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Winter is just around the corner and we’ve dedicated this issue to everything you need to rug up and keep warm! And there is nothing quite like curling up under a quilt and crafting – I think winter is my ultimate time for crochet and stitcheries as it’s just so comforting! I also love buying loads of wool when all the amazing new shades for the season come out. I think I’m averaging making two scarves every winter at the moment and I’ve started on yet another afghan rug. I think crochet is actually an addiction no-one tells you about! And if you need some new supplies to get you inspired, be sure to pop by our store at patchworkandcraft.com.au.
This is also my last issue as the editor of Handmade. After six years the time has come for me to pass the baton on and head off on a new adventure. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the issues over the years as much as I’ve enjoyed creating them and I’m sure you will love all the things the magazine has in store for you! As always, let us know what you’re planning to make for this winter by dropping by our Facebook page!
Editor’s pick
As soon as I saw Karen Pior’s fun crocheted mug wraps, I knew I had my mum’s Mother’s Day present sor ted !
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CONTENTS
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Projects UNDER SUNNY SKIES
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DOTTIE DOG
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DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
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CREAM COSY
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BETSY BEETLE
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COLOUR CARDI
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GARDEN PARTY
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SCRAPPY GRANNY WRAP 74
SEWING ROOM
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HAPPY FILE FOLDER
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SCHNEEFLOCKE
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FRESHWATER SHINE
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HEART ARRANGEMENT
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PRINCESS WINTER
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Cheryl Filby
Jennifer Reynolds
Sharlene Jones-Martin Ann Francene Dimmer Julie Lembit
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Marni Franks Tracey white
INTERVIEW WITH...
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Jennifer Reynolds Paton’s Paton’s
Karen Pior
Joy Muscillo
Elizabeth New Marni Franks
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PROJECTS
STRAWBERRY SURPRISE
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CHUNKY KNITTED COWL
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MUG WRAPS
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ROLY POLY
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Tanya Ng
Karen Pior Karen Pior
Maria Kocjancic
KNIT ONE PURL ONE
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Dawn Lewis
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NOTIONS & BOOKS Paisley Deluxe Sewing Tin It’s often hard to find a portable sewing kit that not only includes everything you need but also combines the necessities attractively – as every sewing accessory should. This delightful vintage-style sewing kit ticks both boxes, combining a paisley tin with a tiny treasure-trove of notions. A set of 16, 20-metre cotton reels, a thread picker, pink measuring tape, a needlebook complete with assorted needles and threader, safety pins and scissors cover the basics, and the inclusion of a strawberry shaped pincushion, a box of 100 bobble-head pins, assorted buttons and a metal thimble lift this sewing kit well above the average. The Paisley Deluxe Sewing Tin is available from Lark; visit www.larkstore.com.au for more information.
Baby Booties and Socks: 50 Knits for Tiny Toes BY FRÉDÉRIQUE ALEXANDRE With over 50 sweet little knits this book provides dozens of contemporary designs to keep your baby’s tiny feet warm and cosy. Everything from socks to tiny leg warmers is covered; mostly for knitting but there are a few crochet items too. Inside the front cover there is a handy ruler and inside the back cover there’s a great abbreviations chart, both are useful resources to refer to when you start creating. The how-to instructions at the back of the book will give beginners a confidence boost while the more complex patterns will appeal to experts. Each project is cute as a button and each has detailed instructions and patterns. Baby Booties and Socks: 50 Knits for Tiny Toes is published by Search Press; look for it at your local bookstore or online.
The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine BY WENDY GARDINER This user-friendly guide is ideal for the sewing machine novice who wants to learn everything they need to know to get themselves started. Not only does this handbook give you a basic user manual rundown, it also provides nine fantastic projects to get you on your way. The step-by-step instructions are all accompanied by colour photography and terminology, and there’s a glossary and trouble-shooting guide to assist you along the way. If you love to sew but are intimidated by a sewing machine or need a refresher in how they work, you will adore this book. The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine is published by Search Press; look for it at your local bookstore or online.
fast2sew™ Ultimate Seam Guide Your trusty seam ripper is guaranteed to start gathering dust after you get your hands on the fast2sew™ Ultimate Seam Guide. Complete with instructions and piecing tips, this tool is extremely easy to use and will give you perfect seams in no time at all. The template measures seam allowances from 1/8in to 5¼in and the extra long guidelines make block piecing incredibly simple. Self-adhesive strips on the lines allow for even faster stitching as you won’t have to mark lines on the fabric. The flexible plastic means you can cut and customise it to fit your machine and piecing needs. The fast2sew™ Ultimate Seam Guide is available from C & T Publishing; visit www.ctpub.com for more information.
