The beauty of tuck stitches

MEASUREMENTS To fit sizes: 86/91 cm (34/36 ins), 97/102 (38/40), 107/112 (42/44), 117/122 (46/48), 127/132 (50/52). Actual size: 107 cm (42 ins), 117 (46), 127 (50), 137 (54) 147 (58). Length: 58 cm (

Make this simple T-shirt in a rainbow of colourful cottons

MEASUREMENTS To fit sizes: 81/86 cm (32/34 ins), 91/ 97 (36/38), 101/109 (40/43), 116/122 (46/48). Actual size: 118 cm (46½ ins), 126 (49½), 134 (52¾), 138 (54¼). Length: 48 cm (19 ins), 50 (19¾), 51

IN a small room above a bonnet shop in London’s Sloane Street in 1872, two daughters of “a surveyor of good repute who died unexpectedly leaving a widow and four daughters unprovided for” were entered

MUCH can be said for modern ways, but that doesn’t mean heritage crafts should be allowed to fall by the wayside. These long-established practices have been passed from generation to generation, and r

“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are