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Sweet old ladies don't have the monopoly on erafling any ‘more, and men and women across ll demographics around the world are now embracing DIY inal its forms which is where we come in! you're on the hunt fora ttle with the right mix oferaft and lifestyle, with stylish, inventive projects that actually have a purpose and which gives you all the tools you need to ereate while still eaving room for your own imagination, you'll find it within these pages. Welcome tothe very first issue of Crafty Magazine, a haven for all you makers eraving alot more substance and just as much style Contemporary yet with a retro twist, we're all about thrifty, upeyeling featutes erat news that matters, interviews with people who've been there, done that and made the T-shirt, practical ideas for actually ‘making a living from your designs~all you could ever want and, more. Don't believe me? Check ott our ideas for customising Converse, east your eye aver aur article on how ta protect your designs from copyright thet, or read all about how one illustrator finds working from home So kick back, relax and immerse yourselfin our Crafty little world. Ws lovely to have you here, ‘1 Youmay spy afew bonny spring bunnies among our ages, Coun them us, see how many can be found on ‘our website, craftymag, «com, then head to our Facebook pagettotellus how many youve collected. Youcauld win an ‘Oekaki sewing machine ~ perfect or ree machine ‘embroidery! Turn to page Tro find out more Sitch upsomemeths and beetles to make your own ‘original wall display. And pop along to our website to find outhow to make the ‘case we've housed ours in {Fito the back, where ‘we've got manbroiderer Mr XStith’s monthly column = proving that crafts arent Just for gsWHATS INSIDE Contents 6{ The Crafty team Here's who's helped to make up your lovely ‘mag this monib, 7/ The freebie We've got some calico for you this month and three ideas for crafting with it / News Find out all that’s happening in the craft world ‘and beyond. 18/ Save the date Our calendar of what’s going on this month ‘hat you ean cut out and keep. 19/ National Stationery Week We've got a box of goodies from ‘Ohh Deer, Field Notes and Upon A Fold up for grabs, 20/ Gabinet of Curiosities Upcycle your old fabrics and picture Trames to make an original insect display ease, complete with realistic moths and beetles 26/ These boots are made for walkin’ ‘Iransform your kicks With a bit of thread, a touch of bleach and a sprinkle of studs in utr five ways with Converse, 34/4 home, handmade Cupcakes for Clara illustrator Laura ‘Glempron takes us on a tour of her home. Have a nosey and spot her charmingly odd socks! 39/ Geometry class Bxercise your green thumbs with this ‘geometric botanical sculpture. 421 Throw in the towel Vintage tea towels never looked this {good! Sara Reetham's chair reupholstery is a winner in our Crafty book. 46/ Old school Get started on your Wh \ge camera collection, nd how to look after the to buy them, how much to pay your shelf.52/ Totes amaze! Sewing machines are go with this tote bag. 56/ The writing’s on the wall Graffiti Life's all about street art ‘with heart. 60/ Twit twoo! Get those knitting needles out to make this Funky parliament of owls, 66/ Paperwork Mel Elliot tells all about paper dolls and colouring books. How delightfully retro! 70/ Girls ws. boys A couple of quick makes for kids. TAL Do a runner Geometry meets supper time with this ace lable 72/ Competition! Win an Ockaki sewing machine, perfect for a bit offree motion embroidery. 00s WHATS INS ‘ymas.com oS 78/ Mad for it! An insider’s guide to the bohemian heart of Manchester ~ the Northern Quarter. Where to go, what to see and where to put your feet up. 82/ Hat trick! Knit a woolly chapeau in next to no time, 89/ Living in a Material World Perri Lewis's business tips. 92) Lova Revolutionary Blogger Jodie Rackley’s ideas for protecting yourself against copyright theft 94/ Books Great reads and reviews forthe month, and a quick ‘QKA with Vanessa Mooncie, author of And Sew To Bed. 92} Next issue Get a heads up on what's coming next in Crafty 98) Stitching with Mr X Jamie Chalmers sets out to prove that crafis aren’ just for girl,CONTRIBUTORS THE CRAFTY TEAM Margeaux Davis ‘Once a park ranger, now mother of two, Margeaux spends her time sewing bags, purses and litte creatures out of discarded fabric for her label, Red Tree Designs. She lives with her young family in the rolling green hills behind Byron Bay. Find more at redtreedesigns.blogspot.co.uk Vicky Welsby Vicky’s a 31-year-old woman who feels like a 17-year-old girl, She loves thunderstorms, coffee and cake, but hates slow drivers and toothpaste leftin the sink, Her craft love affair stems from childhood, when all she wanted was boxes of stationery and finger paints, dottydoo.co.uk conTRISUTORS Kate Heppell By day, Kate is the editor of Knit Now magazine, which she loves even more than she loves cake (and that’s alot). By night, she can usually be found under a massive pile of Sara Reetham Sara’sa girlafier our own Crafty hearts lo make and keen to give anything and everything a go, Her blog, Some Bright Spark, documents her adventures 10 ‘yarn, watching cooking shows into the world of arts and and drinking tea with her housemates and their grumpy cold cat his Jones Gris lives and works in Manchester, where he completed degree in ‘ustration. He runs jonesyinc, selling his wares at Jjonesyinc.co.uk and on Esy ‘and Folksy, He loves knitting, rawing and photography — coras he puts it: doodling, making and snapping crafts, andis definitely worth checking out somebrightspark.com Sal Shepherd Sal'san avid hoarder and has a house filled with scraps, buttons and small pieces of ‘yarn that will definitely come useful one day. She'll ry her hand at any craft, loves surrounding herself with colour, hates shoe shopping, is terrible cook and has a phobia of cows 006 insrteatieraceasionng soak etsggisraceaoubishngcouk ‘conzmurons| pecrgna arngoraccapushing oakTHEFREESIE au ou neecl in life a is Qafrien oe has ocatnte | CALICO FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY AN 4 This issue’s freebie is a lovely piece of calico that you can do all sorts of wonderful things with. We've got three