handmade by Mary Emmens

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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Sunday Stash #58

8 May

If you were here earlier in the week you will already have seen these: All are Kona’s, l-r Torch, Purple, Niagara, Mediterranean and Canary (this looks far brighter in real life than it appears on my screen). I’m making a...
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WIP Wednesday

4 May

Lots of cutting yesterday and today in preparation for making a Groove quilt:...
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#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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