Tried & tested: retro florals

Whether sharing floral-faffery joy with family or friends, Jane Scott’s summer boredom buster will ensure plenty of PETAL PLAYTIME

YOU WILL NEED ■ Small pieces of your main fabric ■ Fusible interfacing ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit NOTES ■ Stitch petals with 6mm seams. We suggest that you make photocopies of flower tissue

One of the best times of the year is that magical moment, on the cusp of autumn, when we start to see the leaves change colour. There’s an unmistakable crispness in the air, and the days just start to

NEWNESS FROM MELOCA One of our favourite designers, Meloca Designs*, has dropped some fresh kits and needle minders on her website and as always they are inviting in colour, pattern and design. We’ve

This bold wall-hanging, made with tactile fabrics, lights up the home with cheery colour

Wrap up warm as you promenade down this pretty terraced street where each home speaks volumes of the residents who live there – cats peering from the window, pretty plants on windowsills and a trailin