handmade by mary emmens
Hope you all had a great Easter weekend, we had a good time with family and friends, the children had one late night which was one late night too many! School is on a two week break, last week the … Read More »
You may have noticed the button over there for the Zakka Style sew along, I’m joining in for week one (not committing to every week at this moment!). I was browsing sewing and craft books for an anniversary gift (from … Read More »
Another good month of hunting. First up are these pieces of fabric, not the usual polycotton sheets and pillowcases but pieces of cotton that were all together at the car boot, the usual place, I guess someone had a little … Read More »
1. Pillowcase dresses, 2. New Ironing Board cover!, 3. Pleated Boxes Cushion, 4. Gigi Skirt – pattern test, 5. Easy Linen Shirt, 6. IMG_2679, 7. Oh My Stars top layout 2, 8. Vintage sheet charms 5″ Goodness I’m not really … Read More »
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you’ll know about my support of Dress A Girl Around the World, I’ve also been thinking about what I could do at home in the UK. This week Lynne over at Lily’s … Read More »
Yesterday I decided that my goal for the week would be to come up with an arrangement of Oh My Stars blocks so that I can piece the top together. So last night I pressed all 113 blocks (don’t ask … Read More »
Have you signed up for this? Twice a year over at Elsie Marley, Meg runs a week where she challenges you to sew for an hour a day for your children (or someone else’s), that hour might include tracing patterns … Read More »
Here’s a little peek of a little something I’ve been planning for a while: Tweet
Earlier this month I made the Easy Linen Shirt as part of the Sewing For Boys sew-along. What I didn’t do is embellish it. I had plans, vague one admittedly but they have not come to fruition. I wanted to … Read More »
It’s been almost a week since I last wrote here! Tobit has had most of the last week off work and we celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary so I’ve had other things to do, it’s been great. Last Sunday I … Read More »