Chameleon cuddle

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Play with soft fabrics and vibrant colours to create the cutest reptile by Lucy

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Simply Sewing Magazine

5 June 2025

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Craft

Today's Quilter

Wicklewood mill project

■ Green floral fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Coral spot fabric – One (1) fat quarter ■ Red fabric – One (1) fat eighth (more if fussy cutting) ■ Cream fabric – ⅝yd ■ Pale blue fabric – ½yd ■ Gold fab

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A virtual connection

Sewing and crafting is hot online: it’s a whole new world for makers joining the online sewing realm, and an ever-evolving but steady club for more seasoned members of the crafty community. Many maker

Simply Knitting

Everyday heroes

Notes Leave long tails at the cast-on and bind-off edges of each piece for sewing. Sew the seams with the RS facing, using mattress stitches unless instructed otherwise. For pieces with colourwork, wo

Simply Crochet

Happy haven

Glue guns at the ready – after making the baubles, there’s even more fun to be had in assembling Emma Leith’s colourful wreath ■ Lily Sugar’n Cream Solids (100% cotton, 70.9g/109m), 1 ball of each: Ho

The Knitter

Village green

When shaping raglans, work shapings as set below: Row 1 (RS): K1, Sl 1, K1, psso, patt to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1. Row 2 (WS): P1, P2tog, patt to last 3 sts, P2tog tbl, P1. Using 4mm needles, cast on 82