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It’s one of the craftiest times of the year. From now until after Christmas you will no doubt have more craft projects planned than ever before. And who isn’t excited?! All the glitter, the mountains of fabric and, of course, the pretty paper. Bliss. But, as usual, as the Christmas calendar starts to fill itself in, finding the motivation to continue working on so many craft projects can be a real chore. Fortunately, if you suspect you may fall foul of the winter busy bug this Christmas then you will be glad to hear that not only are there the...

April’s box is called “Minty” and features this on-trend Triangle Pouch, plus felt, cotton lawn fabric, crochet trim, and surprise extras. The Kit Contains: * Art gallery fabric for patchwork x 3 roughly 5x14 each” * Lining fabric roughly 8x14” * 8” Light blue zip *Mint Green Flat Faux Suede Cord roughly 28” * Vilene quiltex iron on wadding roughly 7x14” The Bundle Contains: * Wool blend felt in mint 5x5” * Wool blend felt in rose 5x5” * Wool blend felt in beige 5x5” * Fat quarter Cotton lawn in mint  * Mint shank buttons x3 * Edged crochet...

Our round up with everything you need to sew or craft an Easter party. Including handmade Easter home & table decorations; entertainment for little ones & things they can craft themselves; Easter egg hunts & sweet treats to make. To get on the list the craft has to be either easy, quick or free & all must have 'wow'. We've added extra tips to cut down the time on projects too. For those of us with a little more time on our hands who fancy some crafting over the Easter weekend we've included some more time consuming projects to finish off. Easter...

Spring is definitely in the air in Chester this week so we've raided some of our past sewing kits for some seasonal crafting. Spring Flowers was our felt flower project back in 2014 and is a lovely way to spend a few hours sewing and gluing.   I've become a bit addicted to flowers recently & have dug up a section of the lawn to put in a cut flower bed. There are only bulbs in there at the moment (mental note to get outside this weekend) but I have a load of seeds to sew and some tubers I...