Mollie Makes issue 95

8 prints!

Lucy Tiffney artwork

MAKE IT!

Business advice for solo makers PAGE 36

MACRAMÉ

MAGAZINE RACK IRIDESCENT

fresh looks & easy updates

CROCHET A WaTERMELON LaDY!

SHELL KEYRING

MONSTERA LEAF

PICNIC BLANKET

EASY-SEW SUMMER SHORTS

WOVEN FABRIC

CUSHION CROCHET

MARKET BAG FLORAL WALL HOOP &more..

A slice of summer

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MELON DOLL ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP SOWELS; STYLING: HELENA STEELE; MODEL: ALEXANDRA FIA

Macramé storage

INTRODUCING... LIVING

The latest news from the world of handmade

Fill your life and home with crafted goodness

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43 LIVING

Handpicked crafty happenings

We find the loveliest hand-crafted, new season buys for your home

14 TRENDS Shop and craft the seashell trend

46 HOME TOUR

18 WATERMELON DOLL

Take a look inside Betina Bianculli’s bohemian, plant-filled home

Crochet a summer amigurumi cutie

51 MAGAZINE RACK

26 TEA AND A CHAT

Make decorative storage with macramé

SkandiHus ceramic artist Stine Dulong shares her creative process

54 PICNIC BLANKET Dye and sew a monstera must-have

32 BEE SHOES

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Embroider a plain pair of flats with our favourite stripy insects

59 PATCHWORK CUSHION

36 GOOD READ

62 BALLOON WREATH

How to thrive as an indie business

A hula hoop becomes party décor

39 CROCHET COVER-UP

67 PULL-OUT PAPERS

The easy-to-wear tasselled piece that's missing from your holiday wardrobe

Vibrant, painterly patterns and posters designed by Lucy Tiffney

Try modern weaving with bias binding

92 NEVER MISS AN ISSUE

Inlay-look upcycling

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Crochet cover-up

STAY COOL

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Woven cushion

When the sun’s shining, yarn crafts can be the last thing on your mind. But, Tiny Curl’s crochet watermelon doll (and Team Mollie’s squeals of joy when she hit our desks) prove they’re a year-round staple. Turn to page 18 to make your own amigurumi cutie, then hook up the ultimate summer accessory – our tasselled cover-up on page 39.

Rather stick to sewing? Opt for the Instaworthy picnic blanket on page 54, then take it out into the garden with a glass of something chilled while you read the rest of the issue. I’m crushing on Betina Bianculli’s home on page 46, and hoping the macrame mag rack on page 51 will bring me one step closer to my tropical boho interior goals...

LOVING

Treats and treasures to fall in love with

Yvette Streeter Acting Editor

75 LOVING Beautiful things to adore and make

76 SUMMER SHORTS SET Sew matchy-matchy little and large shorts for the beach and beyond

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Picnic blanket

81 CROCHET BAG Hook your own string-style essential

85 BENDABLE BOOK A touchy-feely fabric book for little ’uns

92 PAINTED TABLE With a clever bit of stencilling, you can DIY the bone inlay trend

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Matching shorts

98 TEMPLATES All the shapes for this issue’s makes

106 BACK PAGE PROJECT Artist Lee May Foster-Wilson opens up her Bonbi Forest sketchbook Subscribe at molliemakes.com

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THE LATEST IN CREATIVE GOODNESS – HANDPICKED JUST FOR YOU

PHOTOGRAPHY: RACHEL MANNS

Still searching for wearable summer knits? Share in the happiness of Katie Jones Knit’s new Make-It-Yourself collection and crochet your own instead.

Her #sofasnotsweatshops movement is leading the way in sustainable and conscious fashion. Plus, this Join the Dots top has a pom pom trim for the win. www.katiejonesknit.co.uk

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TOP READ Project sew

Sewers take note! My Dressmaking Project Bible has landed. With project pages, graph paper and handy conversion guides, you can plan and record notes on your makes as you go, or even draft new ones. www. stationery-geek.co.uk

Sorbet colours and abstract shapes make the aptly named You Are Amazing sundress a firm summer staple. Peplum hem high kicks are optional. www.oliverbonas.com

THIS MONTH’S WISHLIST

Are you a cat or a dog person?

