Quilts | mary emmens

Plus one

8 Mar

I have a thing about ‘Plus’ quilts, I don’t know what it is but I love the look of them. So I was thinking about a colleague who was due to go off on maternity leave and making a quilt...
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Last month I pulled this cheater print from my stash to make a quick baby gift for one of Tobit’s colleagues. I had some fabric that was great for backing (Town and Country Kyoto Blue by Pepper Cory for Studio...
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Groove

20 Nov

Earlier this year Tobit’s brother got married; I’d known about the event for 6 months or so and had been pondering the idea of making them a quilt for a wedding gift. This time last year we had a whole...
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Fancy Fox

4 Oct

I started the quarter with this almost complete quilt top: I added some narrow borders and talked to Leah about the backing; she decided that she would like a large fox on the back, like Mathias has a large whale...
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My Marcelle Medallion

24 Sep

Welcome to Bloggers Quilt Festival; it has motivated me to get on and share this quilt which I finished last month. Just over 3 years ago there was a quilt along for the Marcelle Medallion pattern by Alexia Abegg from...
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#mayisformakers week 2

13 May

I’ve made some progress on the Groove quilt; it’s all cut out, I’ve stitched all the curves and I’m starting to put it together. But, this arrived yesterday: I’ve eyed this up ever since it was released, recently Leah has...
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WIP Wednesday

4 May

Lots of cutting yesterday and today in preparation for making a Groove quilt:...
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Wordless WIP Wednesday

20 Apr

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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