handmade by mary emmens
On Wednesday after a couple of days of paper piecing (which I’ll show you soon) I had a look at the Patchwork Please sew along project for the week and discovered that it was the Books for Baby quilt. A … Read More »
I’m off to FQ Retreat at lunchtime tomorrow (yippee), starting with a road trip with Emily, Jo and Susy – I can’t wait. I have 2 quilts to squeeze in to Emily’s car, this one and this one: I’ve mentioned … Read More »
So last month saw me piecing a quilt top for Siblings Together, I now need to piece the back, baste, quilt and bind it. It has to be done by 17th July as on the 18th I’m travelling need to … Read More »
June saw not much progress on the house front but I got some sewing done; Projects from Patchwork, Please! my first ever bee block (check out the speedy Lynne who has already pieced the top), paper piecing, a quilt top … Read More »
So my goal for June was to get a quilt top pieced for a Siblings Together quilt, and I did it; The cutting of 300 plus squares was simple, the laying them out and deciding on a design was not! … Read More »
(Gaming giveaway still open here) I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned that I’ve joined my first Bee. When Lynne asked if anyone wanted to join a bee for Siblings Together I jumped at the chance and she kindly let me … Read More »
Right time to set a goal for June. Not too tricky, I have lots to do but I need to get this pile of fabric sewn into a quilt top: I’m going to make a Modern Plus Quilt using this … Read More »
I knew that Bloggers Quilt Festival was almost upon us and then a lot of blog posts appeared with lots of lovely quilts in and I realised I wasn’t prepared like I’d aimed to be. The quilt I’m going to … Read More »
So I finished this quilt a week or so ago, I just needed time to write about it! Last year I bought some charm packs of Little Apples by Aneela Hoey from an online fabric store that was closing down, … Read More »
March seemed to be a really long month, mostly very cold and draughty with some sewing! I squeezed in some paper piecing before we ‘lost’ the dining room: Blog post about them here. I joined in the Orbit QAL and completed … Read More »