handmade by mary emmens
This week I had some goodies arrive in the post, I’ve been waiting for these so that I can start my Haptic Lab world map quilt. I’ve done a bit of hand quilting before but made it up as I … Read More »
I had really hoped that I would have more progress to show you than this today but that’s what can happen when children get sick; plans fly out of the window! So this is still not even half quilted: Tweet
You know when you have a plan for the week? And then by the end of the weekend it’s already looking a bit shaky? Well that’s me this week, instead of quilting the Welsh Blanket Quilt I am looking after … Read More »
I had a birthday not so long ago and my lovely husband bought a couple of things off my wish list: I’d been eyeing up Handmade Style since it’s release, I’m a fan of Anna’s bag patterns and read some … Read More »
I struggle to throw away scraps, these are from binding that I made for Siblings Together quilts and scraps from a bee block for the same cause: They were stored in a bag for a while, I trimmed them down … Read More »
My one and only Black Friday purchase; three metres of Kona Silver from The Village Haberdashery, it’s destined to be the background of a Preppy the Whale quilt for my son. I bought the pattern a month or so ago … Read More »
Back in July I started a EPP project: It changed along the way and the result was that I had some pieces left after making this: These remained: They been in and out of a drawer a few times while … Read More »
I showed a sneak peek last week of what I’d been working on and now I’m pleased to say I have a finished quilt top: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, I’m a fan of Welsh Blankets (if … Read More »
After making one mini quilt for a small child’s Christmas gift I decided that another similar aged small child could have one too. I used this tutorial which I used countless times when making Oh My Stars quilt. All from … Read More »
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 … Read More »