handmade by mary emmens
It feels like a shockingly long time since I’ve posted about any of my vintage finds…I think the last one was March! I have been searching and finding but I suppose that I’ve just not got round to sharing here. … Read More »
Here’s a selection of the vintage sheets I’ve acquired this month: I say ‘acquired’ because a some of them were gifted to me by lovely ladies at the Sewing Directory meet up in Exeter. The lovely Helen from Indianna Dreams gave … Read More »
March seemed to be a really long month, mostly very cold and draughty with some sewing! I squeezed in some paper piecing before we ‘lost’ the dining room: Blog post about them here. I joined in the Orbit QAL and completed … Read More »
On a freezing cold day I’m able to share with you a quilt finish. This is the original fabric pull, all vintage sheets from my stash (some recently obtained from the vintage sheet FQ swap): It changed a little and … Read More »
It’s been a quiet few months on the finding front. A sheet from the car boot: A handmade duvet cover from the charity shop, this was quite expensive, especially considering the one side was plain, but still I had to … Read More »
I’m a little later than usual with my round-up of vintage finds for the month. I’ve not been to the car boot sale for ages; illness, birthdays, exhaustion and Christmas have prevented me for getting out of bed and out … Read More »
The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway post is here, there is still plenty of time to enter. It’s been a busy month and I think I only made it to the car boot once, due to terrible weather (I can’t imagine … Read More »
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 »
A bit of a twist maybe on the Black Friday mayhem that may or may not be taking place in the US this weekend. It’s grey here and very wet, lots of flooding near where we live but I am … 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 »