Craft Focus - Jun/Jul (Issue 67)

From fabrics to cross stitch, the South American camelid is one of this season’s quirkiest trends. Get within spitting distance of our favourite llama designs drama llamas 1 Hawthorn Handmade Hawthorn is well-known for its animal inspirations, and each of its kits is put together by hand at the company’s Dorset studio. With an easy-to-follow stitch guide, this amusing alpaca comes with pre-printed cotton, ready for the user to hoop up and get stitching. The set includes detailed instructions, together with all the materials needed to complete the project. It retails at £17.50. hawthornhandmade.com 2 Corinne Lapierre Corinne’s contemporary craft kits are a particular favourite of ours, and this charming design previously featured on the cover of our April/May issue. It comes with all the materials required to make three llamas, including soft wool-mix felt, embroidery threads, needles, a threader and a comprehensive stitch guide. corinnelapierre.com 3 Solocrafts Design Works Crafts has two llama cross stitch designs available this summer. The first comes with 14 count aida and threads, while the other uses 18 count aida and can be mounted onto co- ordinating paper to fit a standard 8in x10in photo frame. The products cost £12.99 and £9.99 respectively. Also available is the company’s punch needle llama kit. This technique pulls loops of cotton thread through the fabric to colour in each area, leaving a fluffy picture. Each kit costs £7.99, while the punch tool is sold separately and retails at £5.99. solocrafts.com 4 Higgs & Higgs Higgs & Higgs is the UK distributor for Le Tissu by Domotex. Made from cotton, the French company’s fabrics are available with a range of classic and contemporary motifs, including these adorable llama designs. Each version is a minimum of 150cm wide and is Oeko-tex certified. higgsandhiggs.com 5 Country Love Crafts Country Love Crafts stocks two sizes of papier mâché llama. These decorative shapes can be decoupaged, painted or embellished in an endless number of ways. The larger design seen here has been adorned with DecoArts acrylics, while its smaller counterpart has been covered with mouldable foam clay, a favourite with younger crafters. countrylovecrafts.com craft focus 75 trend file