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Diva Loves week 34 - This week's pick is our new animal print fabric, 100% cotton sold by the metre, a great fabric for crafts or dressmaking, this would make a fabulous bag! Don't forget we stock lots of Butterick and McCall's sewing patterns! To view the fabric please click here.
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This week for Diva Loves, we have chosen our new 4x4 inch sqaure fabric pack. A pack of 50 100% cotton squares sized 4x4 inches. great for patchwork! To view the fabric pack please: click here.
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Baker's twine is a great product for adding a finishing touch to your card making and scrapbooking projects, or if you like to wrap your presents with fabric, this would be great for that too! Available in 6 colours and sold in 10 metre lengths. To view the Baker's Twine please click here.
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This week we have chosen for Diva Loves, our NEW ice cream sundae fabric, this gorgeous fabric would make fab table cloths, a cute dress for an adorable little girl, or even yummy cushion covers. To view the fabric please click here.
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Diva Loves week 30! This week we have chosen our NEW 6mm ribbon pack. The pack includes 20 x 1 metre lengths of 6mm double sided satin ribbon. A fab way to top up your ribbon stash without the cost. To view the ribbon please click here.
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If you're looking for some fashionable fabric to make a maxi skirt or dress, this is the fabric for you! It's right on trend with the high street and only £4.99 a metre! To view the fabric please click here.
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Hi everyone, this weeks Diva Loves is all about our beautiful lace edge bias binding, in plain or spotty this gorgeous bias binding has a pretty lace edge to add a touch of elegance to your project. We will soon be stocking some more colours and patterns too! Don't forget to check out our new fabrics too! To view the bias binding please click here.
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Week 27 already! Wow, where does time go to!? We have chosen for this week our new lurex gold and silver bias binding, it is 19mm wide and sold by the metre. To view the bias binding please click here.
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Fabric flower project!
You will need: 3 inch square fabric pieces (or larger if you would like to make your flower bigger). Felt, a safety pin and 1 button, you may need a hot glue gun depending on how you would like to finish your item.
Step 1: Take a square and fold it in half, and then turn the corners in to the middle to create a triangle, and the sew along the botton edge.
Step 2: repeat step 1, 7 more times so you have 8 triangles in total. You can leave them attached for quickness and then separate them afterwards.
Step 3: Take a contrasting colour and repeat step 1 using just 5 pieces of fabric.
Step 4: Using a strong cotton or double thread, sew a running stitch along the bottom of the triangles to join them all up, pull the thread to gather up and create petals, making sure that they all face the same way with the fold at the front. Secure the end of the thread. Do this for both parts of the flower, and then cut a circle of felt.
Step 5: Either sew or glue gun your petal circles onto the circle of felt (I used a glue gun for quickness). I then sewed a button onto the middle of the flower, you can attach the safety pin or a brooch back to the felt circle too (see picture).
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This week for Diva Loves, we have chosen our new skull buttons, these buttons are metal and come in 2 colours, antique gold and silver. They are very fashionable right now, so why not jazz up an old blouse or top by changing the buttons! To view the buttons please click here.
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Diva Loves this week is focusing on our new Navy with white heart bias binding. The binding is 1 inch wide and 100% cotton. To view the binding please: click here.
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Diva Loves week 24! This weeks pick is the new wooden embellishment watering cans, these are 4cm tall and have a sticky dot on the back and are great for your papercraft projects! To view them please click here.
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This month's free proect is how to make a bag!
You will need: fabric (we've used calico for the tutorial, but you can use anything), matching thread, pins, scissors & a sewing machine
Step 1: cut 2 pieces 25cm tall x 33 cm wide, cut 2 straps 30cm x 8cm and cut one gusset 90cm x 10cm. (you could overlock or zig-zag stitch the edges if you wish).
Step 2: Take one side of the bag and the gusset, pin the gusset to the top and machine, easing the corners as you go. The gusset will need trimming slightly when you've finished. Attach the other side in the same way.
Both sides attached:
Step 3: Take the straps, fold one strap in half, then fold the edges to the middle, machine down both sides, repeat for the other strap.
Step 4: Find the centre of your bag and pin the straps, take note of the way the straps lie. Machine over each strap to secure.
Step 5: Turn the bag the right way, and make a hem on the top ( approx 2cm) and pin, making sure the straps are pinned correctly, then machine around the top of the bag and also at the bottom of the hem. And then all you need to do is decorate, or add embellishments!
This bag would be a fab gift filled with items for a new baby, or fill with wool & needles for a knitting fan. Or even fill with fabric and a sewing pattern to get a friend into sewing!
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Diva Loves week 23! This week we have chosen our new pirate fabric. With a fresh blue background this pirate fabric would be great for any boy who wishes to be Captain of his own ship! This fabric is perfect for curtains and cushions. To view the fabric please click here.
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Diva Loves week 22 has arrived! We have chosen our Bertie's Bows ribbon this week. We have 4 pretty ribbons in the "love" range, Baked with love, Handmade with love, love to sew and crafted with love. These create ribbons would be a fab finishing touch to any handmade item, you could sew it in to a garment or tie up cake pops with them! To view the ribbons please click here.
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Happy April everyone! This month's special offer is 15% off all scrapbooking & card making papers! To view them please click here. Offer ends 30th April 2013.
Happy Crafting
Carole & Gina
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We have put together a special pack for the Harumika fans. Our newest pack contains 40 pieces for you to enjoy, this is great for Harumika or as a craft pack. To view the 40 piece set please click here.
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Peg bags! yes that's right we now sell beautiful peg bags that would look pretty on any washing line. To view our peg bags please click here.
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Hi everyone, we have something exciting to share with you. We are offer you the chance to win a beautiful cream & ivory lace cushion cover worth £7.50 over on Facebook. All you have to do is: 1: like the picture and 2: comment on the picture, here is the link to the competition. WIN WIN WIN
GOOD LUCK
Carole & Gina
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Diva loves week 19! wow, doesn't time fly?! this week's pick is the NEW easter pack of felt by dovecraft. Each pack has 2 of the following, lilac, beige, green & lemon. A fab way to get great value high quality felt!
To view the felt please click here.
