Quilts | mary emmens

2nd quarter FAL list

15 Apr

It’s the beginning of the second quarter of the year and so time to make a list for the Finish-Along; I’m just looking back at my list for the first quarter and I completed 4 things off it, they were...
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Welsh Blanket Quilt – St Davids Cross {pdf pattern}

7 Apr

Phew this quilt seems like it has been a long time coming! I started pattern writing back in January, it’s been out to testers and I made my own version with Blueberry Park fabric kindly supplied by Karen Lewis. I...
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Weighing it up

7 Apr

I’m just quickly sneaking in one last finish from my list for the first quarter. I’m a slightly appalled that this has been a WIP since March 2013! I pattern tested this block for Kristy – Quiet Play and it has...
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A happy quilt finish

25 Feb

It’s a few weeks since I finished this quilt but thanks to Storm Imogen I had to wait to get some half decent photo’s: As you can see it was still pretty windy a week after the storm had passed....
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A new project

18 Feb

After the frenzy of starting and finishing a quilt for Karen Lewis in less than a week it has been lovely to take things a bit easier this last week. Ever since the Marcelle Medallion pattern by Alexia Abegg was...
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Welsh Blanket Quilt – Caernarfon {pdf pattern}

6 Jan

Here is a quilt idea that had been buzzing/rattling around in my head for a while and I’m pleased to say that the pattern is now ready! This pattern is based on the traditional Caernarfon design that has been used...
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WIP Wednesday and a call for pattern testers

2 Dec

I showed a sneak peek last week of what I’d been working on and now I’m pleased to say I have a finished quilt top: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, I’m a fan of Welsh Blankets (if...
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Scrappy Mini

30 Nov

After making one mini quilt for a small child’s Christmas gift I decided that another similar aged small child could have one too. I used this tutorial which I used countless times when making Oh My Stars quilt. All from...
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A mini from scraps

13 Nov

You might not remember this quilt from December last year: It was made with 6 FQ’s and I kept the leftovers just because that’s what I do! I discovered them one day last week and wondered what I could do with...
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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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