Mollie Magazine

MollieMakes is a brand new lifestyle and craft magazine which brings you the best of craft online, a look inside the homes of the world’s most creative crafters, tutorials on inspiring makes, round ups of the most covetable stash and tours of the crafty capitals of the world.Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find on printed newsstand copies.

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CONTRIBUTORS • THE SECONDHAND ISSUE

GO BIG OR GO HOME

Mollie LOVES • FASHION INTERIORS TRENDS

READY, STEADY STITCH • DISCOVER THE JOY OF EMBROIDERY WHEN YOU ADORN CLOTHING WITH REBECKAH KEMI APARA’S DESIGNS

BIOPHILIC DESIGN • Natural HOMEWARES AND ACCESSORIES INSPIRED BY plants AND organic shapes.

DESIGN for life • TAP INTO THE BIOPHILIC DESIGN TREND WITH THIS TRIO OF SIMPLE MAKES – THEY’LL EFFORTLESSLY CONNECT THE INTERIOR OF YOUR HOME TO THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

OH I COULD DO THAT

A FRESH START

TOO GOOD TO WASTE • MAUDE SMITH IS INSPIRED BY NATURE, THE HOMES OF ARTISTS AND A WASTE-NOT-WANT-NOT ETHOS PASSED DOWN THE GENERATIONS

Get the LOOK VINTAGE FLORALS • Take inspiration from Maude’s style with festoons of flowers, a soft colour palette and some retro touches

DRIED HYDRANGEAS • Add a rustic focal point to any room with a swathe of naturally dried hydrangeas from the garden

fresh start • VINTAGE TO VOGUE! UPCYCLE A CHARITY SHOP TEA TOWEL INTO THIS COLOURFUL TOP

VANIA SOUCY • The designer behind our cover project tells us about running her refashioned clothing business and the seamstresses that inspired her

OH I COULD DO THAT

HOT RIGHT NOW • FROM TERRACOTTA HUES TO ARCH SHAPES, HERE’S OUR ROUND-UP OF THE INTERIORS TRENDS HOTTING UP THIS MONTH...

BOBBIN AROUND • MIRROR, MIRROR… YOU’RE THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL! FIND OUT HOW TO DIY THE BOBBIN TREND

MY HOME VIBES • IF YOU LOVED OUR WEEKEND MIRROR MAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ROUND-UP OF BOBBIN DECO IDEAS AND INSPIRATION

SWEET SCENT

SWeeT DREAMS • TRANSFORM THAT CHARITY SHOP DUVET FIND INTO A GORGEOUSLY COMFORTABLE PAIR OF PYJAMAS WITH LINDA MAFUBA’S TUTORIAL

USED for GOOD • If your home is cluttered and you’re always spending money on purchases you don’t really love or need, remember that ‘trash’ can very readily be ‘treasure’

OH I COULD DO THAT

STRAWBERRY RIPPLE ICE CREAM • CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OF BERRIES BY WHIPPING UP MARLENE HALEY AND AMELIA RYAN’S ULTIMATE SUMMER ICE CREAM

ECO NOTES

AND, BREATHE... • TREAT YOURSELF TO ONE OF THESE MOOD-BOOSTING GIFTS AND A FEW HOURS OF UNINTERRUPTED ME-TIME

CHINA IN YOUR HANDS • Repair cracked or broken ceramics with the ancient craft of kintsugi – a decorative technique using urushi (lacquer), rice glue and metal powder

TEMPLATES • FIND THE FULL-SIZE TEMPLATES READY TO DOWNLOAD AT WWW.GATHERED.HOW/MOLLIE

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SEPTEMBER • With the start of a new school year, Atia is finishing up some projects and redecorating the new craft space in her house