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Craft Show tickets to WIN!
Planning a Make it and Mend it Christmas? Needing some inspiration? How about the Weald of Kent and Chilterns Craft Shows to help you focus on creative ideas? Our friends at ICHF Events have kindly offered some tickets for Make it and ...
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How to make a sparkly laptop bag
It is amazing what you can do with a little left over fabric, especially something as lovely and glittery as this fabric I managed to get my hands on. The pink silk was a remnant from a cushion cover and the sequinned boob tube material ...
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Project! How to make this cute little wrist bag
You couldn't get enough of the Tote bag we posted recently, so here are some step-by-step instructions for an even cuter zip-up wrist bag, complete with an inner pocket and a lovely big bow on the front! You'll need a little sewing ...
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Homemade Home competition entries
Here are some of the fantastic entries we've had for our Homemade Home competition. You're clearly a creative and ingenious lot! The three winners will be receiving copies of Sania Pell's beautiful book, The Homemade Home. For anyone ...
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Project! – Make this great tote bag
Thanks to Make it and Mend it fan Jen Woolcock for sharing this easy to make tote bag with us. It's not only really cute but you can use up your old fabric or grab a remnant and then use your fabulous and totally unique tote bag to nip ...
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Quilts at the V&A
I treated myself to a morning off and headed for the Quilts exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. If you get a chance to go (it's on until 4th July) you'll be glad you did. The exhibition is both full of incredibly ...
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The 5 things Mums do NOT need for a great Mothers Day
In the UK and some other parts of the globe we celebrated Mother's Day a month or so ago. Now it's the turn of mums in America, Australia, Germany, Barbados... just a few of the countries who celebrate this holiday in May. So we're ...
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A Grand Day Out: Sewing Fair at the NEC
When my sewing club 'Sew Make Believe' heard about the Sewing for Pleasure fair at the NEC we put it straight in the diary. We knew several of us would want to attend, little did we know we’d be so lucky as to win tickets from MIAMI for ...
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