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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 ...
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 ...
fashion
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 ...
People
Living the good life in Uruguay
"You're moving WHERE?" “To Uruguay”, we said. “A little country nestled between the giants of Argentina and Brazil, in South America” my husband and I told our family and friends in the USA in the summer of 2007. A year ...
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 ...
fashion
The beginners guide to swishing and clothes swapping
Going to a swishing part for the first time? Here's Penny Golightly's guide to some of the main formats. Like-for-like swapshops At these events you all keep your garments or accessories with you and look around to see what other ...
fashion
Step away from that fitting room!
Guest writer, Gabrielle Utton, has set set herself a big personal challenge: no new clothes for one year. Here she tells us why... No new clothes for a year? What’s your reaction to that sentence? Is it: no problem, just think ...
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