Craft Focus - April/May 2020 (Issue 78)

22 CRAFT BUDDY Making use of the same on-trend ‘diamond painting’ technique from the popular Crystal Art® kits, Craft Buddy’s brand-new range of Crystal Art® Notebook Kits allow crafters to create their very own sparkling notebook designs. Each containing 50 lined pages, the 26cm x 18cm sized notebooks are perfect for everyday use. With four designs to choose from including cartoon unicorns, majestic owls, loveable kittens and colourful skulls, there’s something for everyone. With all the contents needed to make the notebooks included in the pack, and a budget-friendly £9.99 RRP, these are sure to be a winner for all crafters and stationery fanatics alike. +44 (0)20 3417 6565 craftbuddyltd.co.uk JONES BUTTONS Here are some of the latest editions to the Dress it Up packs. Founded in 1909, Jones is the country’s biggest supplier of buttons to the fashion industry and operates one of the UK’s few remaining button dye houses. Each year it sells more than 50 million designs, with customers including Liberty, M&S and Laura Ashley. Jones & Co, is expanding into new purpose-built premises after receiving a £1 million funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The funding, which forms part of Lloyds’ pledge to support Midlands businesses will see Jones & Co consolidate two of its existing premises into one at a new state-of-the-art facility in Nottingham. The move is expected to allow the business to increase its capacity by up to 20 per cent, growing its product range and improving services. +44 (0)115 9781 263 jones-buttons.com HUNKYDORY CRAFTS The Crafty Crates collection features six themes that create six individual open crate designs filled with elements. There’s: In the Garden; Time to Knit; Ultimate Tool Kit; Cheese & Wine Time; The Magic Toybox; and Birthday Fun. Everything is die cut for your convenience, so you can just pop out of the sheet and piece together, you will just need foam pads and tape to secure the card together, everything else is included. This collection is printed onto an uncoated Matt-tastic cardstock which really suits the crate theme and there’s gold accent foiling on the elements to contrast nicely with the rustic Matt-tastic card to add a touch of luxury. You can make 12 cards with this kit for just £14.99. +44 (0)1772 272 575 hunkydorycrafts.co.uk JUSTHANDS-ON.TV justhands-on.tv and Vivebooks have announced the launch of three new, exciting quilting eBooks: Hopscotch by Anne Baxter; Take Nine by Valerie Nesbitt; and Magic 4-patch by Anne Baxter. justhands-on.tv and Vivebooks came together to create these innovative eBooks in a pdf format using the full workshop videos from justhands-on.tv and technology from Vivebooks. The price for each eBook is £15. According to Vivienne Wells of Vivebooks, “Quilters enjoy the clear instructions and easy access to patterns as they would with any book. What makes these eBooks special are the high resolution images and video/audio files embedded in the pages so that the user can zoom in to see great detail, or pause and replay key sections of the video.” Steve Barton, CEO of justhands-on.tv added, “eBooks are a new format for us. We’ve been very impressed with the technology created by Vivebooks, and we believe that this provides a new, exciting way for quilters to get access to Britain’s finest tutors.” support@justhands-on.tv justhands-on.tv ISBN: 978-1-912911-97-2 www.vivebooks.com FAST, FUN, WASTE-FREE QUILTING: HOPSCOTCH ebookwith vid eo Create fast, fun,waste-free quiltswith this videoworkshop byAnneBaxter (right) and Justhands-on.TV. • Anne demonstrates how tomake a great quilt with just 12 fat quarters, using two versionsof the simpleHopscotch block. • Oneversionhas a realcountry feel,with its fabrics in similar tones.Theotherquiltuses shirting fabricswith added sashing. • For a smaller quilt,make fewer blocks. • Anne gives guidance on all the cutting, through a pile of six fabrics, using the