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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 ...
fashion
Makeover your summer wardrobe without spending a penny!
Yay! It finally looks like summer might be here, but what have you got to wear? If you're anything like us you're probably having a mild panic. Where are your summer clothes? Will they still fit? Can you wear them for yet another ...
fashion
How to make covered buttons
These badges are an adaptation of the 'covered buttons' project on page 176 of my new book The Homemade Home. I made them for my book launch party as little gifts for guests to wear at the party and to take away with them as a ...
Interiors
The fabulous Homemade Home
The Homemade Home is the absolute to-die-for book for Make and Menders. Sania Pell has served up a delicious cocktail of tempting ideas and projects that are easy to do as well as beautiful and incredibly creative. Sania is a stylist ...
People
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 ...
Garden
Getting your garden ready for summer
Yay! It certainly looks like Spring is sprung. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the trees are covered in a beautiful green haze. It must be time to get out into that garden and start getting ready for summer. The only ...
Interiors
Everything you want to know about making cushions
The most searched for items on our site relate to making cushion covers, so we thought we'd pull it all together for you here in a simple summary so you can find the right page, whatever your cushion-making needs. Making designer ...
Seasonal
Made with love – homemade gifts for Valentine’s day
It’s nearly Valentine’s day - a day guaranteed to strike terror into some of the hardiest of folk! How are you meant to show someone that you love them? What should you buy? Will they like it? Will they loath it? Will it be ...
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