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Felt Fabric Designs: A Sourcebook for Feltmakers F BY SHEILA SMITH In this inspirational book, experienced felt-maker Sheila Smith uses her vast knowledge and experience of working with felt to explain how it can be used to enhance your designs and projects. The ‘recipes’ Sheila uses throughout the book have step-by-step instructions to assist in creating an exquisite piece of fabric and suggestions for how they can be used. The photographs are detailed and striking, giving great insight into how the finished project should look. The section on recycling knitted fabrics will give new life to any unused pieces of fabric you just can’t bare to part with. This book is a wonderful source of ideas to assist you in creating your own felted fabrics for textile art projects. Felt Fabric Designs: A Sourcebook for Feltmakers is published by Batsford; look for it at your local D bookstore or online.
Oo Oobee Kits by Maze & Vale Ma Prod Products of the imagination of Melbourne based fabric and Melb pattern designer Leslie patt Keating, oobees are neither Kea strictly dog, bunny, lamb or str teddy, ted but are whatever you want wa them to be. Most importantly, they are sweet im softies that make the s perfect gift for a child or p newborn. Available in n several gorgeous colour options, oobees can be purchased o pre-made or as a kit; the kit comes complete with instructions, a Maze & Vale cotton corduroy panel with pre-printed template, organic cotton fleece and wool felt for embellishments. All you need is your own stuffing. Perfect projects for beginners, Oobee kits are available from Maze & Vale; visit www.mazeandvale.com to find out more.
Kirigami: The Art of Cutting and Folding Paper HO HUU AN AND LAURENCE ARNAC Whether you’re an expert already or a complete amateur, this fun guidebook gives all crafters the opportunity to practise the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper known as kirigami. It has 40 projects with easy-to-follow thorough instructions, pretty illustrations and photography, templates and diagrams. Highlights include the pop-up greeting cards and invitations and the traditional Japanese motifs used to create projects like the orchid blossoms and snowflakes. The projects are categorised into groups ranging from easy to difficult, so crafters of all skill levels can have a go at creating something beautiful. Kirigami: The Art of Cutting and Folding Paper is published by Search Press; look for it at your local bookstore or online.
Oopsie Daisy Fabric UK design company Harlequin presents a simply-patterned, floral, sunny range as part of its All About Me children’s collection. The three vibrant colour options – pink, turquoise and lime – are printed on 100 per cent cotton fabric and match with the Oopsie Daisy wallpaper range. Perfect for adorning beds, cushions and windows of fashionable little girls’ bedrooms, Oopsie Daisy is available from The Elephant Room; visit www.theelephantroom.com.au to find out more
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PROJECT
Under sunny skies The vibrant colours in AP&Q’s Sunny Skies fabric pack will enliven any design. Cheryl Filby has used them to great advantage in this lovely horizontal striped design. Measurements 118cm x 133.5cm (46½in x 52½in) rectangle
Materials • AP&Q Sunny Skies fabric pack • 2.1m (2¼yd) backing fabric • 137cm x 153cm (54in x 60in) rectangle of batting • Sewing machine • Neutral sewing-machine thread • Light yellow quilting cotton • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • General sewing supplies
Note: It is recommended that all fabrics be 100 per cent cotton, pre-washed and well ironed. Requirements are based on fabric 112cm (44in) wide. The ¼in seam allowance used throughout is included in the cutting measurements. Please read the instructions before you begin.
CUTTING Cut all strips across the fabric width. From the yellow/blue daisy print, cut: – two 4½in strips then crosscut 10, 4½in squares. From the small-scale yellow/blue/white daisy print, cut: – two 4½in strips then crosscut 10, 4½in squares. From the white scattered flowers, cut: – two 4½in strips then crosscut two 4½in x 40½in strips. 18
From the small-scale blue/aqua/green print, cut: – two 4½in strips then crosscut two 4½in x 40½in strips. From the blue/white daisy print, cut: – three 4½in strips then crosscut 20, 4½in squares. From the small-scale orange/yellow/green floral print, cut: – three 4½in strips then crosscut 20, 4½in squares. From the lime green tone-on-tone heart print, cut: – 11, 1½in strips then crosscut six ½in x 40½in strips. From the deep yellow daisy print, cut: – five 2½in strips. From the blue/yellow spot print, cut: – six 2½in strips for the binding. From the backing fabric, cut: – one 54in strip – one 27½in strip.
