Edward's Menagerie Book Launch Tickets: Winners

Time to announce the winners of the Edward's Menagerie book launch tickets!

The winners are...

... SayItWithCyanide, who said, "Oooh yes please! I like cats best!"

... and craftylittlerat, who said "I do love Alpacas, but Tapirs are my most favorite animals at the moment! That and Rats of course."

Congrats guys! I'll send you a message later today but if you don't hear from me by the time you see this post please get in touch - my email is mail [at] lupinhandmade [dot] com 


Edward's Menagerie will be published in July by David & Charles. RRP £15.99.

Click here to read my review!

Remember, if you pre-order the book directly from TOFT you'll also get a PDF of ten bonus patterns that aren't included in the book: a badger, camel, kangaroo, moose, reindeer, sloth, lemur, skunk, snow leopard and armadillo.

(P.S. there'll be another post up on my blog at 11am, so do pop back!)

Made in Felt... issue 2!

Remember Made in Felt magazine?

Well, it wasn't exactly a magazine, more like one of those thick, occasionally-published "bookazines" you see popping up all over the place these days.

It was jam packed with felt-themed crafty goodness... and now a second issue has been published! Yay!

I was delighted to discover that this issue includes two projects from my book, Super-Cute Felt Animals. I know it sounds a bit weird when I say things like that but honestly I rarely know about these features until someone spots them and mentions them to me!

You can sew a friendly hedgehog or a pretty budgie / parakeet, with step by step tutorials for both. I stitched myself a brooch version of the budgie and I wear it a lot, pinned to my jacket or cardigan.

 

Obviously if you're my mum (hello mother!) you might rush out and buy this just because my work is featured in it, but for those of you not related to me there's lots to love about this magazine!

It's 130 pages long and full of felt-themed tutorials, crafty ideas and sewing tips. I especially love this monster...

 

... this cuckoo clock (from Makery, a lovely crafty book which I reviewed earlier this year)...

 

... and this fun teapot.

 

There are also some felt-themed shopping guides and some interviews with some talented designer/makers who work with felt, like Louise Evans (of Felt Mistress fame) (how awesome are those felt beetles???)...

... and the always inspiring Gretel Parker, who creates the most wonderful needlefelted sculptures.  

I picked up a copy of Made in Felt in my local WHSMITH but if you can't find a copy near you, it's available to order online.

Bits and Pieces from Last Week

At the end of last week I finished sewing the waterlily!

 

It's one of a set of three floral designs I'm stitching from a vintage embroidery transfer. Sewing them is making me totally fall in love with embroidery, so expect lots more stitchy things popping up here on the blog over the next few months :)

Last week I also...

... cut out lots of little felt diamonds for a new tutorial (or two).

 

... put my feet up with a couple of issues of Art Quarterly (you know you've been busy when the summer issue of a magazine arrives and you've not had a chance to read the spring issue yet!)

... tidied up my thread (floss) boxes and ooohed over the yummy colours.

... took photos of pretty flowers (oh summer, you are so lovely). 

... and started work on a new cross-stitch themed tutorial that's coming soon! :)

A Fun Crafty Video: The Make Escape on London Live

Remember The Make Escape, the fab free craft night I went to in London last month?

Well, the night was filmed for TV station London Live... and the segment went out this week. I sadly missed it live but - hurrah, hurrah - they've put the clip up online.

It's a really lovely little video full of crafty goodness! Plus me, in a cat sweater, talking about making paper beads :)

Update: it looks like the video is only available to view if you're in the UK. Sorry folks! x


If it doesn't play automatically, press the arrow to start the video & when it's loaded then click in the very bottom left of the screen to play the film. If you can't see the video or it doesn't work for you, click here to view it on the London Live site.

The Make Escape is a free bi-monthly craft night held at the Hackney Attic on the last Tuesday of every other month. The next event is on Tuesday 29th July at 7.30pm, with the theme of "Village Fair". Visit their blog for more details or follow them on Twitter.