I’ll confess I’m not the type to make my own clothes, cushions or curtains, but I was then I’d definitely make something with this Ladies Cameo fabric by Melody Miller.
Tag: craft
Heavenly Canvas vintage-style cushions
We see a lot lot of cushions and indeed, we've featured a good few too. But some of the Heavenly Canvas vintage-style cushions are worthy of your attention for two reasons. They're slightly quirkier than most and they're really good value too.
Betty Blue vintage fabric
Town Colour It Yourself Poster from Summerville
You may remember the Scandi Poster from Summerville we featured a while ago – now the same company Summerville have produced a new design on the same idea.
Where the Scandi design featured flowers, the Town Colour It Yourself poster should appeal to anyone with a love of architecture as it features rows of houses in different styles, along with passing traffic of vintage-looking cars. It has been screenprinted, but with only a black outline; the rest being left for you to colour in with pencils, felt tips or crayons as you wish.
It costs about £10 from the Summerville Etsy store.
Make Do and Mend print by Farouche on Etsy
Next time you shirk away from your ever-growing pile of socks in dire need of darning, this cheerful little print should give you a gentle reminder to sit down and get stitching.
The Make Do and Mend print from Farouche embodies one of the most enduring sentiments of wartime Britain and, with our pockets feeling a little lighter of late, is as relevant now as it was back then. The simple cursive typography, finished with a simple needle motif and vintage-style border, is available with a mint green, peach or dove grey background.
The Make Do and Mend print is at a credit-crunch friendly price of $18 from the Farouche store on Etsy.
Vintage Craft Workshop by Cathy Callahan
With crafting currently enjoying a fashionable moment, what better time to dip into Cathy Callahan's Vintage Craft Workshop? Specialising in popular retro craft, its subtitle promises to give fresh takes on classic crafts from the '60s and the '70s.
Various contributors help with the books 24 projects, reviving favourite crafts such as macrame, crochet and papier mache. The book aims to produce results that are stylish, not kitsch – I think this possibly has to be seen to be believed.
If you'd like to try the projects out for yourself, the book is currently on sale for £9.09 from Amazon
