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AMIGURUMI BEARS
Doll’s house
ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP SOWELS; STYLING: HELENA STEELE & MATILDA SMITH; MODEL: KATE THOMAS
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INTRODUCING... LIVING
The latest news from the world of handmade
Fill your life and home with crafted goodness
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45 LIVING
Handpicked crafty happenings
We find the loveliest hand-crafted, new season buys for your home
14 TRENDS Shop and craft in paintbox brights
48 HOME TOUR
18 CROCHET BEARS
See inside SMUG Lifestyle Store owner Lizzie Evans’ mid-century nest
The cutest amigurumi pair
26 TEA AND A CHAT
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55 LIBERTY KITCHEN SET
Meet homeware designer Bert Fowler
Whip up a coordinating tea towel and oven mitt in pretty floral prints
31 WOVEN JACKET
59 PAPER LAMPSHADE
Jazz up your denim, festival style
Make a botanical chandelier, cascading with tropical paper leaves and flowers
36 GOOD READ
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62 VELVET CUSHIONS
38 ROPE BAG
Play with colour blocking and simple patchwork to make this luxe duo
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43 HANDMADE AWARDS 2018 This year’s categories and how to enter
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67 PULL-OUT PAPERS Bright, upbeat patterns and posters designed by illustrator Nikki Miles
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Velvet cushions
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As I’m writing this, Team Mollie are getting ready for The Handmade Fair at Ragley, our frst craft event of the year. I’ve packed lots of goodies for our creative workshops, exciting surprises for the designers crafting live on stage with me, and extra pocket money for all the treats I’ll want to buy! If you couldn’t join us, you can still channel those al fresco maker vibes with the summery projects inside this issue. Find the most amazing woven denim jacket on page 31, boho-style crochet bunting on page 88, and an on-trend rope bag on page 38 – this season’s must-have accessory. And, don’t miss the most ingenious use of a suitcase on page 81... We’re ofcially smitten.
Woven jacket
LOVING
Treats and treasures to fall in love with
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Crochet bunting Yvette Streeter Acting Editor
75 LOVING Beautiful things to adore and make
76 CROWN AND CAPE Kit little ones out for adventures in a knitted crown and pom pom cape
81 DOLL’S HOUSE MAKES A teeny tiny cushion, rug, banner and balls of yarn for a mini craft room
88 CROCHET BUNTING Boho flags with beads and tassels
93 MACRAMÉ MATS
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Macramé placemats
A pair of knotted zigzag placemats
96 TEMPLATES All you need for this issue’s makes
106 BACK PAGE PROJECT Allison Sadler talks creative freedom and playing by her own rules Subscribe at molliemakes.com
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INTRODUCING trends
THIS MONTH WE’RE OBSESSING ABOUT...
Retro kitsch is brought right up to date with showstopping colours. www.sunjellies.com
PAINTBOX BRIGHTS
PHOTOGRAPHY: JO BRIDGES
This trend’s all about colour blocking with solid crayon hues
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Nail all the shades in
one with a bright print. www.lisacongdon.com 02
The only way is up,
with Perspex stripes. www.lou-taylor.co.uk 03
You had us at red
Anthro jumpsuit. www. anthropologie.com 04
Cobalt + lilac = new
fave combo. www. eachtoown.com.au 05
Mid-century vibes,
2018 style. www. mardefe.com 06
My milk jug brings all
the boys to the yard.
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Petri dish or paint
palette? Either way, we’re getting one. www.arhoj.com 08
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Scandi essentials.
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Up the stakes in
rainbow hues. www. fredaldous.co.uk
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Hook Sandrine Deveze’s sweet amigurumi pals
PHOTOGRAPHY: PHILIP SOWELS; STYLING: HELENA STEELE AND MATILDA SMITH
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LIVING home tour
Londoner Lizzie Evans of SMUG and her love of ‘Cluttered Minimalism’ Words: LOTTIE STOREY Photography: FIONA MURRAY
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LIVING home tour
The open plan kitchen diner is the room Lizzie and Daniel spend the most time in. “It’s the hub of the home.” Right: Constantin’s bedroom features vintage kids’ books and toys, stacked next to tiny clothes on classic Vitsoe shelving.
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