Colour theory

As you are reading this article, I am assuming that you are a quilter. You may also be a dressmaker, which is a very different animal. My clever niece Michele is a dressmaker: her passion is creating

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Our decorating expert on letting go of paint charts and allowing your instinctive colour confidence to shine through

NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WST = wrong sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Jo used

Consider your home an invitation to play with the rainbow

Of all the ways to decorate, paint is probably amongst the most powerful of tools. It can significantly alter the mood of a room, creating a calming, uplifting or cocooning effect, serve as the founda