ideas for you here but the possibilities are endless. We can’t wait to see what you come up with, so make sure you send in lots of photos of your projects to craftymag@practicalpublishing.co.uk CcALICO FANTASTIC oorButton up oe Materials The button blanks we used came with a template to show Eureat Tee caica you what size to cut your fabric circles and also a snap 7 outtons don oat your Joutonbanks(weused Fastening that fits on the underside of the button. If boat, stckmagnestothe ‘some from Prym) you're upcycling existing buttons you'll need to cut back them and get to Jembroierytiead circles of fabric about 2cm larger in diameter than the decorating your doe needle top surface of the button so you can gather the fabric on J scisos the reverse of the button using a needle and thread 7 dessmater’ peel Pickituo {Prym button blanks, Howls hoopsand Memento 1 Guta circle of ealico to the required sie. inkpad are aval from branches of Hobbycrat Go 2 Place the calico on top ofthe hutton and centralise the fabric tonobaycratcaukto soyou can see exactly where the design will it locate you nearest store 3 Draw your design onto the button using a pencil or ressmaker’s chalk. I'the thread you're using is dark and will cover a pencil line, using an ordinary lead pencils fine 4 Embroider over your design using a back stitch. (Embroidery thread is made up ofsix individual strands intertwined to make one thicker thread. We used twa strands for our projects herMaterials ‘ree calico embroidery hoop elo cover theback of thehoor) embroidery thread needle scissors 1 dressmaker’s pene Hoopla. We love an embroidery hoop here at Casa Crafty - there's really nothing better than seeing a whole wall covered in the pretty little things. You can use your calico to stiteh a fun little message to yourself or something personal to give toa friend —and then hang it up to get your embroidery hoop wall started Howto 1 Write your message onto the calico using a dressmaker's pencil. You can use a regular pencil ifthe thread you're using is going to completely cover the pencil lines. 2 Place the calico inside the hoop and embroider your design in back stitch, (We used two strands of thread.) 3 Remove the hoops and use the outer hoop as a template to draw a circle on a piece of fe. 4 Place the calico back in the hoop. This time, the hoop will act asa permanent frame for your design. 5 Trim the calico on the reverse of the hoop and sew or glue the circle of felt to the edges to hold the calico firmly in place. Eureka! {Hand stitching and ‘typography are incredibly popuiarrightnow - combine the two and youll beunstoppable! Use book quotes or song Ives as embroidery inspiration, dspeing themyth that sewing is ald schoo! {Paint your embroidery hoop to match your home on.fits made of wood, stainit using alcohol ink or inkpadsMaterials ‘free calico {lack nkpad (we used Tuxedo Black Memento) {swirl stamp &acryic block or you coud usea permanent pen and doodle your own design) embroidery thread needle [scissors back bead ‘brooch back Pinit When it comes to adding panache to an outfit, nothing does it better than a brooch ~ and there's definitely nothing better than a brooch you've made yourself. We've given anod to the monochrome trend du jour with this little fashion accoutrement but with a bit of an added. twist - canary yellow! Howto 1 Use a mug or similar as a template to draw three or four calico circles, 2 Stamp or doodle a design onto both sides of each of the circles. 3 Sew a decorative border around each of the circles. 4 Place the circles on top of each other, scrunch the centre and sew through the middle of each circle to secure them together, 5 Sew a bead in the centre of the top flower and a broach back on the reverse, light boxis a great tool {or helbing you get words on your fabri. rin yourmessage and pl your calico on top ofthe Paper, then place the light box underneath sothe design shines though and youcantrace tonto the fabric i's very easyto make light box~headto ‘the wel, where there are tonnes of easy-to-olow tutoraisavaiable) CcaLICO FANTASTICTHE KNITTING GIFT SHOP www.theknittinggiftshop.co.uk For 10% Discount Enter CRAFT10 ‘at checkout Addicted 2. ONLINE CRAFT SHOP www.addicted2craft.com Crafter’s Companion, Beader's Companion, Hobby Art Ltd, Hobby Fun Ltd, Sheena Douglass and more! Gloucestershire classes in Card Making, Home Décor and Jewellery Making New Spectrum Noir Classes With an Accredited Instructor E-mail: info@addicted2craft.com Tel: 01453 836541WWrWcRAFTYMAG COM Duty Archive READ ALL ABOUT IT! Wecan be heroes If we can take anything from the teachings of David Bowie, it's the importance of having a glam-rock alter ego in your wardrobe, and we've been dusting off our Zigey Stardust sladzags to celebrate the release of the pop icon’s newest album. So its hardly a surprise that we're clambering over ourselves to see David Bowie is, the new retrospective at the V&A in London, sunning until L1th August 2013. Original handwritten lyrics, set designs, original costumes... it all sounds pretty dreamy. You may spot that this obsession with the Thin White Duke has wormed its way into our crafting too —turn to page 66 10 see our cut-out-and-keep Bowie paper doll irom I Love Mel (who we really do love). vam.ac.uk NEWSA TRENDSNEWS TRENDS re oe SEW iT FORWARD ‘hampagne lifestyle Sewlt Forward One thing you really don't expect to see Zoe Robinson's on a crusade against fast, throwaway fashion. Her frst is Veuve Clicquot lending its name toa step was sctting up The Good Wardrobe website to encourage fashion yarn, The So Yellow shade from Wool aficionados to prolong the life oftheir clothes with sewing, Having and the Gang reminds us ofa elas of Jearned from her mam, Zoe recognised how important transferring bubbly and its a really tasty colour. Its these sills is and set to work on Sew It Forward — getting people to pass super-chunky but, at around £16 a ball, con their craft akils and inake the world a more handmade place. You its not mited toa lemonade budget Sign can even download a gif voucher to pledge tution. Look out for our up to the newsletter forall new wool interview with Zoe on the Crafty website. thegoodwardrobe.com announcements! woolandthegang.com Pegs’ legs Heard of IKEA hacking? It's where you take