handmade by Mary Emmens

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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Scraptastic Tuesday

10 May

I’ve been sorting out some scraps, there are some that are neatly organised in bags in a drawer. These are the scraps left over from making Mathias’ Preppy the Whale quilt: I think I’m going to stitch these together in...
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