Various Contributors - 101 Ways to Stitch, Craft, Create Vintage: Quick & Easy Projects to Make for Your Vintage Lifestyle

Welcome to 101 Ways to Stitch, Craft, Create Vintage. This is a beautiful collection of vintage-inspired craft projects covering all areas of a vintage lifestyle, from fashion and food and drink to gifts and home and garden. Filled with fun and practical projects that are quick and simple to make, there is a unique craft idea for everyone wanting to embrace a vintage lifestyle.

Try your hand at creating a vintage tea stand for a tea party and then bake delicious fondant fancies to place on top. Or make a stunning vintage button bracelet for yourself or as a gift. Discover a wide range of crafts, including knitting, crochet, papercraft, sewing and cake decorating, perfect for the have a go crafter.

Each project has been allocated a helpful timing and level of difficulty rating, but most projects can be created within a couple of hours, and all can easily be completed in a weekend. All of the projects are suitable for beginners.

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Use these projects as a springboard to your creativity and be inspired to stitch, craft, and create your vintage lifestyle!

This 1940s-style percher is made with an upcycled felt hat brim, and created with the age of austerity in mind. Wear it when you want to feel like Celia Johnson.

Old felt hat with inner circumference about 50cm (20in)

Hat elastic 30cm (12in)

Grosgrain ribbon 50cm (20in)

Cut the brim off the hat so the ends are cut in a diagonal. Fold the two ends together so the diagonal ends cross over, making sure that the edge of the brim folds up slightly. Sew the ends together to secure them.

Cut a felt oval from the left over bit of brim. This will fit in the centre to make the top of the crown. Fold the ends of the oval inside the edges (brim) and sew in place.

Cut extra bits of felt into leaf shapes, and sew on to the hat to decorate and also to cover the join at the back of the hat. Sew the elastic inside the hat, to hold it in place on your head, adjusting the length to fit you comfortably.

Something as ordinary as steel washers can be re-purposed into pendants with a little magic, courtesy of vintage-style papers and jewellery.

Steel washer

Coarse and fine sandpaper

Craft knife

PVA glue

Dcoupage sealer

Clear 3D glaze/resin

Decorative paper

Feature jewellery

Ribbon

Necklace findings

Clean up the washer and sand with coarse sandpaper to create a roughened surface for the adhesive.

Draw around the washer on the back of the decorative paper, cut out the inner hole before gluing the paper on as it is very tricky to do afterwards. There is no need to cut out the main shape first. Glue the paper to the washer.

When the glue is dry, cut off the excess paper and lightly sand the edges with fine sandpaper. This will smooth it down so it cannot catch on anything. Seal it with a coat of dcoupage sealer.

When the sealer is dry, add a coat of Diamond Glaze or similar 3D glaze/resin. While it is wet add bits of vintage jewellery, beads and so on, and lightly press into the glaze. Leave overnight to cure. When cured attach the ribbon necklace using a larks head knot.

This simple, machine-stitched, corsage-style brooch is made from felt with vintage fabric, ribbon and buttons, and can be easily adapted into a hair clip.

Felt

Fusible web

Vintage fabric

Vintage buttons

Vintage ribbon or trim

Brooch pin

Fabric glue

Copy the flower template onto felt and cut out. Trace the four circle templates onto fusible webbing and iron each one onto the back of a piece of vintage fabric. Cut out the fabric circles, then peel away the backing paper.

Place the largest circle on top of the felt flower and iron into place. Add the remaining circles in the same way. Machine stitch over the top to secure, using a mixture of straight and zigzag stitch.

Sew two or three vintage buttons on top to decorate the front of the brooch. Cut two lengths of ribbon and glue to the back of the felt flower. Trim diagonally across the ends of each piece to stop them fraying.

Cut a circle of felt to cover the back of your brooch. Sew a brooch pin to the circle, roughly a third of the way down from the top edge.

Stick the felt circle firmly and neatly into place over the back of the brooch. Allow the glue to dry overnight before wearing.

Full-size templates for this project are available at: www.stitchcraftcreate.co.uk/patterns

A knitted cloche with a sequined lobster fascinator. Vaguely Schiaparelli, and a little bit Lady Gaga.

Rowan Creative Focus Worsted 50g (134oz) balls:

Yarn A: 1 ball shade 01107 (Cobalt)

Rowan Wool Cotton 4-ply 50g (134oz) balls:

Yarn B: 1 ball shade 487 (Sea)

Yarn C: 1 ball shade 492 (Aqua)

Set 4.5mm (US size 7) double pointed needles (dpns)

4.5mm (US size 7) 40cm (16in) circular needle

3.25mm (US size 3) straight needles

3 stitch holders

Round marker

Transparent, iridescent sequins

Pale aqua sewing thread

Toy filling

Tension: 20sts and 24 rows = 10cm (4in) square over stocking stitch using 4.5mm (size 7) needles

Hat

Using 4.5mm (US size 7) circular needle and yarn A, cast on 90sts. Place marker at end of row. With WS facing, knit every row so that the RS becomes reverse st st. Continue until the hat measures 18cm (7in) from cast on edge.

Decrease rounds

(Change to dpns when needed)

Rnd 1: *k2tog, k16 rep from * to end [85sts].

Rnd 2 and alt rnds: knit.

Rnd 3: *k7, sl1, k2tog, psso, k7 rep from * to end. [75sts]

Rnd 5: *k6, sl1, k2tog, psso, k6 rep from * to end. [65sts]

Rnd 7: *k5, sl1, k2tog, psso, k5 rep from * to end. [55sts]

Rnd 9: *k4, sl1, k2tog, psso, k4 rep from * to end. [45sts]

Rnd 10: *k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3 rep from * to end. [35sts]

Rnd 12: *k2, sl1, k2tog, psso, k2 rep from * to end. [25sts]

Rnd 14: *k1, sl1, k2tog, psso, k1 rep from * to end. [15sts]