Vintage | mary emmens

Lovely hexies

27 Jun

I started this quilt back in November as a gift for my niece’s 18th birthday. It was on my FAL list for this quarter and I’m delighted to have finished it. The ‘frame’ for each hexagon is Kona medium grey,...
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Vintage Vibe

18 Mar

If you’ve been around a while you may well be aware of my love of vintage sheets and the fact that I held an extensive collection; over the years I have been selling off pieces through my Etsy shop and...
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#mayisformakers week 3

21 May

Since last week I’ve made a few more foxes: And I also bought a pattern for the 3rd week of May is for Makers (click on the pattern info below to take you to the pattern): I whipped up a...
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Using up vintage sheet scraps

28 Nov

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...
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WIP Wednesday

4 Nov

While having a sort out in the drawers in my sewing space I found a bag of scraps which were left over from making this quilt 3 years ago! It really is scrap, they are trimmings from the block assembly and...
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Slow stitching

2 Nov

I’m not going to talk about how this year appears to have flown by because to be honest it feels like certain parts of it have dragged so slowly. I think November might be the same just because I am...
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SALE…

10 Oct

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Retro Flowers – a finished quilt

27 Mar

While this month really feels like it has whizzed by, the beginning of the month seems a long time ago. Anyway back then I set my goal for the month to finish my Retro Flowers quilt. So I cracked on...
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WIP Wednesday

11 Mar

I feel like real progress has been made this week. If you follow me on IG you may have seen this yesterday: Yes! I finished quilting my retro flowers quilt and then I made binding and got that stitched on...
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WIP Wednesday

4 Mar

I gained some extra sewing time this morning as I had a medical appointment cancelled (again) so I’ve managed to get the borders on my retro flowers quilt (yes I had enough yardage left – phew): At some point I...
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