Hi! I'm Laura "Lupin" Howard, a crafty lady living near Bristol (in south-west England). I drink a lot of tea, am partial to a nice bit of cake and am completely obsessed with felt. When I'm not busy making things, I'm usually writing about making things...
I used to run an online shop (Lupin Handmade) selling my hand-stitched felt creations along with colourful craft supplies. I loved sending parcels to customers around the world but after seven years I decided I wanted a different challenge and I'm now focusing on designing and writing.
Visit my shop to buy my printable sewing patterns!
I blog about my freelance projects, and about my personal crafting adventures. I always have a long list of new makes on my to do list!
I first discovered the joys of blogging back in 2007 when I started my Crafting 365 project to be crafty every day and blog about my progress. I think of my blog as a journal of my crafty life, and love how it's connected me to a whole community of amazingly creative and supportive people.
My work and the free projects on my blog have been featured in print magazines like Country Living, British Vogue, Elle Japan, Sewing World, Australian Homespun, Mollie Makes, Making, Craftseller, Sew, and Little Thing, as well as online at places like Apartment Therapy, Canadian Living, Creature Comforts, Chatelaine, Cool Mom Picks, Glamour Weddings, Mighty Girl, and Poppy Talk.
I used to run an online shop (Lupin Handmade) selling my hand-stitched felt creations along with colourful craft supplies. I loved sending parcels to customers around the world but after seven years I decided I wanted a different challenge and I'm now focusing on designing and writing.
Visit my shop to buy my printable sewing patterns!
I blog about my freelance projects, and about my personal crafting adventures. I always have a long list of new makes on my to do list!
I first discovered the joys of blogging back in 2007 when I started my Crafting 365 project to be crafty every day and blog about my progress. I think of my blog as a journal of my crafty life, and love how it's connected me to a whole community of amazingly creative and supportive people.
My work and the free projects on my blog have been featured in print magazines like Country Living, British Vogue, Elle Japan, Sewing World, Australian Homespun, Mollie Makes, Making, Craftseller, Sew, and Little Thing, as well as online at places like Apartment Therapy, Canadian Living, Creature Comforts, Chatelaine, Cool Mom Picks, Glamour Weddings, Mighty Girl, and Poppy Talk.
I've written two books about felt crafting. My first book, Super-Cute Felt, was published in 2011 and my second book, Super-Cute Felt Animals was published in 2013. They've since been republished in German, Dutch and Italian, and the second edition of Super-Cute Felt was published in 2017.
Click here to read more about my books and see some of the projects included in them, or click here to browse a list on Amazon of all the books featuring my work (that's an affiliate link).
I also sell digital sewing patterns for
people to use in their own projects. Visit my Etsy shop to see all the designs currently available.
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Explore my archive of free crafty tutorials, including Christmas tutorials and creative gift wrapping ideas.
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Check out my Amazon page for curated collections of items I love - colourful stationery, craft-themed jigsaw puzzles, awesome colouring books, and more!
P.S. Want to get in touch? Send me a message via my contact form and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.