mass- produced furniture from the Tapestry clutches Swedish shop and use your Wigging out crafty creativity to give it your ‘Why buy when you can Ir takes a lot to grab our attention when we're ‘own twist. That's also the DIY? isa motto often uttered surfing the web but these knitted wigs by 22-year. concept behind Pretty Pegs, here at Crafty, but we're also ‘old student Louise Walker blew our minds. And another Swedish company ‘okay with a bit of buy, then 10 op it off, the photography student has only selling new legs to give DIY, too. Especially when the been knitting for two years, “My sister was lacklustre furniture designs ‘outcome is as good as these learning for her own course and Iwas really that alhimportant finishing tapestry clutch kits from The interested. I was knitting every day in all my touch, Pretty Pegs has a new Craft Closet. They come in lectures and tutorials until it got to the stage design out to celebrate is frst three colours and can be where I wanted to combine the two,” she said birthday and.we've gotasct of | eustom-stitched in two ‘The wigs are for her final year project, which these Svea sofa legs worth sifferent designs. Bach kit looks atthe way hair aflects how we perceive our £55 to give away, Just enter coxts £25 but we're giving identity. Shes currently working on writing up online at ppjump.com! you the chance to win one! the patterns and doing some bespoke _prettypegs for your chance Enter online at ppjump. ‘commissions — including for chemotherapy to win a new personality for comltapestryclutchkit. patients, sincerelylouise blogspot.co.uk your couch. prettypegs.se thecraftclosetuk etsy.com NEWS A TRENDS owWW WCRAFTYMAG COM Tilly and the frst pattern ‘Talented seamstress Tilly Walnes of Tilly and ‘the Buttons blogging fame has earned her stripes by putting her first sewing pattern up for sale, Not that you could tell it's her first, of ‘course, because the Mathilde blouse is flawlessly finished with intricate detail Pleated, puffed and with an adorably retro bbutton-up back, we think this is the perfect top forthe vintage doyenne. Tilly drafted the pattern for the blouse after receiving endless Fequests from her fallowers, so we're keeping ‘an eye on her blog to see which designs we can ‘coax from her next. The Mathilde blouse pattern is available as a digital download for just £7 and you can get it right now by visiting ‘Till’ site. tllyandthebutions.com Handle bears Weld definitely like to be friends with anyone rocking these ceramic door pulls from Monty’s Vintage Shop. ‘Adding quirky detail to your itchen, they're available in xe rather strange choice of abit, pug, bulldog and bear the latter af which we articularly love for his sassy ance. They're £15 a pop for \dividaal knab, but as aey're a staternent accent, ou can definitely get away ith just having one. ontysvintageshop.co.uk os The Great British Sewing Bee ‘We've been waiting for something to fill The Great British Bake Off-shaped hole in our lives and its reincarnation is right up our street. The Great British Sewing Bee is a four-part series coming to the BBC in April, in which contestants battle it out with needle and thread to become Britain’s star sewist. The series is accompanied by a book, The Great British Sewing Bee, which has 25 patterns to prep yourself with while waiting to become next year's champion. quadrilleco.uk = The dead rappers society ‘Ivo knitters walk into a Mexican restaurant no, not the start ofa joke, bu the beginnings of our new favourite fashion brand Cat Brothers, Inspired by the Dia de los Muertos décor oftheir local Hispanic bar-come-eatery Crazy Homies, Anna Wilkinson and Lindsay McKean’s first collection showcases why wool isthe new black, Ie’s a bizarre combination of colours, beads, pompoms and, oh yes, dead rappers. Youll find The Notorious B.LG. hand-embroidered with lowers, Tupac rocking a crochet death mask and an intarsia Lisa ‘Lefi-Eye’ Lopes jumper we're close to emptying our piggy banks for. catsbrothers.com 6 NEWS TRENDSNEWS 8 TRENDS NEWS TRENDS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TLLUSTRATION 93-0 N=WHAN Sarah Corbett of the Craftivist Collective will be here each month to prove that craft and politics go hand in hand nprove our wellbeing by | eee renal tocraft with friends, ving us time to reflect, be creative We know that people who reccive erafly gilts ean fel moved that somone spent time and energy on making them, But imagine adding activiam to eral, to make the world a more beautiful, fairer place, Writer Betsy Greer coined the term ‘crafivis’ (activism through, craft) in 2003 and defined it a “a way of looking at life where voicing opinions through creativity makes your voice stronger, your compassion deeper and your quest for justice more infinite” Graftiviam might be a relatively new word but i's nota new concept “Theresa long and inspirational history of craft being used to expose justice: Chilean women, for example, used appliqué to raise awareness ofthe effects of Pinochet's regime With the blessing of Betsy Istarted the UK-based Craftivist Gallectve in 2009, P've always been an activist but then I burnt out Shouting and marching drained me ~I didn't like demonising people ‘and telling them what to do. I didn’t feel that I ited into some activist groupe, but I loved craft and saw how it could help to engage people in tlobal issues in a non-threatening way. Graftivism isa form of slow activism: it helpe me stop and reflect about what the ites mean to 1me, who they affect and how we can be part ofa solution. Ie's about personal change, as well as provoking lots of conversation and building relationships Thope that this colamn can be useful to yon as a place to find ont bout crafivism and to inspire your own projects. Inthe words of one of our craftvits:“A spoonful of craft helps the activism go dawn.” Join in with the Graftivist Collective and help make a difference at craftivist-collective.com or follow them on. Twitter and Instagram: @craftivists 6Hoooked Zpagetti- 5, Crochet Great Bags 28 Crossways Shopping Centre, Hyde Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 5BL Tel: 01803 524402 PLEASE ORDER DIF supplies VIA OUR WEB SHO direct. biz Pees) om fe te We as ese) eo ee ee 07799 167 708 | sales@craftsuppliesdirect.co.ukSAVETHEDATE