Hi everyone for Diva Loves this week we have chose our new papier mache bird houses! There are 6 different designs and they only cost an amazing 85pence each! These items can be found in our shop. or they can be ordered online and collected (sorry we can not post them). Happy Crafting Carole & Gina

Hi everyone, our offer of the month is a FREE packet of standard assorted machine needles when you spend £25 or more! No need for a code. your freebie will automatically be included in your parcel or order!

Happy Crafting

Carole & Gina

Hi everyone, we just wanted to share with you a great idea for a book cover. This delicious cup of tea is made from felt and even has it's own tea bag for that perfect brew! Biscuit anyone?

Happy crafting, Carole!

Hi everyone, we were recently visited by the lovely Gemma, and she bought in this adorable mannequin pin cushion that she has made using our tape measure fabric. We love seeing what our customers have created, thanks for sharing!

Carole & Gina

Hi everyone, it's time for Diva Makes and this time we are sharing with you a pretty patchwork bag that we have made. You can see the bag on display in our shop. We used the following fabrics: summer roses click here, pink with white spot click here,  and striped fabric click here.

Hi everyone, we hope you had a wonderful Easter break! This week for Diva Loves we have chosen Fuse a Web! This fantastic product can be used to fix fabric to fabric with an iron! It is 45cm wide and is sold by the metre, priced at just £2.70. To view the item please click here.

Hi everyone, we are starting a new feature here at Diva where we will share with you items that we have made, and it will be called Diva Makes! So for our very first Diva Makes I made this crochet pot the other day, and I just wanted to share it with you. To make the pot stiff, after I had finished it, I painted it with water and PVA glue mix, and allowed to dry. The flower was not washed with the glue mix and is still soft. Happy Crafting! Carole :)

Hi everyone, for Diva Loves this week we have chosen our new zebra print, 100% cotton fabric. It is 112cm wide and sold by the metre, it can be found here.

Hi everyone, here is a quick and easy free mini project for you to do, and it would be great to do with children. All you need is some polystyrene eggs, small sqaures of fabric, ribbon and some pins. All you ave to do, is fold the square into a triangle, and then into a smaller triangle and pin them onto the eggs! add ribbon to hang, it's that simple!

Hi everyone, we have 3 fabulous items to share with you again today. All three items were made by Gemma a Diva regular. The apron was finished using our spotty lace edge bias binding found here, the peg bag was made using our washing line teddy fabric found here, and the cupcake bag was made from some cupcake fat quarters which are currently out of stock. Thanks for sharing your pictures Gemma!

Happy Crafting, Carole & Gina

April offer of the month - 30% off all McCall's sewing patterns which can be found here.

Hi everyone, for Diva Loves this week we have chosen our pin wheels, you can never have enough pins, so why not have pretty pins?! We have 4 different designs: flowers, leaves, hearts and round. To view the pins please click here.

Congratulations to Vicky Bennett the winner of our fabulous felt flower kit!

Hi everyone, for Diva Loves this week we have chosen our brand new range of 10mm wide gingham ribbon. We have 12 fantastic new colours which are sold by the metre, or you can purchase a bag of 12 x 1 metre lengths at a special price. To view the ribbon please click here.

Hi everyone, we wanted to share with our local customers that there is a fabulous exhibition on at The Discovery Centre called Blooming Marvellous, and their project is a knitted garden. We visited them at the weekend and took pictures of the fantastic work. This is from the Gosport Council website... and you add knit and add to the exhibition, Diva Crafts have donated a knitted poppy!

Carole & Gina

Blooming Marvellous

Gosport Discovery Centre 10:00am Saturday 15 Mar 2014 to Saturday 17 May 2014

Blooming Marvellous Intergenerational Community Knitted Garden FREE admission!

A truly magical life-size knitted garden is coming this spring. Over 2,500  knitters and crocheters worked with participatory visual artist Pauline Stanley  to create the garden, which is complete with knitted flowers and insects, garden  shed and mouth-watering picnic. Come and join in to help our garden grow.Supported by Arts Council England and Bournemouth Borough Council.

This exhibition is the Gallery building located just off the High Street.  Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.

Please note the Gallery is closed on Sundays and bank holidays.

A new piece of the garden will be created by the local community from Gosport  & Fareham which is added to the display as it continues on its tour.

We are inviting local people and community groups to take part and knit  something for the display.
Please get in touch if you would like to knit  or crochet something for the exhibition or if you can donate wool for workshops.  All ages and all abilities are welcomed.

Hi everyone, this week for Diva Loves, we have chosen our new purple flamingo fabric, we have been selling this in blue for the last year and we've sold hundreds of metres, and now we are pleased to stock it in another fabulous colour! The fabric is 100% cotton and 112cm wide and it is sold by the metre. To view the purple please click here, and to view the blue please click here.

Hi everyone, as you know we absolutely love it when our customer share their fantastic creations with us, and this week our good friend and Diva regular Gemma Bishop bought into the shop these fabulous aprons! They have been made using our lilac roses fabric here, bias binding here, buttons here, ginghams here and bow fabric here! Aren't they fab?!

Carole & Gina

Hi everyone, for Diva Loves this week we have chosen our roses fabric bundle, in either 3 inch found here or 4 inch found here. Each pack contains 40 squares, and they are great for patchwork or mini projects!

Hi everyone, following on from featuring lots of pretty spring and Easter themed items, this weeks' Diva Loves features our 75gram pack of spring pastel buttons. Each bag is a random mix of craft buttons great to rummage through! To view the buttons please click here.

Hi everyone, this month we have a great Mother's Day inspired project, a hanging rose decoration.

You will need: 2 sheets pale pink felt, 2 sheets hot pink felt, 1 sheet green felt, hot glue gun, hoop, buttons / beads / stick on gems /sequins for centres etc wire, bakers twine or embroidery floss for hanging.

Step 1: Draw a spiral on a piece of paper and use it as a template for the felt, cut out your felt spirals, and freehand cut some green felt leaves.

Step 2: Put a pin in the spiral (see picture) curl up the spiral to create your rose and glue in place. I made 4 different sizes of rose in the 2 different colours of felt.

Step 3: Glue on leaves, add beads or sequins to embellish the roses.

Step 4: Thread your roses onto your wire or bakers twine. I created 4 different strings for the hanging decoration.

Step 5: Cover your hoop in felt, connect your strings of roses on, and create a wire hanging piece for the top!

Carole ~x~