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Easy Aida Band Bracelet
Susan Penny shows you how to make this pretty cross stitched ice cream bracelet with simple chart and instructions, first choose your ice cream motifs…
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Simple beaded key rings
So end of term falls on deadline, what does a busy mum do? I needed to shop for teacher’s presents and had no time to do it. I decided to explore the possibility of each child making something original…how may bath sets, vases of flowers or bottles of wine can one teacher need! This led […]
Hooray for the Red, White and Blue
I wonder if it’s World Cup frenzy or the spontaneous appearance of flags on cars and rooftops that has made me feel patriotic! Whatever inspired this project, I have just loved making this Union Jack cushion cover; everything came from my scrap bag apart from the cushion pad which cost next-to-nothing from Ikea. The best […]
Really easy pincushions
With the end of the school year approaching fast, I thought I would set about creating a simple and inexpensive teacher gift, these pretty pincushions take just a few minutes to make and will use up things you have in your workroom and larder. I used scraps of fabric left over from other projects: one is modern, and […]
Sailing Boat Hearts
One of the wonderful things about living on the coast is that sometimes you are lucky enough to take pictures on the beach…and today was one of those days when we were able to get some great shots of my sailing boat hearts. I thought, with the sun shining so brightly at the moment, […]
Elizabethan Cross Stitch Alphabet
Whilst helping my daughter with research for a school project, I was once again reminded of the wonderfully skilled stitching found on clothing of the Elizabethan period.This sleeve panel (above right), which can be found in the V&A collection, is made using tailoring methods of the 17th century, where the sleeves are made in two […]