‘i’ve been a crafter as long as i can remember’

This month, get creative with patterned fabrics and wallpapers, make everlasting paper flowers and invest in some quality bed linen or tableware

There’s never been a better time to go self-sufficient. In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding

Craftswoman Katy Eccles has perfected the art of making enduring plaster castings of fleeting and ephemeral garden-gathered or foraged flora

Take inspiration from your plot to create some mindful makes for the home or as gifts

WONDERING HOW TO SPRINKLE YOUR OUTDOOR HOSTING WITH MORE STYLE – AND MAYBE EVEN MORE JOY – THIS SUMMER? BELLA EVENNETT-WATTS SHARES THE LATEST WAYS TO ENTERTAIN A CROWD

YOU WILL NEED ■ Lily Sugar‘n Cream (100% cotton, 70.9g/109m) 4 balls of Jute (00082) 1 ball each of: Country Yellow (01612) White (00001) Rose Pink (00046) Hot Pink (01740) Light Blue (00026) Orchid (