handmade by mary emmens
Hello and welcome to all of you lovely people visiting for the first time as part of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day and happy Monday to all my regular readers. I’m Mary, I live in the south west of … Read More »
Another month of successful hunting: Quite a stack this month, some duplicates but mostly new prints to me: The blue and purple floral on the 3rd row is 100% cotton and quite lovely, I might be using one of those … Read More »
Despite the fact that September was a wet month and there wasn’t a lot of fabric hunting going on I still managed to end up with quite a haul: This has got to be the wackiest sheet I have ever … Read More »
At the end of July you may remember me mentioning a vintage sheet haul from the charity shop: Veronica a flickr contact couldn’t resist commenting and persuaded me into swapping with her. She is in the States and has a … Read More »
Oh my what a month! If you follow me on twitter (@MaryEmmens) or on facebook you may well have already seen these photographs. This bundle mountain were all from one charity shop last Friday morning. I had just been to … Read More »
Have you entered the giveaway for a surprise pack of 2 patterns? If not head on over there now, it closes on Wednesday evening. Hurrah the girls school finished the term on Friday so we are now on holiday, except … Read More »
It’s felt like a scarce month, the first weekend I was away in London at FQ Retreat so had to miss the car boot – but I think it was definitely worth it and it was really wet the car … Read More »
After the excitement of the birthday Sunday was a quieter day; a quick trip to the car boot in the rain with Leah, breakfast with friends and then the rest of the day to relax and get our minds in … Read More »
I’m struggling to find the words and energy to write about the fantastic weekend I had in London at the FQ Retreat, so for now you can enjoy the treasure I found during May: All vintage finds except for the … Read More »
Rain stopped play on at least one Sunday in April, and we had family visiting on another, I know that one week I came back with nothing so this is the result of 2 visits: You may well recognise the … Read More »