handmade by Mary Emmens

Love wins

28 Jun

All too often terrible events happen across the world, many of which we are unable to do much about but we can respond to them. So I made a couple blocks for Pulse; I couldn’t resist using the selvedge in...
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Sunday Stash #61

27 Jun

Some fabric arrived on Saturday; a bright moment in a week that won’t be forgotten in a hurry. I came across some Anna Maria Horner knit fabric on sale for £6 p/m, I’ve seen it elsewhere for as much as...
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Mini scraps

14 Jun

Last month I shared a photo of offcuts from a Preppy the Whale quilt: Here is the whale quilt where the scraps originated: I had a vague plan to make a cushion cover but after stitching them all together I...
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An origami cushion?

12 Jun

No I didn’t make a cushion cover by folding fabric! The origami theme comes from the fabric used! Bethan had a birthday invitation with a weeks’ notice which led me to a slight panic about what to make. Rather than...
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A personalised birthday cushion

7 Jun

It appears that there’s a trend here for gifting cushions for birthdays this year. I’ve made 3 in the last month and there is another in the works. I blogged about the shirts cushion I made for Tobi already so...
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Sunday Stash #60

22 May

This weeks stash additions are all for garment making. Metres of jersey and chambray came home with me yesterday: I have plans for them all and am itching to get the pdf I printed yesterday taped together (just 24 pages)...
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#mayisformakers week 3

21 May

Since last week I’ve made a few more foxes: And I also bought a pattern for the 3rd week of May is for Makers (click on the pattern info below to take you to the pattern): I whipped up a...
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Shirts

17 May

I was looking for some fabric a week or so ago and while rooting through the cupboard a bag of paper pieced shirts fell out. Rather than put them back in I decided to get them out and make a...
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Sunday Stash #59

15 May

I had a lovely delivery of fabric this week; it came from Mariner’s Compass Quilt Shop, I won a gift certificate in the 1st quarter of the FAL and it was lovely to go shopping for fun rather than for...
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#mayisformakers week 2

13 May

I’ve made some progress on the Groove quilt; it’s all cut out, I’ve stitched all the curves and I’m starting to put it together. But, this arrived yesterday: I’ve eyed this up ever since it was released, recently Leah has...
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