handmade by mary emmens
It’s still early in the month but I wanted to get on with this months Sewing for Boys Sew along pattern. Stacey has chosen the Kickin’ Back Sweats pattern and/or Mr Two Face pants (we’re working from Sewing for Boys … Read More »
not sure where it went, but looking back I did quite a bit of sewing. On Tuesday I had a day out. Emily and I first met some time last summer, she lives not too far from me so we … Read More »
So this week I joined the Oh My Stars! quilt along and I have mostly been making or thinking about making stars: I started off with the basic sawtooth star in 12″, 8″ and 4″ blocks: I then had a … Read More »
Pin It I spent some time over the last week cutting vintage sheets up into fat quarters. I’ve now got a box full of approx 90! I do have plans for them and it doesn’t involve sewing with them! But … Read More »
At the beginning of December one of Tobits sisters commissioned me to make a soft book for a friend of hers who had just had a baby. I was happy to take it on but made it quite clear there … Read More »
Both of Tobits’ sisters had babies last year and I planned to make both of the babies soft books for Christmas. Knowing that I was going to be busy in the run up to Christmas I was incredibly organised and … Read More »
It’s true at the beginning of December I had a birthday! It almost passed me by. I actually spent the day doing 2 fairs back to back (read more about those here)! Fortunately my wonderful husband took the 2 days … Read More »
I hope you had a healthy and happy Christmas, ours could have been much healthier, we are still suffering from a ‘bug’ but had a lovely quiet time at home. Now that some gift giving has been done I can … Read More »
Hello and welcome to all you Sew Mama Sew readers looking for my giveaway. I’m Mary, I live in the UK and I sew, a lot! I’d be delighted if you stayed a while and had a look round my … Read More »
I started and finished a soft book last week in record time, I posted it off as soon as it was ready. So what’s the problem? It’s not been received by my customer. I sent it using the Royal Mail … Read More »