W 13 22 31 SAVE THE DATE - MAY! 2nd 4h-26th Mth-6th Mth-10th Late Night Vintage Brighton Festival (Craft & Garden Fair Design Your Own Fabric Shop on at The Shipping Atthree-week celebration ofart, Sherborne Castle in Dorset hosts The Ardington School of Grafts Forecast in Liverpool. With Michael Rosen as guest three days oferaftsanddemos, in Oxfordshire shows you how. pillboxvintage.com dicector.brightonfestival.org craftcarnival.co.uk ardingtonschooloferafts.com 12th T4th-18th 1th 17th 19th Antique and Collectors Fair The Great Gatsby Light Night Liverpool Palace Art and Craft Fair Find allsorts of treasures at ‘Northern Ballet returns to ‘The eiy’s annual one-night (Grafts galore willbe at Fulham, ‘Alexandra Palace this month, Sadler's Wells. A must sce. arts and culture festival. Palace tis year, We can't wait! alexandrapalace.com sadlerswells.com lightnighiliverpool.co.uk ——_palaceartfair.co.uk 18th-19th 2Iste25th 24th-26th May 24th-9th June Weird & Wonderful Wood Chelsea Flower Show ‘Comic Con Bath Fringe specialised wood-based arts Celebrate the centenary Bang! Zap! Pow! Head to ExCel 17 days ofart and eulture, with and craftevent. weirdand ofthe Chelsea Flower Show: London for this comic festival, 200/events across the city wonderfulwood.co.uk rhs.org.uk londonexpo.com bathfringe.co.uk 25th-27th 25th-27th 25th-26th On until the 27th Upfest Bristol 1940s Weekend Great British Tattoo Show Lichtenstein: A Retrospective he largest live urban pai Bast Lancashire Railway's 1940s Body art and fashion rule 125 of Roy Lichtenstein’s works festivalin Europe. Love this! Weekend shere. Good show! _at Alexandra Palace. con show atthe Tate Modern. upfest.co.uk castlancsrailway.org.uk alexandrapalace.com tate.org.uk SAVETHE DATE oaNATIONAL STATIONERY WEEK NATIONALSTATIONERYWEEK.COM 22ND-28TH APRIL NESS oo ee promoted to National Stationery Week (22nd-28th April) and ‘nobody's happier about this than we Crafty fol. A whole seven days dedicated ta pens and whatnot! ‘The campaign isa “celebration ofthe written word and al things stationery, whose nim isto get Britain writing ~and spelling stationery with an ‘e'" With these lofty ambitions in mind, we've teamed up with all our favourite stationers out there to offer you the chance 10 win £300 worth of very heautifil stationery products, ‘Obh Deer is particularly loved here inthe office and looking ata, ‘the funky illustrations on the eards and notebooks, isnot hard to see why. Set up by Jamie Mitchell and Mark Callaby in 2011, the ‘company is dedicated to fresh, innovative thinking - the perfect antidote to anyone ont there producing "che same recipe of “ordinary”. We also love the fact that Ohh Deer operates as collective, with all illustrators helping to promote each other and artists receiving a percentage Irom the work sald, Head to ohhdeer.com ta find out more, While Ohh Deer is contemporary o the extreme, another of our favourites Field Notes is refreshing blast from the past, Is 1940s-eaque sestheticis evident in everything t does, from its stenography books and carpenter pencils tits County Fair boxset, ‘which has 50 individual notebooks, one foreach of the United States, Visit fieldnotesbrand.com for more information and to shop your socks off! ‘When it comes to fullling our stationery needs, however, nothing ‘quite does it for us ike Upon A Fold, an Australian company run by Justine Fahd and her husband Matt that satisfies all our whimsical ravings in one fellswoop. I'sa celebration of paper in all its forms, Dutit etter sets are what realy gets us excited. There's a 3D clement toa lot ofthem, like the Red Line letter set, which features two pop= up gies joined by red string, Lovely! We know you want to experience the whimsy for yourself, o visit uponafeld.com.au for a look. So who wants to be in with a shot of winning mounds of delightful stationery from these three companies? Head to biump.comipens and answer this easy-peasy question Q- What is the aim of National Stationery Week? Trev erecttonter etal: Wore rrrate atl on eave Te ees 0 [NATIONAL STATION WEEKaN oF CURIOS ae CABINET OF CURIOSITIES PHOTOGRAPHY ANDY SAWYER PROJECT VARGEAUX DAY'S One for all you entomologists out there who'd rather admire the natural world from a very safe distance - how to make your own collection of creepy crawlies from upcycled fabric rings onan ies ad ae een used to house all manner of bizarre objects intended to reveal their typically rich — owners’ views on art, science or spistuality, Think horns eth, plans, stuffed birds, bugs... the lt, Two ofthe ‘most famous cabinets belonged to Ole Worm and Athanasias Kircher, 1th century collectors with a penchant for mythical creatures, preserved animals, skeletons, tusks, minerals and machinery. Here at ‘Casa Crafty, however, we've developed a liking for insects these days {as ong as they're ofthe upeycled fabric variety and stand no chance ‘of flapping their little wings in our faces) s0 here's tip-top way of 1g to reach for that fly swat. bringing the ouside in without havwawern Moth Materials Howto ‘bviesraps 1 Use the templates to trace and cat one upper wing shape ‘caver backing ebic from each ofthe two pieces of wing fabric, leaving a 5mm seam embroidery tvead allowance around the edges. Do the same for the underwing 1 2smal beads shapes and trace and cut two pieces of the body fabric. templates on page 24 1 sewing machine 2 Pin the backing fabric to the outer wing fabric with wrong sides together. Sew them together using a straight stitch around, the outside ofthe shape. Repeat with a wide zigzag stitch over the top to prevent fraying and provide a nice outline on the wings. Repeat with the underssings. 3 Add embellishments o the wings at this point if you wish, and use a sewing machine or hand-embroider some veins onto the wings. 4 Sew the body pieces together with the right sides facing by sewing around the edge using a straight stitch, Leave a gap on ‘one side so you can turn it out, Trim any excess fabric along the curves and turn it the right way out 5 Stull the body with scrap fabric, Once your moth is nice and plump, hand-sew the gap closed using slip stitch, Use ‘embroidery thread to make the antennae, attach them to the head and add two tiny beads for eyes. 6 Hand-sew the wings onto the body, underwings frst. Be creative and have fun varying the shape and placement of the ‘wings to replicate the many different types of moths. ‘CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 022Materials Iabriescraps embroidery tread small beads ‘Templates on page 24 sewing machine wr cRRETYIAG Cl Beetle Howto 1 Use the templates to trace and cut one sinderbelly, a head and two mirror-image wings from your fabric, leaving a 5mm seam, allowance. 