handmade by Mary Emmens

and to go with those big butt baby pants…

8 Oct

We had a first birthday in our house this week and I was very much of the opinion that we have plenty of toys and didn’t need to add to the collection but felt we ought to give him something! ...
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Advent Calendar

3 Oct

I’d wanted to make an advent calendar for my children for a number of years and always thought about it far too late. But last year in November I got organised despite having a tiny baby! It’s made of felt...
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Big Butt Baby Pants (trousers)

2 Oct

For any of you who have gone the washable/cloth/reuseable nappy route with your babies you probably know that standard trouser/dungarees don’t always fit, so hurrah for Rae over at Made by Rae who has spent a number of months designing...
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Jennifer Moore’s Monaco collection for Monaluna

30 Sep

I bought this beautiful bundle back in the summer and never got round to showing it. It’s 100% organic cotton which makes it slightly more expensive than the usual designer fat quarters but it is lovely and I bought it...
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Happy Birthday bunting

21 Sep

One of my nieces is celebrating her 1st birthday in the next week, for Christmas I made her the letters of her name, which now hang on her bedroom door I thought then that I could do something to add...
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Featured item: Soft book for baby

13 Sep

Once upon a time we had a very lovely lodger, we didn’t see much of her because she was studying so hard in her room, she qualified as a dance teacher and moved ‘up country’ (is that a saying exclusive...
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More completed projects

12 Sep

Today I finished lots more bunting for preschool and birthday bunting for my niece’s first birthday at the end of the month, photo’s of that to come later as Tobi was struggling with getting a photo as it was so...
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Cars and bikes on fabric…

10 Sep

Here is a few shots of a bundle of new fabrics. I’m not sure where I first saw it, somewhere online but I hunted and hunted for some in the UK, I eventually tracked some down and then looked at...
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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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