handmade by Mary Emmens

Can I kick it?

7 Jul

I’ve really not achieved a huge amount of finishes off my FAL list this quarter, I’ve done a lot of sewing, mostly dressmaking and mainly things that weren’t on my list! I did start the quarter with this block that...
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Quarter 2 Finish Along List

16 Apr

I’m going to quickly write this list in the hope that I can get all the items ticked off just as quickly! I bought some remnants of denim from the Fabrics Galore stand at the quilt show in Exeter last week;...
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At last – clothes for me!

8 Apr

I think this is the last of my posts for the first quarter finish along; as you can see I’ve been on a bit of a sewing mission. At the beginning of the year I made a Fen Dress out...
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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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