handmade by mary emmens
I asked my sister in law what my niece might like for her 5th birthday and the response was pyjamas. Of course I wasn’t about to go shopping for pyjama’s when I can make them so I went shopping for … Read More »
You can’t beat open wide zip pouches for a quick teacher gift. The children chose the fabrics and I stitched them up: The good news is I did get them finished ready for gifting at the end of term: I … Read More »
I have a great pile of finished items that I have yet to share. Here’s one that was gifted this last week. It’s a cushion cover for Bethan’s wonderful teacher: I made it using the Frances Firefly block from Elizabeth … Read More »
The last quarter wasn’t the most successful but when I wrote my list I didn’t know I’d be working 3 days a week! So I’m carrying a few over and have a stack of new things to add. I made … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
It’s the beginning of the second quarter of the year and so time to make a list for the Finish-Along; I’m just looking back at my list for the first quarter and I completed 4 things off it, they were … Read More »
I’m just quickly sneaking in one last finish from my list for the first quarter. I’m a slightly appalled that this has been a WIP since March 2013! I pattern tested this block for Kristy – Quiet Play and it has … Read More »
Once upon a time (Dec 2014) Tobit bought me the Sewing with Knits Craftsy Class; I watched some of the classes and thought a lot. In September (2015) I bought some knit fabric: I also bought an overlocker, despite the … Read More »
It’s a few weeks since I finished this quilt but thanks to Storm Imogen I had to wait to get some half decent photo’s: As you can see it was still pretty windy a week after the storm had passed. … Read More »