by Emmely | Jan 9, 2021 | Gifts, Quilting, Sewing, Tutorial
I’ve been using tiny scraps to make greeting cards. I came up with the idea when I wanted to send a pretty card but didn’t really have anything suitable left and didn’t want to visit a shop to buy one. It’s a super quick method and I thought...
by Emmely | Aug 29, 2020 | Finished project, Gifts, Sewing
My daughters go to daycare and one of the teachers recently left. My youngest is probably her biggest fan so we were a little sad when we heard the news. So, I decided to make her a gift with a little help of my eldest. The original plan was to make a simple tote bag...
by Emmely | Aug 25, 2020 | Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
This quilt started as a “what if” experiment. I have a stack of colourful 10’’ squares and thought to myself “what if I layer them on top of each other, slice them into two triangles, put one triangle to the side and then repeat this procedure twice with the other...
by Emmely | Jul 21, 2020 | Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
So happy I finally finished this quilt! I basted it back in February and then all sorts of things happened in the world and the need to get if finished quickly disappeared. I quilted it a couple of weekends ago and added the binding over several short sessions....
by Emmely | Jun 25, 2020 | English paper piecing, Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
This year the dutchMQG has set a theme for each quarter and there is usually also an activity organized around this theme. With this quarter’s theme “colour” we had the option to participate in a swap to make a miniquilt for another member. We had to make...
by Emmely | Feb 4, 2020 | Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
I made this quilt in 2016 but thought I had lost the pictures, I found them though so to keep a more complete record of all the quilts I made I am showing it today. When I started designing this quilt I wanted to make a red quilt so I started playing with lots and...