ro- tary cutter to its best advantage. • There are written instructions with dia- grams,which can be printed out on your homeprinter andused asworkshopnotes. • Read this ebook in pdf formatonMac,PC, and iPad – seeour helpful guidelines. Hopscotch videoworkshop byAnneBaxterwas created for Justhands-on.TV,a company started and run byValerieNesbitt to share videowork- shops and demonstrations from theUK’smost talented patchworkers and quilt artists. Justhands-on.TV has new videoworkshops twice monthly.Aweekly newsletter flags up regular new content, including tips and techniques,blockof themonth projects, inter- views,taster videos and news of the latest books/products. Basic registration to Justhands-on.TV is free and gives access to taster videos.For a smallmonthly subscription,you can view and take part in all theworkshops. 9 781906314972 ISBN 978-1-906314-97-2 Anne Baxter Hopscotch Fast, Fun, Waste-free Quilting ISBN:978-1-912911-99-6 www.vivebooks.com FAST, FUN, WASTE-FREE QUILTING: MAGIC 4-PATCH ebookwith video Create fast, fun,waste-free quiltswith this videoworkshop byAnneBaxter (right) and Justhands-on.TV. • Making thisblock/quilt canbe seriously ad- dictive – it is quick, easy and wonderfully unpredictable. • You need 5in or 10in squares (eg charm packs and/or layer cakes).Make just one cushion from a single block, or a whole quilt from 25 blocks. • Anne’s quilt uses recycled shirt fabric.She adds a redflatfillet for aflashofcolour,and talks through some sashingoptions. • The written instructions with diagrams, can be printed out on your home printer and used asworkshop notes. • Read this ebook in pdf formatonMac,PC, and iPad – seeour helpful guidelines. Magic 4-Patch videoworkshop byAnneBaxter was created for Justhands-on.TV,a company started and run byValerieNesbitt to share videoworkshops and demonstrations from the UK’smost talented patchworkers and quilt art- ists. Justhands-on.TV has new videoworkshops twicemonthly.Aweekly newsletter flags up regular new content, including tips and tech- niques,block of themonth projects, interviews, taster videos and news of the latest books/products. Basic registration to Justhands-on.TV is free and gives access to taster videos.For a smallmonthly subscription,you can view and take part in all theworkshops. 9 781906314996 ISBN 978-1-906314-99-6 Anne Baxter Fast, Fun, Waste-free Quilting Magic 4-Patch ISBN: 978-1-912911-05-9 www.vivebooks.com FAST, FUN, WASTE-FREE QUILTING: TAKE NINE ebookwith video Create fast, fun,waste-free quiltswith this videoworkshop byValerieNesbitt (right) and Justhands-on.TV. • TkeNine isperfect for beginners as an in- troduction to rotary cutting and¼in seam piecing on the machine. It is a lovely de- sign to useup those bundlesof fabrics you couldn’t resist at the showor quilt shop. • Youneedexactly9 fatquartersof fabric,to make 9 blocks. • The att rn comes in two different sizes of block.Valerie gives alternative ideas for borders:PianoKeys and/or flat piping. • The sewing is easy.Valerie guides you through layer cuttingwith the rotary cut- ter,designed to cut lotsof pieces accurately and quickly. • There arewritten instructionswithdiagrams,which canbeprintedouton you home printer and used asworkshop notes. • Read thisebook inpdf formatonMac,PC,and iPad– seeourhelpful guidelines. TakeNine videoworkshop was created for Justhands-on.TV,a company started and run by ValerieNesbitt to share videoworkshops and demonstrations from theUK’smost talented patchworkers and quilt artists. Justhands-on.TV has new videoworkshops twice monthly.Aweekly newsletter flags up regular new content, including tips and techniques,blockof the month projects, interviews, taster videos and newsof the latest books/products. Basic registration to Justhands-on.TV is free and gives access to taster videos.For a smallmonthly subscription,you can view and take part in all theworkshops. 9 781912911059 ISBN 978-1-912911-05-9 Anne Baxter Fast, Fun, Waste-free Quilting Take Nine