Innehållsförteckning för May 2020 från Mollie Magazine

THE EIGHTIES CALLED, THEY WANT YOU TO KNIT A SWEATER. Luxe German handknit brand Maiami have teamed up with yarny faves Wool and the Gang on two new designs – the Maiami jumper and the Vice cardigan. Both available as kits, you can get them delivered to your door and knit your way to chevron-clad happiness. The vibe? Miami Vice , but make it cosy, which suits us just fine. www.woolandthegang.com CARE PACKAGES ARE DONE BEST when you call in the experts. If cobbling together your own is too much right now, let Eden Boxes do it for you. They load theirs up with small batch local artisan products – hello candles, sweet treats and handmade accessories. Pick from four different boxes to spoil your loved ones with – the…

HOW TO MAKE A PINAFORE DRESS MATERIALS ■ Pair of full-length jeans ■ Seam ripper ■ Denim needle (size 90) ■ Zip ■ Zip foot ■ Polypropylene webbing, 4cm (1 5/8") wide If you’ve been glued to The Great British Sewing Bee and feel inspired to get involved, this upcycle from their amazing new book will kick off your hobby nicely. Focusing on getting creative and giving old materials a new purpose, this fun project shows you how to turn a pair of jeans into an easy-wear pinafore, transformation challenge-style. Working against the clock is totally optional. 01 Lay out the jeans and unpick the inside leg seams up to the crotch seam. Using a seam ripper is easiest, but you could use a pair of embroidery scissors – just…

HOW TO MAKE A PEACH MOTIF CROCHET BLANKET MATERIALS ■ Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran, 100% cotton, 50g/85m per ball; 12 balls in Sky Blue (639) (Yarn A) and one ball each in Peach Orange (655) (Yarn B), Soft Fudge (610) (Yarn C), Mandarin Orange (618) (Yarn D) and Grass Green (630) (Yarn E) (available from www. lovecrafts.com ) ■ 4.5mm (UK 7, US 7) crochet hook ■ Yarn needle TENSION Each square should be 14 x 14 cm (5½ x 5½") ABBREVIATIONS (UK)  st(s) stitch(es) ch chain dc double crochet htr half treble crochet tr treble crochet ss slip stitch sp(s) space(s) BLO back loop only FLO front loop only FINISHED SIZE 80 x 100cm (31½ x 39 3/8") Step up your crochet game with a 3D motif that shouts…

HOW TO MAKE AN EMBROIDERED LAMPSHADE MATERIALS ■ Floral patterned fabric, 66.5 x 30cm (26¼ x 117/8") (we used Painted Floral Fabric from www. studiojepson.com) ■ Lampshade kit, 20cm (7/8") or 30cm (11 7/8") (ours was from www. dannells.com) ■ Embroidery hoop, 18cm (7") ■ Embroidery threads (we used DMC Stranded Cotton in E1010 (neon pink), 3846 (turquoise), 444 (yellow), 718 (purple), E3852 (gold), 608 (orange), 3790 (brown) and Blanc (white)) ■ Embroidery needle ■ Double-sided sticky tape ■ Fine-toothed comb Standard homewares, but with a creative textured twist? Sign us up. This project elevates the basic lampshade to a mini work of art, adding freestyle embroidery to fabric and bringing it to life. Not only will you personalise a print with nifty stitching, you’ll also build your very own…

HOW TO MAKE BABY TROUSERS MATERIALS ■ 50cm (19¾") organic cotton jersey (we used Stretch Jersey Golden Brown w Forrest from www.stoffstil.co.uk ) (Fabric A) ■ 25cm (9 7/8") organic cotton ribbing (we used Organic Rib in Cobalt Blue for one pair and Nature for the other, available from www. stoffstil.co.uk ) (Fabric B) ■ Matching cotton thread ■ Stretch needle ■ Rotary cutter ■ Cutting mat ■ Small clothes pegs ■ Sticky tape As little ones grow at a super-speedy pace, keeping them in clothes that fit seems to be a never-ending problem. Giving us a clever (and adorable) solution, these amazing adjustable leggings grow as your baby does. Choose whether you want to make yours in the 0-6 months size, or 6-12 months, and dress them with the…

Athena Cauley-Yu Athena is chief stationery geek at Meticulous Ink. She juxtaposes her deep adoration of papery things by learning jiu-jitsu and lindy hop swing dancing. Yes, her hair is naturally long, curly and massive, and she’s not sorry about it. Take a tour around Athena’s store on page 40. www.meticulousink.com Ella Masters Artist and illustrator Ella is a huge advocate for mental health, and won the Product of the Year Award at the 2019 Mollie Makes Handmade Awards for the gorgeous vase created as part of her #ella365project. Check out Ella’s illustration on page 74. www.ella-masters-studio.squarespace.com Violeta Llano Violeta is a musician obsessed with textiles. When doing her PhD in interactive electroacoustic composition, she bought a sewing machine to make fabric sculptures. Later, she had two babies and brought…

SCALLOPS AND SHELLS Stepping out from the shadows of Art Deco, scalloped edges are the new micro-trend we can’t get enough of. Feminine and romantic, soften those curves even further with tactile fabrics in rich shades. MAKE IT! TURN OVER TO DIY SCALLOPS AND SHELLS…

