handmade by Mary Emmens

Birthday gifts for boys

10 Sep

Oh I have been burning the midnight oil, well not quite but leaving things until the last minute? Yep, I find that inspiration or desparation comes eventually. 2 boys have birthdays this weekend and both gifts made this afternoon/evening along...
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Little time to sew

5 Sep

I’ve been quiet on here as I’ve been really busy doing other things! T has been away at a conference in Rome, the children have all been ill (not all at the same time) so I’ve had little time to...
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I’ve learnt to knit…

3 Sep

sort of! I took the children up to visit my mum last week and the first thing that B said was ‘Grandma will you teach me how to knit?’. There wasn’t much hesitation on Grandma’s part so off we went. ...
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the big knit 2010

23 Aug

Help, I can’t knit but might just have to learn quick. The next Make, Do and Mend meeting (Tuesday 7th September 6pm – 10pm) is all about knitting, we they will be making hats for Innocents smoothies bottles to raise...
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Fabric Scraps

21 Aug

I’ve received a commission which meant I needed some small pieces of grey fabric, in my extensive fabric collection I could only find one little piece 2″ by 3″, definitely not enough. So we had a family outing to Saints...
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New Fabric shop in Exeter!

20 Aug

While out in town this afternoon I went down to Inspirations Handicraft shop to buy some felt for a current project, on the way back down Queen Street I spotted a sign that said ‘Meme fabric collection’. Despite the fact...
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Featured item: mobile phone case

19 Aug

I believe there is an unwritten rule in sewing ‘measure twice, cut once’. When I was making Tobi’s laptop case earlier this week I obviously applied this rule, however after cutting the fabric I lay in bed thinking that I...
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Featured item: Laptop case

16 Aug

Last month I showed you some new fabric I’d bought from here and suggested that I might make a laptop case for Tobit. Well I’ve done it, I think this must be a record for me, I normally buy fabric...
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Featured item: Bunting

12 Aug

My youngest daughter starts preschool in September, the same one that her big sister went to except that it has moved into a brand new purpose built building next to school. She is very excited as are lots of other...
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Birthday bags for little girls

7 Aug

My girls each have a friend about to celebrate a birthday so I had a think and made a couple of these cute little bags. This one was made using a fat quarter of When I grow up fabric designed...
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