handmade by mary emmens
I’ve been sorting out some scraps, there are some that are neatly organised in bags in a drawer. These are the scraps left over from making Mathias’ Preppy the Whale quilt: I think I’m going to stitch these together in … Read More »
Wow it’s been a busy week, today is the first time I’ve had any peace and quiet to sit down and write. It’s Thursday rather than Tuesday but I still have scrappiness to share. The Bee Blessed block for this … Read More »
I can’t quite believe that this quilt top took less than 2 weeks to make but has been on my unwritten list to do for over 2 years! My initial fabric pull was this: I’m not really sure what I … Read More »
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 … Read More »
I’ve been busy sewing and not blogging, but today I have got some scrappy makes to share. First up is a couple of gifts I made for Christmas; one hour baskets for my girls: This one was made for Leah … Read More »
It seems to happen at this time of year, gifts were been made but not shared here, so time for a little bit of a catch up: One of my nieces requested some particular drawing pens for her birthday which … Read More »
I struggle to throw away scraps, these are from binding that I made for Siblings Together quilts and scraps from a bee block for the same cause: They were stored in a bag for a while, I trimmed them down … Read More »
I thought my goal for November would be a fairly simple one to get done. I needed to finish quilting a pillow top and then turn it into a pillow cover. The quilting seemed to take forever, I opted to try … Read More »
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 … Read More »
Do you remember this from last month? It took a few minutes to turn it into these: Flip side: Just selvedges stitched onto fabric, cut into a tree shape and stitched in pairs together! Hopefully these won’t get lost between … Read More »