2 With right sides facing, sew the two wings together along, edge A. Open them ont and sew the head shape to the top edge of the wings with the right sides facing. Open out and top-stitch along this seam. 3 Now you have two body shapes. Pin these together with the right sides facing. You'll notice that the wing shape is wider than the belly shape. Gather the wing fabrie alittle as you're sewing it to the belly fabric, around the outside edge. Leave a gap on one side so you can turn it out. ‘Trim any excess fabric along the curves and turn it the right way round, 4 Stuff your beetle with scrap fabric and slip-stiteh it elosed, Sew the embroidery thread antennae and two little beads for eves to the head. Sew on six legs using embroidery thread and knot the ends, Finished! 02s Eurekal Use upholstery scraps for the underside ofthe wings tostop them from being twoftospy Sew smal abric ses nto the wings to make some eyespots {Je Finchis the master of allinsect- related sewing Check outhis bog, ‘mister fnch.com See what else Aussie designer Margeaux Davis hasbeenupteather lovely biog, retreedesians blogspot.com Head to our webste at craftymag.comto see how wewent about making the cabinet (CABINET OF CURIOSITIESae Template templates and Use thes youll soon be on your way toinsect cisplay cabin sreatness, Youcould even make giant insects biow them up!«Fabric aft Gorgeous fabric and patterns www.thefabricloft.cc retro & INTAGE INSPIRED fabrics... we're constantly seeking out those www-belovedfabrics.co.uk The Knitting Needle Specialists Straights, Circulars and DPNs from Signature Needle Arts, KnitPro, Kollage Square Needles,Chiaogoo, A fabulous way to upcycle & regenerate old and tired furniture. 18 Brook Street, Tavistock, PL19 OHD Tel: 07912 100731 /01822 615130 www.treasuredforever.weebly.com Fisfusn | at Treasured Forever for Ed Facebook hints, tips, advice and ideas,THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN’ Walk tall in one of these customised pairs of Converse - five ideas for you to try and inspiration for a whole lot more! £6 | fenaatoathow ton see butt goatyon ice Sas han tp Tago epson king i ie airy accra oat se huge et fle afew bits and bobs, ere are ive ideas to help you pimp your purmps but there are jundreds more, Using studsis a costelfective and easy way of giving something a contemporary facelift and you can kill wo birds with one stone if you sew fabric scraps onto your shoes spring cleaning your sth and making unusual All Stars while you're att Your imagination's the limit, so who knows what you'l end up with!Flower power Drawing on shoes is where it’s at for erafty folk these days picalWhiteConense ~a brilliant way of making your trainers your own. Here's Sew buttons, beads o Al Stars one easy idea for giving your pumps pizzazz! auins on toma backinkoad(weused 2 Tuvedo Black Memento Howto 1 Remove the laces and doodle a design around the lace holes and along the stitched detail using a black permanent pen, 2 Stamp the flower randomly onto both shoes and colour in. Start with the lightest colour first and add the darker shades on top. You can blend the edges using a lighter colour. WALTellme about it, stud Punk it up with a few studs here and there ~a very quick and easy way to update a pair of shoes, Howto 1 Lay your studs across the shoe to see how your design looks, then push each stad through the pump one by one. 2 Pull the material back so you can see the inside of the shoe and use the prong press to push the prongs back into the yout ‘material, making sure they're pushed right inside 3 Strut your stull! 023 ‘THESE AOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALAINOmbré, ombré This is one of the easiest ways to make your shoes look like no one else’s and we just love the ombré look. Ifwe could, we'd ombré everything! Howto 1 Dona pair of rubber gloves and mix up a solution of | 30% water and 70% household bleach, deep enough so you can submerge the shoe. Take the laces out, then dunk it for five minutes 2 Check its progress and continue until you get the shade you ‘want, Submerge certain bits for longer fora lighter tone 3 I'you need to, rub in a bit of neat bleach to lighten them, up even more, Give the shoes a spin in the washing machine, then be on your way! os B00TS A OR WALKINCome sailaway How Swallows and Amazons are these cute little embroidered shoes? If you're looking for a customising project with minimum effort and maximum impact, this really has to be it. Guaranteed your feet will be the envy ofall others pounding the pavement this spring Howto 1 Draw your birds, boats and ocean onto the shoe in pencil. 2 Sew the outlines in your choice of stitch ~ something simple like running stitch works very well. 43 Fill in the hulls ofthe boat. Satin stitch isa good choice {or filling in bits that aren't too big and won't result in terrible loopy stitching. 4 Add your choice of detailing to the laces. on WALParadise City We're channelling our inner Axl Rose by using a bright red vintage square bandana to make these equally bright red Converse take centre stage. Rock on! Howto 1 Take one corner of the bandana and wrap it centrally around, the back ofthe shoes, ensuring that the corner point is around double the height of the heel ofthe shoe. Pin the edge of the ‘material through the canvas around the sides of the shoe and through the top of the heel. 2 Cut around the bottom of the bandana stightly lower than, the piping around the tap of the sole, 3 Tack along the pinned line and then at the bottom of the fabric in a contrasting colour, folding the material slightly to create a smooth seam AS 4 Sew along the same line, using a stay stitch at the beginning and end, Use a back stitch pattern to keep it secure. Sewing through the rubber is a bit tricky, but by using something solid to push the needle through you'll save your fingers. 