Craft Focus - Feb/Mar (Issue 65)

craft focus 109 spring and easter Easter display with PlastiKote Make Easter even more special this year with a fabulous garland made simply with PVA glue, string and PlastiKote spray paint. If you’ve got a few tin cans in your recycling bin, why not spray them with the leftover paint and turn them into Easter present plant pots brimming with daffodils – together with a home-made garland they’ll make a gorgeous Easter display. PlastiKote plastikote.co.uk Spring celebration This kit from Bothy Threads is one of four seasonal designs based on artwork by Allison Hullyer. Worked on 14 count Aida it comes with clear diagrams and instructions and presorted threads. Crafters can purchase this as a beautiful heartfelt gift or simply enjoy creating the design for their own home. Bothy Threads +44 (0)1900 828 844 bothythreads.com Spring jewellery These 3x8mm 3-hole Cali beads from Creative Beadcraft have a versatile shape so they can be used as simple spacers or to create more structural jewellery pieces. The double-convex rounded surfaces allow seed beads be strung over them, offering many creative opportunities and they are available in 50 colours including beautiful chalk, silk and opal shades. The delicate petal shape means that they are ideal for creating little beaded flowers like this necklace and earrings set. Free patterns from the designer, Patty McCourt, and Cali Bead image galleries with lots of design ideas are available on the website. Creative Beadcraft +44 (0)1494 786 924 creativebeadcraft.co.uk Spring chicken Create your own feltabulous needle felted bird with Hawthorn Handmade’s Sussex Chicken needle felting kit. Crafters stab the wool to life with the felting needle enclosed and with the detailed step by step instructions, even total beginners will be addicted to this fun craft in no time. The kit includes all the materials needed to complete the bird and if extra help is needed video tutorials are easily available on the website. At Hawthorn Handmade each kit is put together by hand in the studio in the heart of Dorset where the team are surrounded by the nature and wildlife that constantly inspires all of their products. Hawthorn Handmade +44 (0)1258 880 691 hawthornhandmade.com