handmade by mary emmens
Giveaway now closed Welcome to Giveaway Day (running from today (13th) until 17th so actually not just one day but surely that’s a good thing?) I couldn’t decide what to giveaway so I’ve decided as it is nearly Christmas to … Read More »
Sew Mama Sew is a wonderful website which has a shop full of fabulous fabric and a blog that contains hundreds (I’ve not counted but it seems like it) of tutorials, pattern reviews and lots of other very useful stuff … Read More »
was a bit disappointing on the sales front, sadly Hospiscare didn’t do very out of me (10% of sales donated to this very worthwhile cause, as all you mathmaticians know 10% of not very much is not very much!) but … Read More »
Friday was my birthday, I wasn’t 50 or 60 as my delightful eldest child asked and I don’t get quite so excited about birthdays anymore. Pretty much a normal day, starting off with us all trying to get up and … Read More »
It’s easy to sew for women and children, but I have been thinking that it would be good to have something for men too. I know some of them like the pencil rolls and laptop cases but what would someone … Read More »
I thought I ought to write a post even though I am feeling exhausted and full of cold. I had a stall yesterday at a school Christmas fayre, let me just say it was a long day and I have … Read More »
As usual it’s been a busy week, but hurrah it’s also been productive! I’ve made a stack of pencil rolls and sold one already to Tobit! He really liked one in particular and wanted it for himself, he then came … Read More »
I’ve finally relented and joined Facebook! You can find my page by following this link here, I’m new to all the Facebook ‘stuff’ so bear with me, I’m relying on Tobi’s expertise. on this one! Any suggestions on what you … Read More »
So here we have two cushions: and we forgot to take any pictures of the back! They are one fabric, patterned not plain from the same range – simply gorgeous! Tweet
As promised here are photo’s of the things I made for the birthday last week, she has been wearing the belt this weekend, little sister wants one for herself (and actually she needs one, she has been hoicking her trousers … Read More »