Show your stripes (or spots) with these new mini pots from Atelier Stella. Handmade in her Brighton studio, Stella’s collections are all made in small batches, so grab them while you can. www.atelierstellaceramics.com

Fancy a bread bin upgrade? Bohemia’s Moroccan wool storage pots were traditionally used to store food, but we’re cramming ours with craft supplies. www.bohemiadesign.co.uk

Summer’s edition of TOFT Quarterly is their best-selling issue. Thanks, in no small part, to the pattern for Nathan the Prawn. He even has his own hashtag on Instagram, the sly dog. www.toft.co.uk 10 MOLLIEMAKES.COM 95

FRUIT CRUSH Hook Kristina Turner’s quirky-cute amigurumi doll to make sure summer sticks around

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Bringing Scandi to the city with…

STINE DULONG Find out how SkandiHus ceramic designer Stine discovered true happiness and fulfilment through her creative work Words: COLETTE EARLEY Photographs: FIONA MURRAY

Danish ceramicist Stine Dulong is the founder of SkandiHus; a ceramics and pottery brand inspired by Scandinavian design. Stine grew up in Denmark and initially moved to London to do an exchange programme for six months as part of her degree, but she fell in love with the city and its multicultural richness, and never went back. 19 years later, she now calls London home.

Stine decided her heart belonged to the arts, and so pursued a career as a full-time ceramic artist. “I worked as a business crime lawyer for years, never 26 MOLLIEMAKES.COM 95

quite feeling fulfilled or happy. I always wanted to be an artist, but somehow ended up following a different path.”

While still working as a lawyer, Stine took a pottery evening class. “I knew instinctively that I’d found where I was meant to be in life. I can’t really explain it other than there was simply no going back from that point onwards. That was about six years ago now.”

We chatted with Stine at her studio to learn more about the story behind her ceramics, and find out why she’d always encourage others to follow their dreams.

Describe your style in three words.

Minimal, functional and Scandinavian.

SkandiHus reflects the process that I’ve gone through in my own life. I’ve slowed down and am much more mindful.

How does a typical working day look?

I get up at 7am and check my emails and social media as I drink my morning coffee. I live close to a forest so by 8.30am, I’m usually there with my dog, Alfie. My one hour morning walk in the forest has become essential to me and I can tell a significant difference in my ‘head space’ when I haven’t been able to do it. I think of it as my morning meditation.

I’m usually at the studio by 10am and my day will consist of a mix of studio maintenance – reclaiming clay, packing kilns – making work, managing my studio assistants and responding to calls and emails as they come in. Some days I’ll have clients coming in; meetings with collaborators or individuals who want, for example, a full set of tableware, and want me to assist with picking colours.

I focus on catching up on admin on Tuesdays, and on Wednesdays I’m in the studio on my own. I give myself one day a week alone in the studio to focus on

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developing new work and having fun with the clay. I think it’s important to take time out to be an artist and remember that I do this because I have a love for making and developing. Otherwise, I’d end up ‘just’ running a business and while I do enjoy that part too, it’s paramount that I remain a maker first and foremost. No one day is the same for me and I like it that way.

Where did you learn your craft?

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Earth, which was my pottery career springboard. The founder, Tallie Maughan, has also been an incredibly important business mentor to me.

What inspires your design aesthetic?

My designs are a reflection of the journey my life has taken and of who I am. I love the sea, I spent a lot of my teenage years sailing [Stine is twice Danish champion in the boat class Yngling]. The colours I use are reminiscent of the coastal region of Hellerup, near Copenhagen, where

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Skandihus plates.

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HOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP SOWELS; STYLING: HELENA STEELE; MODEL: ALEXANDRA FIA

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Party Piece Celebrate good times with a statement hula hoop wreath – Lana Red shows you how

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LIVING home tour

Betina’s friend, artist Margarita Iribarren, painted her this piece in the living room. “We had this Ikea sofa re-covered to match my friend’s painting.”

Greenery meets bohemian in Betina Bianculli’s colour and culture-filled home Words: LARA WATSON Photography: RACHAEL SMITH

If you’ve ever wondered what a home filled with 165 plants looks like, this is it. Betina Bianculli and her seven-year-old daughter Manuela counted them the other day. “No wonder it takes an hour and a half to water them,” laughs Betina. “I don’t mind – they’re my babies!”

If you’re familiar with Betina’s online lifestyle store, Frida Florentina, her popular Instagram of the same name (@fridaflorentina) and her pop-up shops around the city she now calls

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