handmade by mary emmens
The raglan t-shirt that I made for Mathias last week has now been embellished… First though thanks to Karen (one of the book authors) for her helpful comments on Flickr, I now know that when using old knits you should … Read More »
It’s the last day of the school holidays, Tobit has gone back to work, we are all still in our pyjamas AND the chidren are playing really nicely together upstairs. So I’m slipping in a quick blog post! Last week … Read More »
I’m stuck, I don’t know what to sew, what to create. Yesterday was the same, so I presoaked and washed all my recent ‘vintage’ finds. Tobit had a sort out in his wardrobe recently, I saved a couple of t-shirt … Read More »
So, back at the beginning of May I signed up to Summer Sewing Plans hosted by Sarah at Fairy Face Designs. I’m now just reviewing where I am with those plans! I’d already signed up for Kids Clothes Week Challenge … Read More »
The last day of Kids Clothing Week Challenge what a relief, but what a challenge and inspiration it has been! Thanks very much to Meg at Elsie Marley for her organisation and inspiration. So today I’ve not done a lot, … Read More »
Today is Saturday, I always think on Friday night ‘what a relief, it’s the weekend, no school run, we can just chill out’ then at 6:00am at least one child awakes, this morning it was two. The day starts here! … Read More »
I’ve been quite busy on the sewing clothes front recently – busy for me that is. There is more I’d like to do and when I read Meg’s post at Elsie Marley about KCWC I found myself signing up! I … Read More »
I’ve joined in the Spring Scrap Swap over at Very Berry Handmade. So yesterday I had a rummage through my various cupboards and bags to see what I could find, I’ve been given Teresa at A Time for Stitching to … Read More »
Continuing on from yesterdays delight of rocket fabric I decided to applique some t-shirts… this one is for a lovely little boy who has his first birthday coming up and this is for a little girl who was watching me … Read More »