handmade by Mary Emmens

A whole new outfit and how to use knit scraps

9 Aug

I’m still playing a bit of catch up on things made but not shared. Back in June Bethan asked if I could make her a skirt, we had a rummage in my stash to see what cuts of fabric we...
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Sewing for a girl or boy

8 Aug

I asked my sister in law what my niece might like for her 5th birthday and the response was pyjamas. Of course I wasn’t about to go shopping for pyjama’s when I can make them so I went shopping for...
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Lots of pouches

1 Aug

You can’t beat open wide zip pouches for a quick teacher gift. The children chose the fabrics and I stitched them up: The good news is I did get them finished ready for gifting at the end of term: I...
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Years later…

31 Jul

Over four years ago I made an Easy Linen Shirt for Mathias: It was too big on him at the time but he has worn it extremely frequently over the last year. But he’s grown so I thought it about time...
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Frances Firefly

24 Jul

I have a great pile of finished items that I have yet to share. Here’s one that was gifted this last week. It’s a cushion cover for Bethan’s wonderful teacher: I made it using the Frances Firefly block from Elizabeth...
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Sunday Stash #63

17 Jul

I had no plans for buying fabric this week until a request for certain items was received and coincided with an email notification of Doughty’s summer sale. Very soon a parcel arrived with these delicious contents: 3 metres of the...
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No pixies here

16 Jul

I’m late this month with my scraptastic post but it’s better late than never! I rummaged through my scraps bins when planning teacher gifts this week and here is one that I made today: It’s a Pixie Basket from the...
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Hoping for a productive summer – 3rd quarter FAL

12 Jul

The last quarter wasn’t the most successful but when I wrote my list I didn’t know I’d be working 3 days a week! So I’m carrying a few over and have a stack of new things to add. I made...
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Sunday Stash #62

10 Jul

Despite my last Sunday Stash post suggesting that there would be no more fabric shopping for a while I did buy a little bit the other week: But it was essential, well at least the Kona medium grey was, I...
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Sewing for charity

4 Jul

Bethan is in her final year at primary school and the children are tasked with fundraising for Lepra. I’m not a fan of doing something and asking for sponsorship so I suggested to Bethan that she offer to make something....
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