HOW TO MAKE A BEDSIDE TABLE MATERIALS ■ 2.5cm x 3m (1 x 106") timber (we used pine) ■ Four 40.6cm (16") round taper legs ■ Four table leg straight-mounting T-plates with screws ■ 3.8cm (1½") trim-head screws ■ Miter saw ■ Drill ■ Screwdriver ■ Wood stain ■ Varnish ■ Cloth ■ Matching wood filler ■ Sandpaper ■ Paint brush Getting a good night’s sleep is all about creating the right atmosphere in your bedroom. Luckily, all it takes to transform your space into a sanctuary is one little tweak – this easy DIY nightstand. In the same time it takes to trawl around your favourite Swedish furniture store and put together a flatpack, you could be making your own bedside tables from scratch. And this way, you won’t…

SO WES ANDERSON If you’ve ever wanted to live on a Wes Anderson film set, this is the aesthetic for you. Instantly recognisable and totally iconic, it’s all about thought-out details, eccentric pieces and patterns, and elements from different decades. Oh, and all the pastels. 01 Leaving your house to go on holiday? So last season. We’re all about placing dreamy vignettes like this Diving Board Print around our homes. It’s like the holiday pic you wish you could take, but a million times better. www. dowsedesign.co.uk 02 There’s no such thing as a casually placed prop when it comes to Wes Anderson. Art direct your own styled scene with the help of a few select treats from the new Anthro collection, then get ready for your close up. www.…

HOW TO MAKE A KNITTED HEADBAND AND SCRUNCHIE MATERIALS ■ James C Brett Flutterby Chunky yarn, 100% polyester, 100g/175m per ball, one ball in B33 (pale grey) (Yarn A) and one ball in B34 (pale pink) (Yarn B) (we got ours from www. woolwarehouse.co.uk ) ■ 5mm (UK 6, US 8) circular knitting needle, 40cm (15¾") long ■ Hairband ■ Elastic hair tie ■ Stitch marker ■ Yarn needle TENSION 12 sts and 28 rows to 10cm (4") square ABBREVIATIONS (UK) st(s) stitch(es) k knit p purl kfb knit in the front and back of the st to increase k2tog knit 2 sts together to decrease RS right side WS wrong side FINISHED SIZE Scrunchie – 10cm (4") diameter Headband – 18cm (7 1/8") diameter The comeback trend for 90s…

YOUR GIFT BY SARAH FREEMAN PAGE 7 MATERIALS ■ Your rainbow kit ■ Glue gun 01 Separate out the lengths of yarn inside the kit by colour. Using a tape measure, cut the yellow yarn into four 88cm (34 5/8") pieces, the peach yarn into five 75cm (29¾") pieces, the light pink yarn into four 65cm (25 5/8") pieces, the dark pink yarn into five 55cm (21 5/8") pieces and the lilac yarn into four 42cm (16½") pieces. This makes sure you have the right yarn quantities for each section of the rainbow hanging. 02 Thread the needle with a length of yellow yarn, then take the needle down through the bottom left square of the plastic canvas, as shown. Pull the needle through, leaving a 10cm (4") tail at…

Susana graduated in Graphic Design, and worked for online businesses and the giftware industry for many years. She enrolled in a pottery course and, after learning the ins and outs of ceramics with master potter Roberto Gagliano, she decided to start making her own designs. From here, Star and Heart Studio was born, and Susana’s favourite part of her business is still the creative process. See more of her amazing a ceramics on Instagram @ @thestarandheartstudio . www w .starandheartstudio.com…

Athena Elizabeth Chuen Lan Cauley-Yu – or Athena to her friends – moved to Bath from north London 10 years ago to open her letterpress printing and stationery shop, Meticulous Ink, having no prior knowledge of the area, bar that it “had the optimum coupling of the right demographic and no competition”. Running her own business had always been the dream, but it was only after university that stationery came to the forefront of her life, when she landed a job at a private stationer in Sloane Square and was subsequently head-hunted by another company in Mayfair: “I realised I must be really good at this!” she recalls. Athena negotiated with them and got them to teach her how to use the design software, enabling her to do a bit…

Even if you have zero interest in buying stationery and paper goods, a visit to Present & Correct’s website will instantly soothe you. That schoolbook grid paper background. Those pleasingly ordered products. Everything about them calms us and makes us want to immediately organise our life via many different notebooks. www. presentandcorrect.com…

Times have moved beyond family business being all suits and shoulder pads, dunking biscuits in cups of strong tea, or fights over the fax machine. Yes, we still love a biscuit, but the family power house within independent businesses – many of which have been founded by women – has seen a brand new and exciting wave. Increasingly, it’s family we’re choosing to work with from the outset, or that solo makers are turning to when their business moves beyond the kitchen table. One such pivotal moment came for Katie Leamon’s (www.katieleamon.com) stationery business in 2012, when she received a large order from Waterstones. Katie wanted to print and pack every card, but with the quantity ordered this simply wasn’t possible. So, she enlisted her mum, sister and aunt to…

“People within the yarn community have been so kind to me” Hi, I’m Jessica and I’m obsessed with knitting and crochet! I’ve loved art ever since I was a little girl, but didn’t discover fibre arts until I had my daughter. After leaving my teaching job to raise her, I desperately wanted to have a creative hobby to go along with being mama. When I thought about knitting and crochet they seemed perfect, because I could tote my projects everywhere and work on them whenever I had a spare moment to myself. After failing to learn how to knit by reading a book – I almost gave up for good! – YouTube got me hooked and I never looked back. I love creating simple, timeless, yet modern pieces. I began…