5 Remove the contrasting colour tacking, Kold the top corner of the material down over the stitched line. Forthe tongue 1 Pin a patterned area of the bandana around the outline of the tongue and cut around it, leaving a slight border, 2 Remove the pins, fold the excess material under to create a smooth seam and re-pin, 3 Tack along the outline of the material in a contrasting colour 4 Using a running stitch in a non-contrasting colour, sew along the outside of the pattern, ensuring that the stitches om the outward-facing side of the tongue are small. Remove the contrasting colour tacking. 033 ‘THESE AOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALAAHOME, HANDMADE pthe steps and through Laura Clempson's front door, you're immediately struck by two things the smell of freshly baked bread and pure, unadulterated creativity. There are books galore in ‘the living room all colour co-ordinated), pictures hung everywhere (even though i's a rented house), chalkboard cupboard doors, ceramic tiles bearing imprints of her children’s tiny hands and fet, hand: painted mags and plates, thread, sewing machines, handmade pop- ‘up books, paints, pens, flt dolls, felt snowmen, felt everything... this is a home that is certainly lived in, and lived in happily. Ws here that Laura, mastermind behind Cupeakes for Clara whieh sells stationery, sewing kts, paper dolls anda whole lot more and plays, She earse up with grumpy little Clara while doodling on her lunch break afew years ago and, after really developing the idea forthe five-year-old and her twin sister Macy while travelling around works Australi launched her company’ out of her dining oom in 2011 and hasn't looked back since (mich tothe detriment of her fireplace, Which hasn't seen a stick of wood in many a year ands now wsed to store craft boxes!) She has even been headhunted by the notoriously selective Not On The High Street ta stock her wares on its website high praise indeed, considering jus five percent ofall applications from brands are accepted. Laura's ining room i still where the Clara magic happens and there isevidence ofthe cantankerous litte lady everywhere. The frst Clara Goll ever made hangs above a sewing machine on a very cluttered n, opposite a Clara iMkustration made of felt and across from a wooden plaque hearing desk, next toa Clara and Macy snow Clara's name. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Clara was i fact Laura's firstborn child ~ and in a way, she is. Clara style can be scen in most items around Laura's home, from the fabrie-illed embroidery hoop wall hangings and her daughter Matilda's own drawings, to the bbeautifally intricate felt portraits of her Family, These portraits are Laura's most prized creations, in particular the one hanging in the living room of her, her husband Tom and baby Matilda outin the > A HOWE, HANDMADEBEHIND THE snow, She prints outs photographs, does an illustration and euts the pieces out of fel, before band-sesving them all together ~a process ‘that can take weeks, which is why she won't do them as commissions, sno matter how nicely people ask! (Given that she works from home, i's no surprise that Cupcakes for ‘Clara not only cakes over the honse but also that it's very much family affair, Lara's husband Tom i an author and does some of the ‘writing for Clara, and Matilda helped out at Christmas stringing up tags although sometimes the assistance she and two-year-old Thea offers doen't aheays go down that wel. “Te' good for them to get involved, i's nie for them to sce that we work all the time and see ‘what goes into it,” Laura says. “But I di have 1,000 kit boxes delivered that they drew all over” Which is certainly one of the problems with having home and work life so closely entwined ~ ands, by her own admission, one of Laura’s biggest bugbears about being. selemployed, “You don't have the separation between work and hhome, wich is rally good in one sense because i’shere when you Ihave to work, but there's also no getting away from it either. I wish had my own work room so could lose the door on i” |AHOME, HANDMADE 016 SCENES irom» photograph [Lauta's small, bt perfectly formed home isn't just an homage to all things creative -itsalvo a very thrifty litle household, which certainly suits us here at Crafty, Everything’ either from eBay, a car ‘boot sale, a jumble sale, a charity shop ora family heirloom, like the ‘quaint litle rocking chair that used to belong to her grandmother (the rivets of which still pull your hair out when you sit init}. The paints she uses in her illustrations were given to her when she was little, although how they've lasted so long sinice she uses thers all he tire, she has no idea. Mos ofthe books and children’s toys are secondhand and even Laura's engagement and wedding rings are from antique shops. “We mostly try not to buy anything new. I don't see the point ‘you can gett secondhand, expecially the kids’ stufT- they doa't care," she says, “The litle table in the front room is their most used thing we have, we gotit fom a jumble sae fora £1. 1just don think they play ‘with things ong enough to spend money on them. Some of their Favoutite things are stall we paid next to nothing for.” From thrifty thinking to being as creative as possible, Laura and her family are definitely living in handmade heaven. Grumpy ite redheaded Clara really has helped all Lauras dreams come cue, #Rg er ores ad at HOME HANDMADE osWWIWeCRAFTYMAG.COM GEOMETRY CLASS of If you lack a garden, stylist and designer Shane Powers is here with his geometric botanical sculpture to prove that you don’t need an outdoor space or any gardening aptitude to go green Fr ci perl ve edt tet kn fot plant life in different ways, such as topiary and espaliers. Inspired by the bold sculptures of artists Tony Smith and Constantin Braneus, [wanted to make a modern interpretation ofthis idea in a new kind of| arrangement by using organic textures on top of geometric forms. I chose dried flowers fort easily doit with fresh ifyou prefer Bither way, you are exploring nature seulpturally through colour, scale, texture and form, This laced asa is project, but you could sculpture might be made fora special occasion, or siny decorative object on a bookshelf, side