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What Is Decovil? Decovil is a fusible non-woven interlining with a leather-like texture, designed to add stability, strength, and a polished look to your fabric projects. It’s especially popular in bag making, millinery, belts, and structured accessories, thanks to its durability and refined feel. Why You'll Love It Here’s why crafters and designers swear by Decovil: - Professional Finish: Gives your work a structured, wrinkle-free appearance. - Super Durable: Tear-resistant and hol …

Pebeo Setacolor Leather PaintsOverviewJust in time for your creative projects, we’re thrilled to announce the arrival of Pebeo Setacolor Leather paints! These high-quality acrylics are specially designed for customizing and repairing leather and imitation leather. Whether you want to breathe new life into your favorite leather shoes, jackets, or handbags, or simply touch up worn areas, Setacolor Leather has got you covered.Key Features Broad Palette of Colors: The Setacolor Leather range offers …

A Guide to Sewing Needles and finding the point! Sewing needles are the chief tool used for sewing! And the variety of sewing needles is staggering! So, we’ll help you find out which needles are used for what and for the sake of minimizing the ranged depictions of needles out there, we’ll be referring to the Pony brand of sewing needles as they are a well known brand with a wide selection on needles!  Also any sewing terminology mentioned throughout this blog, have been hig …

The helpful guide to choosing what pin does what and where best to stick it! Sewing pins are one of the most important and helpful tools in haberdashery next to needles! They can ensure projects turn out successfully by providing a temporary hold while bits of cloth are being cut out accurately, sewn together in the right order, adjustments can be made for a better fit, or simply as an emergency measure to stop bits from dropping off. Of course pins, those bits of metal with …

Hello one and all!Easter is fast approaching, so we thought we'd share with you the steps to making your own wonderful dangling egg decorations. Hang them up in your window, create a mobile, or put them up around your house and garden as a chocolate-free egg hunt alternative! (Just don't leave them out in the rain!)Let's start off with what you'll need:Decorative paper/card of your choice (I'm using the 6"x6" Ink Drops Candy collection for it's brights and pastels)Colourful cordPony BeadsSc …

It's now more important than ever to look after our planet and there are lots of little adjustments that we make every day in order to be more eco conscious; we sort waste into recycling bins and try to cut down on single use plastic, but are we bringing that same level of awareness to our hobbies. Do we know what our craft materials are made of or what kind of impact the production has on the environment? It can be difficult to find the answers to these questions, especially when looking for a …

It’s easy to feel discouraged when we’re not immediately great at a craft but mistakes are all part of learning. Earlier this week I was joining the shoulder seams of a baby cardigan I’ve been knitting and ended up with the seam on the outside rather than inside and at first I wanted to give up. I didn’t know what I’d done and thought that I’d completely ruined it, but after taking a step back (and doing some googling) I realised where I’d went wrong and worked out how to fix it. These things ar …

For us, Summer is all about bright colours which is something that Royal Talens does very well with their Ecoline range! The vivid hues of these liquid watercolours are sure to spark your imagination and with both brush pens and bottled colour to choose from there is something for everyone. We're so excited to be sharing more from this range over these next few months along with project ideas like bubble ink paper printing. Stay tuned!

Fall in love with fabric again with the 'Love Note' collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. It is a delightfully romantic range of dreamy florals, dainty hearts and delicate stripes, giving the feel of warm summer afternoons in the garden, surrounded by the sweet perfume of roses. The petal pinks, earthy greens and sky teal shades feel just like a sunny day and any quilt made with this beautiful collection is sue to feel like a warm hug.

This year, we encourage you to MAKE your Christmas…It is a long family tradition in our house to have at least one new, handmade Christmas decoration to add to the decorations each year. This can be anything from a quilted table runner, paper decorations to hang on the tree or a crafty piece to decorate the table. Now, with our family split between Australia and Scotland, I am bringing the tradition into a new space and creating our own set of handmade decorations that are both easy and beautifu …