handmade by mary emmens
At the beginning of December I stated my goal for the month, to get my vintage sheet scrappy trip around the world quilt finished. Despite the thought that it might be a simple task to fit in between the seemingly … Read More »
Hello and welcome to my Sew Mama Sew Giveaway. If you’ve been here before you may know that I have a soft spot obsession for vintage sheets, my latest project which is awaiting quilting is this: Yes it’s a Scrappy Trip … Read More »
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 »
**before you get your hopes up I’m not giving away a baked Gingercake** A month or so ago a lovely email popped into my inbox from Virginia of Gingercake, it was a request to take part in her Handmade Gift … Read More »
Choosing a project for this month has been tough, there are a couple of things that I have to get done anyway so I felt I wanted to choose something else that would feel like a big achievement. So what … Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Just to let you know I’m taking a little break and any orders placed in my Etsy shop between 21st – 27th August will be dispatched as soon as possible on my return and definitely by 30th August. As a … Read More »
A few weeks ago when we were beginning to settle in to the new bit of the house I decided that I had time and energy to execute a plan that had been swirling around in my head for a … Read More »