Upcycled | mary emmens

End of year gifts

19 Jul

It’s nearly the end of the summer term here, B has been working hard on little gifts to give to her teachers. I’d had an idea of her writing their names on a piece of fabric that I could then...
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Soup in the post?

7 Jul

Today I had a real need to sew, I’ve had a little idea swirling around in my head this week but I’ve been busy with other things so it had to wait. It centred around applique but not the usual...
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Finished dress and thrifted fabrics

31 May

Ok so the dress was finished a week or so ago, I just felt it needed a pocket. So I made a pocket following this pleated pocket tutorial, I scaled it down as the pockets I made recently for Dress...
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KCWC – day 3

11 May

OK, here we are day 3 and I have finished 4 pillowcase dresses that I started over a week ago using this duvet cover. I finished hemming the dresses on Monday and last night started work on pockets. I wanted...
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Quilts – part 7

6 May

Well, this has to be the fastest quilt ever made (by me). On Good Friday my eldest daughter came into our bedroom with the dolly quilt asking ‘who’s is this quilt’ to which she got the response that it is...
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Teaching appliqué

26 Apr

I’ve never had any aspirations to teach, I don’t feel like I have enough patience or the right temperament however in the past few months I’ve had a couple of requests for me to impart my knowledge to others. So...
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Sunshine, new fabric and packed lunch on school holiday?

19 Apr

I had a request from Bethan for a new lunchbox, so as I had won a pattern in the Dress a Girl giveaway I didn’t feel like a had an excuse for making one. Obviously it would be easier to...
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Quilts – part 1

25 Mar

One of my first big sewing projects was a patchwork quilt approximately 18yrs ago, I can’t remember what got me interested or why I decided to give it a go but I did. The girls and I were chatting about...
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