Craft Focus - February/March 2023 (Issue 95)

STITCHFINITY Stitchfinity is thrilled to launch its Make Your Own Jewellery kits – a collection of five designs of earring and complementary brooches. Each design is simple enough for beginners but satisfying enough for confident crafters. This makes these craft kits ideal as an easy introduction to cross stitching or a fun and quick project for stitching pros. There are five designs of earrings and brooches to choose from: Watermelon, a heart, doughnut, pizza and orange. For maximum effect and minimum opportunity to display the back of your stitching, earrings are double sided and stitched together. And to provide a neat finish on the back if you’re stitching a brooch, there’s a handy piece of felt. There’s somewhere to keep your work in progress, as all of these kits come packaged in stylish recyclable cardboard boxes which also makes them very giftable. https://stitchfinity.com SOLOCRAFTS Solocrafts has two lovely new brooch designs from VDV of Kiev, the Butterfly and Bee. These bead embroidery kits create stunning jewellery pieces to give as gifts or treasure for yourself. Kits contain satin fabric with a printed guide to follow as you sew the beads, pre-sorted beads and sequins, beading needle and thread, felt to back and fusible webbing to attach these together, a brooch fastener and a paper chart as a backup aid. A single length of thread is used to stitch down all the beads working a section of the design at a time, so the beads lay in the right directions. The finished broches measure around 9cm x 5cm and retail for £17.99 each. +44 (0)161 464 7310 sales@solocrafts.com www.solocrafts.com VIRIDIAN Viridian’s selection of Circulo amigurumi kits are quite a hit. Each kit contains everything you need to complete your chosen character. They’re an excellent price as well as fun to make and it’s impossible to stop at just one. Perfects gifts for friends and family and of course yourself too. office@viridianltd.co.uk https://viridianyarn.com 76

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