handmade by mary emmens
A month or so ago a friend, Kate who is sorting out her house ready to move handed me a bag on the school run containing a couple of lovely items. One was a gorgeous vintage blouse, made in Switzerland … Read More »
Way back in October 2007 my eldest child started preschool, my other 2 children have also attended the same wonderful preschool (although thankfully it moved to a purpose built building rather than an upstairs room in a church!). Today is … Read More »
Last month Storey Publishing sent me this book to review: Little One Yard Wonders available from Amazon and lots of other book shops I’m sure. For some reason I was surprised at the amount of projects in it; however the clue … Read More »
My 9 yr old has had a number of boys birthday party’s to attend recently and I’ve taken it upon myself to make gifts. With plenty of fabric in the cupboard it seems wrong not to! I mentioned back here about … Read More »
Earlier this year I made myself a Sidekick Tote, I’ve used it a lot and love it: During the summer holidays I made a trip to the local fabric shop and spotted some gorgeous webbing that was being unpacked from … Read More »
It was the end of the school year for my girls last week and it has fast become a tradition for me to make a gift for their teachers. I try to get them to think about what their teacher … Read More »
Hello and welcome to all of you lovely people visiting for the first time as part of the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day and happy Monday to all my regular readers, especially if you’re in the UK where it’s a … Read More »
This coming weekend my lovely youngest cousin is getting married, the present is made, a gorgeous quilt with photo’s coming soon (it just needs a label), now the small matter of what to wear. Truth be told that has actually … Read More »
If you’ve not entered the giveaway be quick it closes tonight at 9pm (UK time) I’ve been working on a few things recently some of which are earphone pouches: Some are for a friend who runs her own soap business Soapdaze and ‘gets’ … Read More »
Giveaway now closed After a week of seeing what others have created in this priceless blog hop it’s my turn to share some of my handiwork. First a big thanks to Mdm Samm for the great pattern and instructions and … Read More »