handmade by Mary Emmens

Bags for children and books too!

15 Jul

What is it that means we can never have too many bags? My girls love them in all sizes and fabrics, I like to think that their favourites are these that I made: They are made following an Amy Butler...
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Look what has come in the post…

14 Jul

I said I’d show when they arrived… This Echino fabric is fantastic, I’m thinking of making a laptop case for Tobit when I have a few spare minutes… The other fabric is a bundle of fat quarters – To the...
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A busy week

11 Jul

Following last Saturday’s fairly quiet event I thought I wouldn’t need to make anything ready for the school fete I’d been asked to do this week, however I felt a need to be busy so whipped up 7 brooches and...
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UK Online Fabric Stores

6 Jul

As promised here is a list in no particular order of the stores that I frequently browse (maybe I should spend less time browsing and more time sewing!) Dungarees and Daisies Saints and Pinners Gone to Earth Fabric Rehab Creative...
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Talented local craftsperson!

4 Jul

Yesterday was the Exeter College event, the day started with me feeling exhausted as I had had a few disturbed nights with the children and already had a headache! We got set up and ready in 30 mins and waited...
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Next event: Exeter College Open Day Saturday 3 July

25 Jun

I’ve been asked to have a stall at this event a week tomorrow so am busy cutting ready to sew over the next few days. Download the flyer...
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Featured Item: Twin boy t-shirts

23 Jun

I’ve had my first commission as a result of the school fete – t-shirts for twin boys. I had great fun once I’d found the energy after another hot day with exhausted children! The twins mum doesn’t dress them in...
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My first event…

19 Jun

Well, here I am back from holiday and the school fete. We managed to pack up the car and leave by 8:30 (helped by children waking at 6:00) straight to school by 10:30! My wonderful friend and neighbour Jenny was...
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On holiday and still sewing

15 Jun

It’s the week of our family holiday, we’re staying in a beach chalet in Gwithian a few miles up the coast from St Ives in Cornwall, UK. The school fete is on Saturday morning so i brought my sewing machine...
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School painting tabard/apron

9 Jun

Leah often wears a homemade applique t-shirt on the school run and is not atall shy about saying ‘look at my dinosaur/shark/butterfly t-shirt’ and Bethan adds ‘my mummy made it’. So I was asked to jazz up the class adult...
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