handmade by mary emmens
There was obviously too much going on at the start of the year for me to find time to review December, I got as far as looking at photo’s but that was it. So I made a couple of infinity … Read More »
I thought it was about time that I documented my new sewing space, before it looks really messy lived in. If you’re a regular reader you will have endured a number of months this year of me not having a kitchen, … Read More »
A few weeks ago when we were beginning to settle in to the new bit of the house I decided that I had time and energy to execute a plan that had been swirling around in my head for a … Read More »
While the rest of the UK appears to have been blanketed in snow for the last week we’ve not had any. Travel 2 or 3 miles out of the city and I’m told you’ll find some, but this morning it … 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. I’m Mary, I live in the south west of … Read More »
I had a lovely package in the post last week from Amy/Sukie who blogs at ‘don’t you know who I am?‘ You may well have seen that Meloday Miller, fabric designer and illustrator has brought out a book – Ruby … Read More »
My Andover goodies: A cloth bag which is great for filling at the shops (yep no plastic bags here), a charm pack of Dimples, one of each colour – that’s 135 charms! A fat quarter bundle of Savannah Bop by … Read More »
I’ve spent what feels like a lot of time cutting vintage sheet charm squares recently for my Etsy shop and have been wondering what to do with the off cuts. I already carefully cut each piece of fabric carefully before … Read More »
That phrase has been going over and over in my head for the last week or so. I finished the secret piece of work and because of number of you are impatient and maybe even nosey curious so I’ll show … Read More »
It’s been quiet here on the blog, I’ve been having a bit of a break, looking after the children, doing ‘stuff’ and not being motivated or inspired to sew or blog very much. Anyway back in March we made a … Read More »