handmade by Mary Emmens

Vintage Vibe

18 Mar

If you’ve been around a while you may well be aware of my love of vintage sheets and the fact that I held an extensive collection; over the years I have been selling off pieces through my Etsy shop and...
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Plus one

8 Mar

I have a thing about ‘Plus’ quilts, I don’t know what it is but I love the look of them. So I was thinking about a colleague who was due to go off on maternity leave and making a quilt...
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Pants!

19 Feb

Last summer I had a think about how to use scraps of jersey/knit fabric and made a scrappy flower. Just after Christmas Tobi asked if I could make underpants for him with knit scraps. He’d done a bit of research...
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Cheating?

17 Feb

Last month I pulled this cheater print from my stash to make a quick baby gift for one of Tobit’s colleagues. I had some fabric that was great for backing (Town and Country Kyoto Blue by Pepper Cory for Studio...
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I’ve still never seen Star Wars

23 Jan

I started this paper piecing gift at the beginning of the year knowing that it needed to be gifted today. I do love paper piecing just one block to turn it into a cushion cover; it’s a lot of work...
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Using someone else’s scraps

16 Jan

November was my month in the Siblings Together quilt bee and I had a brilliant lot of blocks sent to me. I was running low on red scraps and Nicky (also one of the Scraptastic Tuesday hosts) kindly sent a...
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Sunday Stash #70

15 Jan

A bit of a funny Sunday Stash this week; waistband elastic for Comox Trunks from Strap Crafts, 2 yards of each which will be enough for 4 pairs. I had made a pair of trunks and was waiting for this...
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Lots of winter stitching – 1st quarter FAL 2017

11 Jan

I’ve got a number of ‘new’ projects that need finishing. 1. November was my month as queen in the Siblings Together bee and I asked for red and white scrappy kiss blocks; I now have all the blocks (well almost...
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Sunday Stash #69

8 Jan

It feels like it’s a bit late to be saying ‘Happy New Year’ so I’ll just get on with it! Over the holiday period I sewed my first Linden sweatshirt using Anna Maria Horner knit from Sunday Stash #61: And...
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A scrappy birthday gift

16 Dec

Last month my eldest had a birthday to celebrate and we’d talked for a while about making a new bag for her. I’d suggested the Two Zip Hipster bag by Dog Under My Desk as it’s a pattern I’d had...
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