handmade by mary emmens
So the 100 quilts for kids blog hop has started with Lily’s Quilts and Lynne has written here about how she became involved in Siblings Together and Delma founder of the Siblings Together shares her story, I would say this … Read More »
The other weekend I took a bag filled with 5 quilts to London, Tobi had neatly rolled them up as tight as they could go to reduce the bulk, sadly it failed to reduce the weight: So you will have … Read More »
After the excitement of the birthday Sunday was a quieter day; a quick trip to the car boot in the rain with Leah, breakfast with friends and then the rest of the day to relax and get our minds in … Read More »
The first workshop I attended was taught/directed/led by Lu Summers (she of Summersville fame). I saw one of Lu’s quilts at the Festival of Quilts last August and was blown away by it, I remember Emily and I standing there … Read More »
So I’ve finally got the brain power and energy to write about the FQ Retreat weekend! I left home at lunchtime on Friday on the train, I arrived at my brothers house in Brixton in the late afternoon and let … Read More »
So the month of May involved a whole lot of sewing; I joined in with the Zakka style sew along for a few weeks, then other stuff took priority and I had to put the book to one side. I … Read More »
So this time next week I’ll be in London at the Fat Quarterly Retreat, I’m joining in the linky party for us all to get to know each other a little better before the weekend. So I’m Mary, 30 something, … Read More »
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 »