handmade by Mary Emmens

Inspiration doesn’t always strike

7 Apr

This name badge was one of the top priorities on my FAL list as it needed to be complete for the Thread House Retreat in January. The person I had to make for was Grace of Beyond Measure; if you’ve not come...
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Penguins? Guillemots?

7 Apr

More clothes making: this time for my eldest. She chose a Charley Harper print, we can’t agree if they are penguins or guillemots but whatever they are it’s a great print. It’s been a while since I’ve sewn a dress...
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Elephants

6 Apr

Have you ever had that experience when you make something and you know it will be fairly simple to make another one as long as you do it soon? So following on from making a Rowan Tee for Leah I...
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Shhhhh a quilt finish

5 Apr

I am so delighted to have this quilt finish to show. I was inspired by Helen’s quilt that she brought to the South West Modern Quilt Guild meeting last year in May. It was stunning and inspired me to go...
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Bears and chevrons

4 Apr

I don’t know why it took me so long to get on and make this but it’s been on my list since December and it took me a short time to actually cut and sew it this week. The pattern...
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First finish

31 Jan

I’m back from a brilliant weekend at the Thread House Retreat so I can now show the rest of this: It was a close up view of a storage pot that I made for my swap partner Catrin. I had...
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2018 FAL quarter 1

12 Jan

So a new year and a new finish along but sadly a whole bunch of carry forwards: I started a quilt a year ago with a pile of shirts belonging to my husband, son and myself that I deconstructed a while...
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Wheek!

5 Jan

At the beginning of the quarter my 7 yr old son and I started this little project: He stitched the guinea pig and I stitched the lettering. The plan was to turn it into a cushion cover for his friends...
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Snowballs but no snow

4 Jan

I started this Snowball paper pieced block in September and it didn’t take long to make it into a cushion cover for the sofa in our kitchen: You can find the pattern here I’ve already made a couple for the...
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Organised sewing?

3 Jan

If you hang out on Instagram you have probably noticed a sew-along using Aneela Hoey’s new book Stitched Sewing Organisers (check out Tuppencehapennyquilts for more information). I bought the book earlier in the summer and decided to join in. My...
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