handmade by mary emmens
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 … Read More »
I’m really pleased to have another quilt finish to show you this week. I finished stitching down the binding this morning and took some photo’s on my phone in the garden! Usually Tobit does the photography while I (or a … Read More »
So I wasn’t really expecting to finish 2 scrappy log cabin quilts in one week (and get photo’s taken and a blog post written!). You can read about the one I finished last week here. This one is not … Read More »
Way back in February I finished a scrappy log cabin quilt and started blocks for another one or two! Over the months I’ve added to the blocks and they appeared on my 2nd quarter FAL list and my 3rd quarter FAL … Read More »
I heard some rubbish news the other week; the sort that provokes the reaction ‘I can’t do much but I can make him a quilt, that might bring some comfort’. So the other Friday evening I pulled fabric: By Sunday … Read More »
Well I think I’ve never had more than one quilt on the go before apart from when I was in the middle of Siblings Together quilts earlier this year. I’m hand binding the Winterberry quilt: Yesterday I finished piecing the … Read More »
Well I must say I feel like I had a very productive quarter, not everything is ticked off my list but I made a good effort! 1. City Gym shorts for Leah: I ended up making 5 pairs of these! … Read More »
These are the remaining 3 quilts that I finished up for Siblings Together. The blocks are donations from far and wide around the world: And the back, kindly pieced and donated by Carol Wilkie The third: with another back from … Read More »
I can’t remember what other quilts I have made this year but I think this is my favourite: It’s for Bethan; she chose the fabrics and planned out each block and left me to do the sewing. She picked enough … Read More »
If you’ve been here before or if you follow me on IG it cannot have escaped your attention that I’ve been campaigning to get quilts made for the Siblings Together charity. I made a request for Home Sweet Home blocks … Read More »