Posts tagged “Craft”

My Essential Kit

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Kim of Folksy shop Kimbows creates handmade fabric jewellery using glossy painted wooden beads and pretty printed fabrics. With a background in fashion design she has always loved to sew. From vintage sewing books to sand paper & plastic, here she shares with us the craft kit she cannot live without.  1. My really big [...]

Maker Faire Competition Winners

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We’re only a week away from the Maker Faire and here in the Folksy office we’re getting pretty excited. Running along side the sponsorship of the Maker Faire has been an exciting competition to win the chance to be featured on the Folksy homepage. Our closing date was yesterday and it was a difficult choice [...]

Shop Talk: Helkatdesign

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This week we’re talking to Helen from Folksy shop Helkatdesign Could you describe your shop? My shop sells hand  screen printed and sewn cushions. The cushions are inspired by our  countryside and national emblems. They all have printed back detailing, as I like the idea of a surprise on the back often making the reversible [...]

Inspiring Creativity

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Many of you will be familiar with our regular columnist Amy McCarthy and the fantastic craft reports she writes for the Folksy blog. Now that Amy’s stained glass business has really taken off, sadly for Folksy she has decided she can no longer manage to keep up with her writing commitments, Amy also had a [...]

Crafting in small communities

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Carol Capaldi a Folksy shopkeeper got in touch to let me know about her fascinating experiences of building her business, taking inspiration from her time in Orkney, Edinburgh and using these experiences to organise and take part in craft fairs in her new home of Forres. Part of our Craft Local series, this article is [...]