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Juicy fruit
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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
Our top picks of the most lovely buys for a hand-crafted, creative home
14 trends Three ways with the grid print look, plus our top product picks
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48 HOME TOUR Florals and vintage finds fill Vicky Trainor’s Bloomsbury Group-inspired sanctuary
Sew mini fruit plushies for a fun display or to amuse the kiddos
54 pastel wall rug
28 tea and a chat
58 knot pillow
Textile artist Julie Paterson on her creative life and ‘imperfect manifesto’
Get tied up with this nautical cushion
34 himmeli pendant
Weave a geometric beaut for your walls
62 ripple blanket A new crochet technique to add to your list
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67 pull-out papers display it!
What do you do if your work’s copied?
Fruit-themed papers and posters from Mollie Makes’ own Jen Gardner
40 crop top
98 templates
Crochet a 90s-style cropped tee
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Look at all these summery projects! Don’t get me wrong, I love a colourful pair of woolly tights and a handmade snood as much as the next yarn-obsessive, but it really has been chilly for far too long. Let the sunny crafts commence with our fruit salad of plushies, festival bag, floaty kimono and bike accessories, then venture out on a daytrip. The Mollie Makes team have enjoyed a couple lately – we loved Kirstie Allsopp’s Handmade Christmas Fair launch in Manchester (hence the quick Instagram above. Always a pleasure to catch up with craft telly’s busiest lady. Read more on page 13) and The Craftivists’ workshop collaboration with The Letterpress Collective in Bristol. Share your proud making moments with us too, using #molliemakers. Until next month…
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Knitted romper
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Lara Watson Editor
Hunting down a vintage bike or three!
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84 easy-sew kimono
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pineapple
Update your wardrobe in an hour
89 baby romper Knit a vintage-inspired tot’s outfit
92 liberty balls Pretty fabric toys for the nursery
94 festival bag Crochet a fringed boho bag for summer
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Pastel wall rug
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INTRODUCING trends
This month we’re obsessing about...
GRIDS
We’re having flashbacks to maths lessons – minus the algebra
Graphic grids meet Photograph: anki wijnen, zilverblauw
sugar candy tones on this wallpaper. www.zilverblauw.nl
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Proving that grids
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Introduce the trend
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subtly with this coated wire basket. www. fermliving.com 04
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Grids plus ombré?
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Irregular lines work
as well as mathematical PHOTOGRAPH: ALESSANDRO PADERNI, EYE STUDIO
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Describe your style in a few words? Very organic-feeling and real. I use the word ‘real’ a lot. The imagery is bold and strong, and relates to Australia’s landscape. It’s a robust exploratory design style. I embrace mistakes.
tea and a chat with…
Julie Paterson Founder of ethical textile label Cloth, Julie’s a former West Country gal soaking up inspiration in the Australian mountains Words: Judy Darley Photographs: Armelle habib
Born in Somerset, living in Australia, and with more than 20 years’ experience running an art-based textiles company, Julie Paterson is definitely an original. Since moving to Australia more than 25 years ago she’s taken the dramatic natural landscapes to heart, with her pared back designs reflecting aspects of its scale and colours. She founded her label, Cloth (www. clothfabric.com), in 1995 with the aim of making environmentally responsible, hand printed furnishing fabrics. Every design tells a story, and is screenprinted 28 MOLLIEMAKES.com 53
or hand stamped onto natural fabrics. Her new book, Cloth Bound, offers a unique insight into her creative process and personal outlook, taking us through the instinctive, exploratory way she creates designs. The book is prefaced with her ‘Imperfect Manifesto’, which she wrote one Sunday afternoon and now forms the basis of her approach to work and life. The finished product is a stunning acheivement that will enchant both nature lovers and crafters. We sat down to find out about Julie’s creative journey.
Whereabouts do you live? I split my time pretty evenly between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, but I’m restructuring my business with the intention of being in the mountains much more. This time last year I had seven staff, a shop and an office, and it was a massive juggling act. Now I still own the business but I’ve handed over sales and distribution to a wholesalers called Ascraft. It takes a lot of trust but it’s freeing me up enormously. Who do you surround yourself with? I love solitude, so can happily be on my own for hours. My main companions are my partner Amanda, who’s a writer, and Harry, a hairy rescue dog. In the mountains there are lots of gentle souls around, all striving for their own balanced life. I like to surround myself with compassionate people. What’s a typical day like for you? I never have one – it’s what I love about my life. On an ideal day in the mountains I get
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‘My style is organic and my imagery is bold and strong. I embrace mistakes.’
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Describe your style in a few words? Very organic-feeling and real. I use the word ‘real’ a lot. The imagery is bold and strong, and relates to Australia’s landscape. It’s a robust exploratory design style. I embrace mistakes. Whereabouts do you live? I split my time pretty evenly between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, but I’m restructuring my business with the intention of being in the mountains much more. This time last year I
had seven staff, a shop and an office, and it was a massive juggling act. Now I still own the business but I’ve handed over sales and distribution to a wholesalers called Ascraft. It takes a lot of trust but it’s freeing me up enormously. Who do you surround yourself with? I love solitude, so can happily be on my own for hours. My main companions are my partner Amanda, who’s a writer, and Harry, a hairy rescue dog. In the mountains there are lots of gentle souls around, all
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A group of very
string and wonky
early sample books.
lamp shade.”
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kangaroo paw and
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bottlebrush lino
that you can see the
plates, which she
range take shape,”
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CLOUDS
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Ocean knot
cushion
Ahoy there! Get tied up with Delia Randall’s Celtic-inspired sailor cushion
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PHOTo: Philip sowels, styling: helena tracey & jen gardner, CROSS STITCH DESIGN: AUDREY SMIT WWW.thislittlestreet.com, paper poms & print: WWW.THEHAMBLEDON.COM, COPPER LAMP: WWW.HOWKAPOW.COM
oh, you pretty things! moodboards & musings to inspire us
materials courtesy of: annie sloan www.anniesloan.com, rust-oleum www.rustoleumspraypaint.com
When Out There Interiors (www. outthereinteriors.com) invited team Mollie Makes to take part in its #pimpmyfrench Design Challenge, we jumped in feet first. The result? A bench upcycled with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Rust-Oleum spray paints, a few pompoms (of course) and some chunky cross stitch. And thanks to all your votes on Facebook and Instagram... we only went and won! Find out how we did it at http://bit.ly/diyfurniture
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