My name is Laura "Lupin" Howard, I'm a not-quite-grown-up girl living in England who likes to make and do. I drink a lot of tea, am partial to a nice bit of cake and am completely obsessed with felt.

I've been selling my work online as Lupin Handmade since 2007. I sell handmade felt brooches, flower headbands, animal masks & other fun stuff in my online shop plus lots of felt squares and other colourful craft supplies.

All my feltworks are 100% handstitched, and all pieces are cut by hand from my own original patterns. No mechanised cutters, no sewing machine and definitely no glue - just me and my scissors and a needle and thread. Oh, and quite a few cups of tea...

When I'm not busy making things, I'm normally writing about making things! You can keep up with my crafty universe over on my blog. I love to design fun crafty tutorials for my blog readers (you can see my free tutorials here), - and I also write tutorials for craft books and magazines.

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My first book - Super-Cute Felt, has just been published by CICO Books. It's now available to buy from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com and many other bookshops! You can also buy signed copies direct from my website.

Four Christmas projects by me were included in Fa La La La Felt published by Lark Books (August 2010)

 

My tutorials have also been published in a selection of craft magazines and other publications. I'm always happy to submit project proposals for craft tutorials - please use the contact form to get in touch! To see my work as featured in the press, visit my press page.

 

Vintage-inspired Felt Baubles, Sew Hip (December 2010)

Flower headband, Cloth magazine (Autumn 2010)


Autumnal wreath, UK Handmade (Autumn 2010)



Bauble ornament, Sewing Day to Day Calendar 2011 published by Accord (September 2010)

Butterfly Napkin Rings, UK Handmade (Spring 2010)

 

Snowflake Curtain tutorial, UK Handmade (Winter 2009)




Pompom gift wrap idea used for a feature in Woman's Day (November 2009) and as an online how-to video on their website.