Upcycling / Maintenance, reuse and repair of objects

Minimise waste and maximise creativity with 14 stylish freehand dressmaking projects from Chinelo Bally.

Minimise waste and maximise creativity with 14 stylish freehand dressmaking projects from Chinelo Bally.

With this guide to mending and patching, you don’t have to say goodbye to your worn favourite clothes.

Recipes for natural cleaning products from green living blogger Wendy Graham.

A stylish, practical guide to making your home beautiful and keeping it in tip-top condition, aimed at young urban professionals.

A stylish, practical guide to making your home beautiful and keeping it in tip-top condition.

Sewing is an extremely rewarding hobby. With so many different fabrics, embellishments and trimmings now available on the high street and online, it is easier than ever to create unique clothes and home furnishings.

Everyone's cycling nowdays. City streets are thronged with cyclists on the latest cool bikes, and more and more of us are cycling for fun at the weekends. You may love to cruise the streets and lanes with the wind in your hair, but would you be able to fix your bike if it let you down?

The Upholsterer's Step-by-step Handbook reveals the techniques and tips of the upholstery trade in an easy to understand format. Fully illustrated throughout with informative illustrations and inspiring photography, this book will enable you to confidently create a statement piece of furniture for your home.

Make the most of your fabric stash with the complete guide to patchwork and quilting, new from the Mollie Makes team. Learn how to select prints that work together, different ways of cutting and piecing, and a variety of quilting techniques.

A book of simple beautiful project to make from one piece of fabric.

Nina Tolstrup has devised 15 simple, beautifully made projects from one block of wood.