handmade by mary emmens
A quick catch up on bee blocks. May was Nicky’s month, she had chosen Mixed Bag for her fabrics and a modified nine patch for her block. Nicky wanted to be sure of the layout so very kindly had cut … Read More »
Hadley is queen bee this month and chose a St Louis 16 patch using this tutorial. It’s simple to make, I made 2 using 2 fqs in half an hour. The fabric is a new line by Gina Martin for … Read More »
I’m guest posting over at Lily’s Quilts today, head on over to find out more about this beauty: Tweet
Another month flew by and I’ve struggled to find photo’s in my flickr stream to evidence much sewing: In fact this might look more impressive than it is, the 2 cushion fronts were made more than a year ago but … Read More »
School holidays and sunshine did not make it the most productive month, but still I found some time to sew: Most of the quilt top was made before August started but it’s definitely an August finish (on the top not … Read More »
This time last week I was in hot, sunny London having the time of my life at the Fat Quarterly Retreat. I didn’t take a stack of photo’s as I was too busy chatting and sewing. However if you feel … 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 »