handmade by mary emmens
Thanks to those of you who responded to my request on Sunday for quilting suggestions, the fact that no one said ‘don’t circular quilt’ I have been circular quilting: It is hard work, any quilting would be hard work on … Read More »
I’m not sure that I’ve mentioned that I joined in the Starburst QAL over at Happy Quilting. The quilt consists of 4 of these starbursts, as you can see they are pretty big! I finished the quilt top and this … Read More »
I was not so quick off the mark with getting this months ‘And Sew On’ block done. I’d read Kristy’s tutorial about putting this block together and had a vague idea of what I was doing after making the Greetings … Read More »
I’ve done a little bit of fabric buying over the last couple of months, nothing excessive (at least I didn’t think so until I got half way through this post) and only in the sales (sort of). On Black Friday … 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 »
All of our children have packed lunches for school/preschool. A couple of years ago I made Bethan a lunch bag which is still going strong but not looking quite so fresh. Leah’s shop bough lunch bag has been looking quite grotty … Read More »
I’ve been remiss in keeping you up to date with additions to my fabric stash. Just before Christmas I had an email from Valori Wells telling me that my name had been picked as a commenter on her blog to receive … Read More »
Last month I signed up to the Lovely Month of Finishes hosted by Melissa and Shanna, it motivated me to get a quilt finished: This month with the imminent start of building work (did I say that last month too?) … Read More »
I’ve had a productive month but I’ve not taken many photo’s – the usual story of gloomy days and very little light. So rather than show you unfinished projects or gloomy pictures I thought I’d share my favourite finish of … Read More »
I have a plan but I also have a headache so this is all you get to see tonight: I’m hoping the drugs work! Tweet