Craft Focus - August/September 2025 (Issue 1110)

19 BRAND SPANKING NEW HERBERT PRESS Wool Sculpting Needle Felting for Beginners by Louise Lambert features 10 step-by-step projects, from toadstools and teacups to puffins and mice, learn how to create your very own miniature works of art. Needle felting is a simple, versatile technique for sculpting shapes and figures from wool. With this beautifully illustrated practical guide learn the different wools, materials and tools needed, discover how to ‘jab’ fibres into basic shapes and build your own frameworks from wire. Discover the haunted side of stitching with Witchy Stitching by Meg Black. Bewitch your home with patterns inspired by gothic art, Halloween curiosities, haunted holidays and witchy oddities. Featuring 25 projects for all abilities, new and seasoned stitchers are welcome here. Stitch your own spooky abode, or ghosts and ghouls to adorn your walls. Create a garden of carnivorous plants, or a vintage Halloween carnival. Bring haunted twists to Halloween and your favourite holidays with a gingerdead house at Creepmas and skeleton bunnies for Easterween. With everything you need on how to get started – key material lists, easy-to-follow charts and all of Meg’s stitching tricks – this grimoire is your essential stitchcraft companion. HerbertPress@bloomsbury.com www.bloomsbury.com/herbertpress ACORN FABRICS Acorn Fabrics has some lovely new fabrics. These include: Aruba pink: a lightweight cotton/linen blend with a beautiful soft handle. Ideal for summer shirts and blouses. Aruba 93 sky: a lightweight cotton/linen blend with a beautiful soft handle. Ideal for summer shirts and blouses. Aruba powder: a lightweight cotton/linen blend with a beautiful soft handle. Ideal for summer shirts and blouses. King HD pink: a crisp and sharp stripe on a 100 percent cotton poplin in a beautiful summer pink, perfect to brighten up your wardrobe. King HD ice blue: a crisp and sharp stripe on a 100 percent cotton poplin in a subtle light blue colour, which is a nice change from the classic mid blue stripes. sales@acornfabrics.co.uk www.acornfabrics.com 

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