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CROCHET SCARF
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Textured hoop
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, creative buys for your home
16 TRENDS Shop and craft the red trend
46 HOME TOUR
18 SAMPLER SCARF
Pattern designer Nancy Straughan shows us around her eclectic London pad
Crochet impressive new textured stitches with pretty pastel yarns
51 SWAN WALL ART Sew a felt fairytale bird with a gold crown
26 TEA AND A CHAT Meet quirky illustrator Sarah Walsh
54 MACRAMÉ BUNTING Knot a length of love hearts in blush pink
32 QUILTED CUSHION
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Freshen up your sofa with a contemporary geo quilting project
59 PAPER LAMPSHADE
36 GOOD READ
52 EMBROIDERED BANNER
How to stay original in your creativity
Show some love with a romantic pennant
39 RUG HOOKING
67 PULL-OUT PAPERS
Go retro and try your hand at a colour block needle punch hoop
A mini collection of inspiring prints and patterns designed by Elizabeth Olwen
Make an artichoke-shaped ombré shade
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Quilted cushion
Pom pom macarons
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
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Ombré lampshade
LOVING
Treats and treasures to fall in love with
This month, I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy. Partly because I’m wrapped up in a ton of layers, but also because Valentine’s Day is nearly here, and this issue celebrates love in a whole host of crafty forms. Indulge your passion for crochet with our chunky sampler scarf on page 18, whip up heart-emblazoned macramé bunting on page 54, and enter into a new relationship with the latest craft trend; rug hooking, via the dreamy textured hoop on page 39. We’re also spoiling you with the sweetest Valentine’s gift – a pom pom love birds kit, plus three bonus project ideas, all designed by pom pom queen Christine Leech. Share the love (and your makes) at #molliemakers.
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Swan wall art Yvette Streeter Acting Editor
75 LOVING Beautiful things to adore and make
76 CAMERA BAG Rustic, hard-wearing and functional
81 CROCHET CAIMAN Hook up a dapper amigurumi cutie
85 SLIPPER SET His and hers slippers in natural fabrics
89 BABY KIMONO Sew a mini jacket and matching mittens
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Camera bag
93 POM POM IDEAS Four fun makes for your pom pom kit
97 TEMPLATES All the shapes for this issue’s makes
106 BACK PAGE PROJECT Coco & Wolf’s love affair with Liberty Subscribe at molliemakes.com
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INTRODUCING trends
THIS MONTH WE’RE OBSESSING ABOUT...
RED ALERT Update your home and wardrobe pronto with this season’s hot hue
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Faintly old Hollywood and flat out luxe – sink into the trend. www. rockettstgeorge.co.uk
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Some things are
best said in red. www. lisacongdon.etsy.com 02
Statement jewellery
that’s just your type. www.tattydevine.com 03
Live your best pj
glam life. Did someone say brunch? www. anthropologie.com 04
Crochet your way to
backpack victory. www.
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woolandthegang.com 05
Pillar box bright and
heel-clicking good. Now
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our most wanted. www. swedishhasbeens.com 06
Mini milk carafe or
posy vase? The choice is 08
yours. www.arhoj.com 07
Layer up from red
to toe to well and truly nail this rouge trend. 07
www.boden.co.uk 08
Warm up your space
with kilim textiles in rich, spicy shades. www.plumo.com
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PHOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP SOWELS; STYLING: HELENA STEELE AND MATILDA SMITH; MODEL: FRANCISKA BODNAR @ MUSTARD MODELS; RINGS: AELIA - SIMPLE HAMMERED RING AND STAY TRUE ARROW RING FROM WWW.ECLECTICECCENTRICITY.BIGCARTEL.COM
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Go d intentios Spread positivity with Mollie Johansson’s embroidered floral banner
LIVING home tour
The living room is home to a screen print of Nancy and Simon’s favourite dog – the Russian Wolfhound.
Nancy Straughan’s cosy apartment is a haven of eclectic finds Words: HOLLY JOHNSON Photography: FIONA MURRAY
Inside a contemporary-looking building on a leafy North London high-street, textile designer Nancy Straughan is on her tea break, taking time out from printmaking to show us around her small but perfectly-formed fat. An eclectic mix of millennial pink accessories, soft grey feature walls and bright blue artwork, the apartment is as gorgeous as her 12.6k-strong Instagram feed. Although she admits this isn’t her dream home, she loves the location – close
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