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UICK-SEW
DENIM PINAFORE
CROCHET BASKET SEWING
MACHINE COVER DECOUPAGE FRUIT BOWL
SHELF
FLOWER DYE
SCARF KIDS’
PLAY HOUSE &more..
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Kids’ play tent
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, creative buys for your home
14 TRENDS Make a statement with slogans, plus embroider an inspirational hoop
18 FELT FRIENDS
48 HOME TOUR Design Soda’s Ruth Matthews shows us around her eclectic Victorian home
Get set for an adventure-filled day with this trio of squee-worthy animal pals
53 MACRAMÉ SHELF
26 TEA AND A CHAT
57 CROCHET BASKET
We meet Catherine Nice, founder of homeware design studio Kitty McCall
Use variegated paper yarn to hook up a colourful belly basket in no time at all
32 DYED SCARF
60 PLAY TENT
Bundle-dye a silk scarf with flowers
Kids will love hiding in this fold-up den
Make for instant Californian boho vibes
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65 LAUNDRY BAGS
How to reignite your creative spark
Sew yourself these handy holiday essentials
39 DENIM PINAFORE
67 PULL-OUT PAPERS
Easy-sew fashion that’s pattern-free
Chloe Hall’s botantial prints and posters
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Flowerdyed scarf
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LOVING
GET YOUR CRAFT ON
Get your hooks at the ready, because this issue comes with our biggest ever free gift – a bumper crochet project book with 22 gorgeous patterns to try. Whether you’re looking to hook up some wardrobe additions, contemporary homeware or some amigurumi cuties, there’s lots to inspire you. Don’t just stick to crochet this month though – brush up on your decoupage skills with Teri Muncey’s colourful fruit bowl, tap into this season’s love afair with slogans with Junk & Glitter’s contemporary embroidered hoop, and try this summer’s biggest craft trend – bundle dying with fowers – to make a uniquely patterned headscarf. Whatever you’re making this month, share your projects with us using #molliemakers.
Treats and treasures to fall in love with Cath Dean Editor
75 LOVING Beautiful things to adore and make
77 FRUIT BOWL Use decoupage to brighten up a bowl
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80 NECKLACE Statement beading in candy colours
Pinafore dress
85 MACHINE COVER Keep your sewing machine dust-free
91 RAINBOW CUSHION Knit a colourful rainbow travel pillow
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Decoupage fruit bowl
95 SLEEP MASK Get your eight hours with this fox mask
99 TEMPLATES All the shapes for this issue’s makes
106 BACK PAGE PROJECT Gudrun Sjödén talks inspiration Subscribe at molliemakes.com
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INTRODUCING trends
THIS MONTH WE’RE OBSESSING ABOUT...
SLOGANS Say what you see with this season’s latest crop of statement slogan buys
Let ‘em know nobody pushes you and your girl gang around. www. muthahoodgoods.com
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Say yes to a spot of
mindful styling. www. thelovelydrawer.com 02
Take everything to
heart with this enamel keyring. www.skinny diplondon.com 03
Store up your good
deeds for the day in a screen-printed tote. www.onrshop.com 04
Channel happy
thoughts through your homeware. www. urbanoutfitters.com 05
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When good enough is
all you need. www. helloharriet.com 06
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Making us wonder
why all our shoes don’t have conversations. www.asos.com 07
We’ve just found our
perfect match. www. lisacongdon.etsy.com 08
Well, it would be
rude not to... www. nikkimcwilliams.com 06
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let's go exploring Get set for adventures galore with Anabella Cahwje’s collectable felt cuties
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Eye candy Satisfy your cravings with Charlotte Smith’s delectable statement necklace
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LIVING home tour
Ruth’s lounge is painted in Teresa’s Green by Farrow & Ball. “It’s a sociable colour and a great backdrop for natural history items.”
Ruth Matthews’ Victorian home is filled with pre-loved items and modern finds Words: HOLLY JOHNSON Photography: RACHAEL SMITH
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