You may have heard, Feathered Friends, our new book published by Love Crafts, is out now! It features crochet, knitting, sewing, felting, papercraft projects and much more.

A few of our favourites include appliquéd owls, needle-felted chickens, crochet penguin pillows and birdcage dream catchers. As with everything we do, Feathered Friends showcases our passion for handmade!

25 lucky winners will each receive one copy. To stand a chance to win one of 25 copies, enter our competition and answer one simple question.

Good luck!

MM xx

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Win two tickets worth £280 to Design Your Career conference in Bournemouth.

Design Your Career is a brand new art, craft and design conference that focuses on how to establish your own creative enterprise.

Organised by Craft, Coffee & Cupcakes, this two-day event includes workshops and seminars to offer guidance and inspiration for keen creative folk.

Wayne Hemingway will be one of the many guest speakers, as well as the Design Trust‘s Patricia van den Akker, Laura Thomas and >Nicholas John Frith. Not on the High Street will also be running a workshop offering advice on selling products online, plus more.

Design Your Career takes place in Bournemouth on 2 and 3 February 2013.

Enter to stand the chance to win a ticket for you and a friend

Competition ends 12 January 2013

Good luck!

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That’s right… It includes browsing Cachette online, adding €150 worth of lovely items to your basket and having it delivered without paying for it! Seriously!

Paper lights made in Holland.

Cachette is a shop based in the South of France owned by Stephen and Delphine. Their business radiates their passion for great design so you’re sure to find beautiful, timeless pieces for your home.

To enter this incredible competition, go here and follow the instructions carefully.

The steps:

1. Go to the competition link and answer the question correctly

2. Go to the Cachette website and register, stating ‘Mollie Makes’ in the ‘where did you hear about us’ box

3. Fill your basket with lovely items worth €150 (you can add and remove items up until 20 December). Then cross your fingers and hope you win!

This competition is open to everyone in the UK and around the globe.

Best of luck! xx

Rusted Star made in France

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Simply Crochet: the brand new magazine from the people that brought you Mollie Makes.

The lucky winner will receive:

• 1 year print subscription to Simply Crochet magazine

• Patons Learn to Crochet with Wool Blend Aran yarn in shades (x3 cream, x3 taupe) –– 5mm Milward crochet hook, 8 Coats buttons. Kit: RRP £38.24 courtesy of Black Sheep Wools

• Simply Crochet by Debbie Bliss with six balls of Debbie Bliss Rialto 4ply yarn (Hyacinth), 4mm Milward crochet hook. Kit: RRP £41.95 courtesy of Black Sheep Wools
  Rowan Lace with four balls of Rowan Fine Lace in shade Vintage, 1.5mm crochet hook.
  Kit: Total RRP £39.70 courtesy of Black Sheep Wools

• Around The Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman … Plus more!

Please note: this is a competition for UK residents only. Enter the competition here

Good luck! x

Simply Crochet magazine sampler

More about Simply Crochet magazine

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After experimenting with colourful fabrics, and creating prototypies, the Portugal-born designer-maker came up with these gorgeous oversized letters. They’re an alphabetic wonder!

Typies speak louder than words.

“Our Barcelona boutique specialises in creating high quality comfort for you and your home,” says Soraia. Each Typie is worth £24 and you get to choose two comfy letters and pick the colours you like most.

This competition is also open to overseas entries!

For a chance to win Typies simply enter here.

Good luck! xx

Check out this great vid’ by Typie

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Mollie Makes Christmas book

We’re please to announce that Louise Slee, Sarah Roy, Helen Filip, Carly Elliott, Kelly Smith, Claire Mitchell, Natalie Arney, Meghain Coetzee, Emma Alexander and Annette Babchuk have all won a copy of Mollie Makes Christmas!

Congratulations guys and happy crafting! xx

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Liberty Lifestyle fabric bundle to win!

The winner will receive a pack of 9 fat quarters from the Bloomsbury Gardens range. Thinking about starting a quilt project? This lovely fabric could be just the thing that gets you started.

The prize in total is worth £27.90. Each piece is 100% quilting cotton and measures up at approx 50cm x 54cm.

And for those of you across the waters: this competition is open to Mollie Makes readers based in the UK and overseas. Enter the competition here. Best of luck!

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Congratulations to Tracy Wright! You’re now the proud owner of an iPad and one whole year of happy Fridays. Enjoy, from everyone here at Gathered and Mollie Makes. xxx

Subscribe to Gathered By Mollie Makes and get 5 free issues!

Watch Gathered: The Movie

More Gathered goodness

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Win an iPad with Gathered By Mollie Makes

Did you know there’s a brand new weekly digital craft magazine on its way? It’s true! Gathered By Mollie Makes is a new, interactive craft magazine that’s exclusive to the iPad.

Made by the team that brought you Mollie Makes, Gathered is packed full of creative projects, people and videos to inspire you and your work.

What’s more, to celebrate its launch, we’re giving away a lovely new iPad to one lucky person! The winner will also receive a free one-year subscription to Gathered. Woohoo!

The prize we’ve got up for grabs is a brand new, third-generation iPad (16GB, white wi-fi model). To be in with a chance of winning, visit our official competition page.

Please note this competition is open to readers worldwide. Best of luck!

Gathered by Mollie Makes will be on sale through the Apple Newsstand from the end of October. In the meantime, though, keep updated with the latest news, competitions and sneak peeks through Gathered’s website, official Facebook page and Twitter feed.

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Poppy Treffry’s one-day course will take place from 10-5pm on Wednesday 31 October 2012, near Penzance, West Cornwall. The lucky winner will spend the morning getting to grips with the freehand embroidery technique and playing with the machines (while indulging in a lovely cup of tea, natch).

Then, after a delicious lunch, you’ll get to work on a project, such as a tea cosy or a cushion. Everyone should leave the day with a finished item and bucketloads of inspiration!

Enter the competition here. Please note travel expenses and accommodation are not included in this prize.

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