CONSTRUCTION Centre check panel
Lay out 10 each 4½in yellow/blue daisy print and yellow/blue/white daisy print squares in two rows of 10 alternating the designs, see photograph. Sew the squares together in rows pressing the seams in alternate rows in opposite directions. Join the rows, abutting the intersecting seams then press the seam to one side.
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Make as before using 10 each of the 4½in blue/white daisy and orange/ yellow/green floral print squares. Make two panels the same way.
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ASSEMBLY Lay out the centre check panel, the 4½in x 40½in white scattered flowers strips, the blue daisy check panels and the 4½in x 40½in blue/aqua/green print strips in horizontal rows with 1½in x 40½in lime green tone-on-tone heart print strips between them, see photograph. Sew them together then press the seams towards the green strips.
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FIRST BORDER Join the remaining 1½in lime green tone-on-tone heart print strips together end to end with right sides facing then press the seams to one side. Crosscut two 1½in x 46½in strips then stitch them to either side of the quilt top and press the seams outwards. Crosscut two 1½in x 42½in strips then add them to the upper and lower edges pressing the seams as before.
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SECOND BORDER Join the 2½in deep yellow daisy print strips together end to end as before then crosscut two 2½in x 48½in strips and attach them to the quilt sides pressing the seams outwards as you go. Crosscut two 2½in x 46½in strips then add them to the upper and lower edges pressing the seams as before.
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PROJECT
Scrappy granny wrap Use up your leftover pieces of yarn to make this charming wrap edged with a pretty scalloped border by Karen Pior.
Measurements Finished size: 46cm x 162.5 (18in x 64in)
Materials • Cleckheaton Country 8ply: 12, 50gram balls of cream • Scraps of 8ply yarn in various colours • 4.5mm crochet hook • Tapestry needle
STITCH USED Whip stitch NOTE: UK/Australian terminology has been used for this project ABBREVIATIONS
Beg = beginning; ch = chain; ch sp = chain space; dc = double crochet; htr = half treble; sl st = slip-stitch; tr = treble Picot 3 = ch3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook
GRANNY SQUARES (MAKE 36) Each granny square is crocheted using three different colours. Colours A and B will be the scrap yarns. Colour C will be cream.
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Using the 4.5mm crochet hook and colour A, make 5 ch. Sl st in first ch from hook forming a ring. Rnd 1: Ch3 (counts as first tr), 2tr into ring, *(ch3, 3tr into ring)*, repeat from * to * twice, ch3. Join with sl st into top of beg ch 3. Rnd 2: Ch4, *[(3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into corner ch sp, ch1,]*, rep from * to * twice, (3tr, 3ch, 2tr) into next corner ch sp. Join with sl st into 3rd ch of beg ch 4. Fasten off colour A. Using colour B, sl st into any 1ch sp from round 2 to join yarn. Rnd 3: Ch3 (counts as first tr), 2tr into same ch sp, ch1, *[(3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1]*, rep from * to * twice, (3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into next corner ch sp, ch1. Join with sl st into top of beg ch 3. Rnd 4: Ch4, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, *(3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp*, rep from * to * twice, (3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into next corner ch sp, ch1, 2tr into next ch sp. Join with sl st into 3rd ch of beg 4 ch. Fasten off colour B. Using colour C, join with a sl st, into any 1ch sp directly before a corner in round 4. Rnd 5: Ch3, 2tr, ch1, *[(3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1 then rep the last sequence into each following 1ch sp until the next corner]*, rep from * to * twice, (3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into next corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1. Join with
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sl st into top of beg ch 3. Rnd 6: Ch4, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, *[(3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1 then rep the last sequence into each following 1ch sp until the next corner]*, rep from * to * twice, (3tr, 3ch, 3tr) into next corner ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, 3tr into next ch sp, ch1, 2tr into next ch sp. Join with sl st into 3rd ch of beg ch 4. Fasten off colour C.
ASSEMBLY Block each of the 36 granny squares so they are the same size and are all square in shape. If the squares are not all flat and evenly sized the wrap will not lie flat and be a true rectangle.
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