! Eight big quilts (and a few baby size), six of which I have given … Read More »