handmade by mary emmens
Earlier this month we received a wedding invitation from a friend of Tobit’s. The groom has made a few films with Tobit (including this one Always Hope) but I’ve only met him a few times when he’s come round to … Read More »
A lovely friend of mine celebrated her birthday last week and I decided I wanted to make her something. I remember a while ago she commented on my wallet and how she would like one so I thought now would … Read More »
One of my numerous nieces turned a couple of weeks ago. It’s hard to remember what one year olds might be interested in by way of toys and I made a guess that she probably has more than enough toys … Read More »
Another pre Christmas make, this one remained a closely guarded secret as it was for Tobit. He mentioned that he would quite likes the trend for stags/deers heads (not real ones though), so I had a think about what I could … Read More »
I have a few catch up posts to write about things that I made last year and still haven’t got round to sharing here! In September my friend Christy from 6th form college days celebrated a big birthday and I … Read More »
At the beginning of July I finally felt inspired to make a quilt for a new niece. I made a test block: While I was wanting a scrappy look, I decided that this was too scrappy and got a bit … Read More »
We’re into the second week of the school holidays now so way past time for sharing the things I made for teacher gifts. Three years ago Bethan and I made this for Mrs Brand: Leah has had her as a … 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 »