table, eredeniza or mane ‘The sizing and placement is only a suggestion ~ feel fre to ‘experiment with your own foam compositions. When cutting, donot saw back and forth. Instead, slowly slice through the vam with a seesaw motion, being carefull to cut straight down until the foarn splits Before assembling the sculpture with the StyroGlue (a water- based Styrofo ‘he loral foazn with toothpick, then secure with the Styrotlue once you're satisfied. Let the edges ofthe smaller forms extend beyond the base to create the illusion af an asymmetrical balancing form 1 adhesive), you may first want to set the placement ofbaker GEOMETRY CLASS. a0Hew CRAFTYMAG COM Materials 1 4epack Oasis Sahara dry floral foam bricks each brick measures 15W10x23em) ruler Preadite 7 FloraCratStyroGlue Ocm-square cement vase oothoicks {bunches die hil ‘lowers salmon or «colour of choice) {bunches of died i flowers (beige) garden shears Howto 1 Prepare the floral foam base. Using the ruler and serrated knife, measure and cut one 7.5x10x15cm piece from one of the foam bricks, then cut a second piece of the same size from one of the others, Reserve the lefiovers, Use the StyroGlue to glue the two pieces together lengthways to make a block that | measures 15x10x15em, Allow to dry for two to three hours. 2 Prepare the secondary floral foam pieces. Using the ruler and serrated knife, measure and cut three 6x9xSem pieces and one {6x9xI1.Sem piece from the remaining foam. 3 Assemble the sculpture, Centre the floral foam base over the top of the vase with the 5cm-long side facing you to check placement, Remove the foam base and apply the StyroGlue around the top edge ofthe vase. Put the floral foam base back {nto place on top of the vase and allow the glue to dry for about two hours. 4 Working piece by piece, use toothpicks to position the three smaller secondary floral foam pieces on the front, right and back sides ofthe base at varying levels to make an asymmetrical composition, Allow the edges of the secondary pieces to extend beyond the base. When you're pleased with the composition, secure each piece in place using StyroGiue, 5 Position the final piece on top of the base, again allowing it to extend beyond the edge, and glue into place. Allow to dry for ‘two to three hours. 6 Prepare the dried flowers for placement, Use the garden, shears to trim the stems to 2.5em ata diagonal to better pierce the foatn, 7 Working in sections, apply small amounts of StyroGlue to the sculpture and insert the stem ends of the flower heads into the foam to caver the surface as shown, Fill in the surface organically (notin rows) to avoid too rigid a pattern. Do not leave any gaps where the floral foam would show through. Allow ta dry for two to three hours. ey Bring The Outdoors In 1 Acclaimed designer and stylst Shane Powers pro- vides 22 simple-ye-arost- ing projects to bring natu: raltrangulity to any space. The projects sea range of lve and dried plantmateials, soyoucan achieve a great ook event youaren'ta green thumb! {Bring The Outdoors ny ‘Shane Powers, published by Chronicle Books, s avalebleto purchase at the special ate of £12.99 (RRP £15.99) with ree P&P. To order, call 01903 828503 and quoteret50357 GEOMETRY CLASSTHROW IN THE TOWEL What better way to showcase vintage tea towels than using them to upcycle old chairs? How beautifully retro! ppholsteryis a word that drives fear into the hearts of lt of us crafters, It seems ike such a specialist skill one that takes Jong time to pick up and lots of practice to get good at, so people steer clear. However,’ actually quite easy to get your upholstery career started Just ask artist Sara Reetham, who magically transforms old and tred-looking chairs and stolsint totally original pieces of furniture, by using vintage tea towels found on eBay. Follow her {torial and you'll soon be upbolstering with the bes of therm. ‘THROW INTHEX dv em 4 ROTATING Materials Before youbegin solegunsstaples Remove the seat pad from the chair, It should just pop up I chairs and out with a little encouragement, or there might be a loci terorserendier couple of screws attaching it to the frame underneath with fat end that will need unscrewing. Take off the lining on the Dorpoiyestervadsing, underside of the seat pad by removing the staples or tacks cusomoiguerthan seat holding it in place, then take off the fabric you're omealtveweyound replacing. You can use a tack lifter for this, or the flat end [Somieeoloom culto of a screwdriver. Be careful when prising out tacks or the seo seat frame staples! If you remove the top layer of fabric from your Joolc onesiece2embio- seatand everything underneath seems to be in good sertharseatfameal he condition and still holding its shape well, then start, way round and one the same size asthe frame MOF cutsightysmalier Howto than seat frame (ee 1 Ifyour seat s webbed and either sageing or broken, then it's Sep4todstemine | est to remove all oft. Staple apiece of MDF cut tothe size of youneedthip the top of the seat frame, covering the hole in the frame. 1 vintage ea towel Tiron 2 Place the new foam padin the centre of your wadding, then place the seat frame face down on the foam. If keeping the current seat asi is, just place this face down on the wadding. 3 Stretch the wadding over the frame by stapling it to the underside on one side, then pull quite tight (but not so tight the ‘wadding rips) and staple the opposite side, leaving the corners loose until the end, Repeat with the other two sides. 4 Gather the wadding in the corners, pull them over the corner and staple while pulling taut, Trim off any excess wadding from around the stapled edges and corners THROW INTHE TOWEL oawr cRRETYIAG Cl 5 Lay the seat top down on your calico and stretch the calico ‘over the seat frame. Staple down once in the middle of one side, pall s tight as possible and staple the calico down once in the middle on the opposite side, Repeat for remaining two sides. 6 Staple across one side evenly, then staple the opposite side and the remaining two sides, leaving the corners until last. As you go, push down on the seat frame on thatside so the foam squashes down and you can pull the calico tight enough, 7 When happy, pull the fabric at the corners tight and staple down. vim the excess calico atthe edges and corners. Keep turning it over, checking that the edges aren't bumpy. You may need to pull tighter as you staple and staple closer together. 