handmade by Mary Emmens

#mayisformakers

3 May

Have you seen the great campaign by Lindsey Rhodes of LRStitched? It’s a commitment to support makers by buying and making their patterns, read more about it here. As someone new to pattern writing I have an insight in to the...
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Peony

30 Apr

This is the first (and hopefully not only) tick off my 2nd quarter FAL list. My aim was to get the third of my Welsh Blanket quilt patterns – Peony, made into a quilt top. At the start of the...
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WIP Wednesday

27 Apr

I’m continuing to work on hand quilting my Marcelle Medallion and I’m about to start work on this: Can you guess what it’s destined to be? Fabrics chosen by Leah as it’s going to be a birthday gift for her...
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More knits

22 Apr

After the success of my first knit top I bought 1.5 metres of some light jersey to make another scoop neck top: I was pleased with my attempt at matching the stripes on the side seams: I’m pretty sure that...
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Wordless WIP Wednesday

20 Apr

Sunday Stash #57

17 Apr

I wasn’t really expecting to have fabric to ‘share’ this week but on Friday I had a package from the lovely folks at Green Fairy Quilts. I won a gift voucher in the final quarter of the 2015 FAL hosted...
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2nd quarter FAL list

15 Apr

It’s the beginning of the second quarter of the year and so time to make a list for the Finish-Along; I’m just looking back at my list for the first quarter and I completed 4 things off it, they were...
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Scraptastic Tuesday

14 Apr

Wow it’s been a busy week, today is the first time I’ve had any peace and quiet to sit down and write. It’s Thursday rather than Tuesday but I still have scrappiness to share. The Bee Blessed block for this...
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Sunday Stash #56

10 Apr

So you may have seen that I kicked myself into gear on my ‘Sewing with Knits’ adventure; while on a quick trip to visit a friend and pick up a ‘new’ bike for my boy we popped into the local...
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Welsh Blanket Quilt – St Davids Cross {pdf pattern}

7 Apr

Phew this quilt seems like it has been a long time coming! I started pattern writing back in January, it’s been out to testers and I made my own version with Blueberry Park fabric kindly supplied by Karen Lewis. I...
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