“New mothers don’t just want to talk about nappies and nipple cream – especially if they come from a creative background and love fashion, culture and design” This is how comms and events agency Mothers Meeting introduce themselves, describing themselves as where the world’s “coolest mums come together. Founded in London by Jenny Scott in…
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One of my favourite aspects in’ making my own clothes is that I can solely decide on what’ pattern and colours I want to choose.’ In this tutorial, we used two basic colours from the monochrome family and a basic layout for the pattern design. You can always take it a step further and invent your own patterns…
It would have been very easy for Natalia Vodianova take her millions and status as one of the world’s greatest supermodels and rest on it, living happily ever after with her partner and gorgeous children. But she didn’t – after only 5 years in the industry she realized that fashion was not her everything and…
This week’ we are going to show you how to make’ a beautiful robe for you to wear at home. Linen is one of the most comfortable and easy to keep fabric, one of the benefits is that with every wash, the fabric will get softer and softer, so a bathrobe is a great investment in your…
You may remember our next inspirational mother from her “˜controversial’ modeling days where she, Sophie Dahl, graced billboards and magazine covers with her size 14 figure. Granddaughter of the famous children’s author Roald Dahl, she flew the flag for curvy girls everywhere, celebrating her shape and changing the face of fashion. That was in 2000,…
Often instead of making’ intricate garments, what we really need is something simple, easy to make and great to add to our wardrobe. This tutorial shows a typical A Line skirt, finished with a zip and two pockets in the front. Material 2 yards of IL019 Blue Heaven Softened Matching sewing thread An invisible zip A…
Maryam Nassir Zadeh is best known for beautifully curated, downtown NY store‘ as well as her own fashion designs, but at home she’s known as ‘mom’ to two beautiful girls Anais and Luna. We’re huge fans of her impeccably styled retail space as well as her own pieces, but most of all the fact that she’s…
You probably own a few of these in cottons and stretchy jersey fabrics, but make it out of linen, and you have something quite special. It is easy to wear, super comfortable and looks great by itself as well as an under a shirt or a sweater. This is a great and quick tutorial for…
When people ask me about craftivism,* I love to talk to them about what’s happening now and who’s doing what here in the present. However, I also try and remember to make the point that craftivism is nothing new, as like with The AIDS Memorial Quilt, which I mentioned last week, many amazing craftivism projects…
Following on from our Pattern Drafting and Pattern Grading tutorials- this tutorial will show you how to sew’ the two tone summer dress we have shown you how to draft and grade if need be. This is a slip on, no zips, no buttons and no fuss kind of dress. We have also added some pockets,…
After donation and beautification, notification is the third tenet of Craftivism.* Compared to the other two tenets, notification tends to garner the most discussion. Unsurprisingly, it is also the one most likely to hit people with the biggest punch, as it features a juxtaposition between the “soft” world of craft and the “hard” world of…
Following on from our previous tutorial, this week we will look at’ how you can’ grade a pattern. This’ tutorial is’ aimed at those who are new to sewing, therefor the methods shown will cover the most basic techniques. In the future, we will revisit methods of grading for more complex seams or patterns. Continuing on from the previous…
This post is the 3rd in a series about craftivism. If you missed the previous posts, you might want to check out the Introduction and Part I. The second tenet of craftivism is beautification, or making your surroundings more beautiful by using your craft skills. As yarn bombing is what people think of first when…
In the tutorials we offer you,’ there have often been enquiries on how to work with the’ pattern diagram we publish. Primarily, how to draft and grade the pattern according to your size. So we are going to have two blog posts consecutively, demonstrating to you the basic steps of making your pattern. This tutorial is going…
A finger puppet from Craft Hope’s project with Country Woman magazine Last week on the blog, I wrote an introduction to craftivism, an international creative movement that I started in 2003. As I noted last week, within craftivism, I created three different tenets to help illustrate whether something falls under that umbrella:’ 1) donation (creating items…
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