8 Lay your tea towel face down and the whole seat top down, ‘onto it, As you did with the calico, staple down one side on the underside of the seat frame, pull the other side taut and staple down on the opposite side. Again, leave the corners until lat. 9 This time, make neat folds at the corners by tucking one part of the fabric under the other and stapling it tightly down. Trim down any excess fabric. 10 Take the smaller piece of calico and fold each edge over by Jem, then iron the edge down. Place on the base of the seat with the folded edges down and staple all the way around. 11 Pat the seat pad back in the frame. It might need a firm, push down as the new covering may adda litte extra thickness. os Eurekal Search eBay to finda reat selection of vin teatowels. deal the towel willneedto'be about 'Ocm bigger than the seat frame al he way round asitmeeds tasteetch over the foam and frame Remember! An OriakKily ‘teatowelcostsajat ess hana metre of fabric {Try embroidering your own designs onto tea towels. How cute would the pear and appe onthe stoo look with hand-emroi- dere eyelashes? {Swap yourtea towels for old shirts. We thinks sogan tee onastoo! would look awesome! {Monitor Freecycle (reecycle.og) closely for old furniture. You have to beonthe al, asstuttgets snapped upquicly ‘THROW INTHE TOWELWARTS HOT OLD SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY WORDS SARAH ADIE @ Who doesn’t love a vintage camera? Photographer Stéphanie de Geus has 30, so it’s probably worth marking her words when she tells you what to get snapping with first G isin Sean de Ge atkins ne ‘cameras and her passion for the subjects obvious, Her interestin taking snaps wns frst sparked by a “rubbish” boyriend who lived and breathed photography, but then she ditched the bean, kept the hebby and got her eye in on an old analogue Pentax ME Super belonging to her dad, Rather like the relationship, it wasn't love at first sight with photography either and after taking afew shots the Pentax found itself ina cupboard. Where it stayed for five years twas her hands on a Diana F* (Lomography’s homage tothe cult camera ‘until she got from the 60s), that Stéphanie really turned Garry Winogrand, found film and picked up the Pentax again, Since that feted day, it’s Inir to say that Stephanie's become a tad ‘obsessed with vintage cameras, even loving the smell and the weight ‘of them, which “makes you fel like you're really holding something and doing something”. She hunts them out wherever and whenever shecan rom her neighbours’ houses, vintage shops, fats the internet... every stranger's just a friend with a camera she hasn't met yet, With 30 vintage eameras at home, Stephanie's defintely otoschooy person to ask about where to start when on the serounge for vintage apparatus, recommending the Agfa as the ideal fist choice. (And yes, she’s go five) They're pretty good and there are plenty of them around so they're cheaper to buy,” she says. {12s pricey for an Agia, I woulda’ pay more than £50 £6." Even though that might seem cheap, don't just part with your cash willy-nilly ~ take your time to have a proper look atthe camera itself If you just wantit to sit on a shelf and look swish, it doesn't matter if its gota cracked lens, bt if you fancy soapping photos you'd better ‘make sure it works. Stéphanie takes them to bits there and then before banding over her money, "look at everything [take ital apart to sce ifi’s damaged. You must sce ifthe shutter works, Ifthe len is Silthy on the inside and basa crack init, don't buy it, Always check before buying there aren’ that many people left now who can fix them.” Ofcourse, ifyou're aflera more professional eamera, there's always the Canon AE-1 one of Stéphanie's personal favourites asit tales great pictures, particularly with a 50mm lens. Prepare to pay'a bit, tore for it than an Agfa though Stéphanie was very lucky to pick hers up for £25 as it’s aetaally worth nearer £80, Ifyou need one in ‘your life, look for one for around £30 iit comes with a lens, but ii ‘comes with a bit mare pay between £40 and £5, she advises, >TENNY UGLOW Lp scHoo|4 XN a aXFlashhappy "Rafa lck2 /2Polaroid Supercar 635 1/3 Kodak Pronto-LK 1 4Rafaisolat /5Pentan 16Unknown /Teanon RES /8bianaFe 9Utrech ty cen, taken onthe Canon AE So how da you clean up a vintage eamera once you've bought one? Luckily, you don't need any specialist equipment to get on with the job —a jaunt wo the supermarket should do it, All Stéphanie uses is cotton bud to get the dust ot ofall the lite nooks and crannies, a kitchen cloth to do the bigger bits and a glasses cloth for the lens perfect because it docan create static “Keep it as dust free as you can,” she advises. “IF t's just for show on your shelf, dust it once ina while, You need tobe abit gentler inside because that’s where the film goes. The good thing is that these ‘cameras are old fashioned and don't have too many mechanical parts, so you can use a litle wat Whatever you pick for your first foray nto the vintage camera world, ‘youl find the real winner is your photagraphh. Like most people these days, Stéphanie first practised on digital but found the switch to analogue really improved her picture taking. Paying to have shots developed means you're mare careful, so you don't end up with something rubbish, “T think about my shots more and I take more time over them, You only have 2¢ or 36 frames with 35men and only 12a 16 when shooting with 120mm, Your photography will definitely improve ifyou do analogue.” you have any shots you've taken witha vintage camera, send them tous at craftymag(@practicalpublishing.co.uk and you could see them, fon our website, Say cheese! « Eurekal Checkout Stephanie’ choicest snaps on our website at crafiymag.com Practise taking photos in the morning and evening, asthelight'satits best at these times {Develop your photos and scan them so you canprint them off in back and white and avoid any eta expense £16etyourfi from ‘omography.com ~ there's ahuge range I Aayskeepafiter on your ions to protect it Take photos outside it you Want to experiment, onan overcast cay with not too much direct sunight