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SALE…

10 Oct

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Happy Holidays

27 Dec

I hope you’ve had a good time celebrating with family and friends over the Christmas break. I’m taking some time off now to spend with my family so am offering you the chance to save big in my etsy shop, … Read More »

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Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day – now closed

8 Dec

Giveaway now closed. Welcome to my blog and to the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day. I’m Mary, I live in the UK and I spend many of my spare hours sewing and a few of my spare hours searching for … Read More »

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Double Figures

13 Nov

Last weekend my eldest daughter turned 10.  She had a few requests for birthday gifts; in addition to those I decided to make her a pouch for her inhaler and spacer instead of using the plastic wallet that school put … Read More »

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birthdays, Girls, Scraps, thrifting, Upcycled 9 Comments

ALYoF – May complete

28 May

At the beginning of the month I set out a goal to make a vintage sheet quilt top.  At that point I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do but after looking through my stash of vintage sheets … Read More »

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A Lovely Year of Finishes, Paper piecing, Quilts, Scraps, thrifting, Upcycled, Vintage 8 Comments

February check-in – Fabriholics Anonymous

24 Feb

Time for a review of February’s fabric acquisitions… A whole lot of vintage sheets: Fortunately these are allowed as without them my Etsy shop would close and I would have no money to spend on fabric holidays. Some from the charity … Read More »

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UK and Ireland Vintage Sheet FQ Swap Round 2

4 Jan

It’s official; I’ve finally got my act together to organise another vintage sheet fat quarter swap. I’ve updated the flickr group, you can find all the details here. I’d be grateful if you’d tell your friends/blog readers, IG friends, generally … Read More »

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – November

29 Nov

My plan this month was to turn this: into a quilt top. Not as straight forward as I thought it might be. After cleaning the kitchen floor and laying out blocks I struggle to decide on a layout. Many of … Read More »

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Sunday Stash

29 Sep

It’s been a good week for fabric stashing so I thought I’d share it with you. Tracey at Quilt Me Happy has decided to shut up her online shop and as a result is having a BIG sale.  I took advantage … Read More »

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charity shopping, fabric, Men, Sunday Stash, thrifting, Vintage 6 Comments

Using up scraps

27 Sep

I can’t yet share the ‘thing’ I’ve spent most of my time on this week but here’s a little something I did last night while I had a pile of vintage sheet scraps pulled out: It’s a paper pieced string … Read More »

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