handmade by mary emmens
This name badge was one of the top priorities on my FAL list as it needed to be complete for the Thread House Retreat in January. The person I had to make for was Grace of Beyond Measure; if you’ve not come … Read More »
I’m back from a brilliant weekend at the Thread House Retreat so I can now show the rest of this: It was a close up view of a storage pot that I made for my swap partner Catrin. I had … 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 »
A couple of weeks ago Lynne put out an emergency call for a couple of yards of Kona white that she urgently needed, I had a yard in my stash untouched so put it in the post to her the … Read More »
It’s official; I’ve finally got my act together to organise another vintage sheet fat quarter swap. I’ve updated the flickr group, you can find all the details here. I’d be grateful if you’d tell your friends/blog readers, IG friends, generally … Read More »
A week or so ago I had a message from Ashleigh who blogs at Ickle Tomato Handmade asking if I would be interested in a scrap swap. Someone else’s scraps are always interesting so I had a sort out and sent … Read More »
I’m a little later than usual with my round-up of vintage finds for the month. I’ve not been to the car boot sale for ages; illness, birthdays, exhaustion and Christmas have prevented me for getting out of bed and out … Read More »
So the swap group is up on flickr and there are already some great prints appearing, some that I’ve not seen before and definitely want to get my hands on want to share with you. If you want to pop a lovely … Read More »
Despite the fact that September was a wet month and there wasn’t a lot of fabric hunting going on I still managed to end up with quite a haul: This has got to be the wackiest sheet I have ever … Read More »
At the end of July you may remember me mentioning a vintage sheet haul from the charity shop: Veronica a flickr contact couldn’t resist commenting and persuaded me into swapping with her. She is in the States and has a … Read More »