Craft Focus - Apr/May (Issue 72)

4 FEATURES 45 Home run The best of British design 59 Daddy cool Fabulous Father’s Day ideas 63 Man made Our pick of crafts for guys 69 Trend file Brand-new botanicals 71 Sharp focus Latest needlecraft kits 101 Walking on sunshine Sure-fire summer bestsellers 59 42 Unit 3, Zone A Chelmsford Road Industrial Estate, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1HD Tel: 01371 238 013 FOCUSCRAFT 3 MERRINGTON BUSINESS PARK, BOMERE HEATH, SHREWSBURY SY4 3QJ ABC Adjustaform Berisfords Crown DMC Entaco Essentials Freudenberg Gutermann Janome Jean Greenhowe John James Jones LeSuh Patons Peter Gregory Peter Pan Phoenix Prym Robin Starform Stylecraft Twilley’s UKHKA Vilene Wendy Whitecroft Wondaweb Hand Knitting Wools Craft Yarns Sewing Threads & Haberdashery 01939 291848 info.focuscraft@gmail.com www.focuscraft.co.uk BUSINESS ADVICE 83 Jacqui Smith Our columnist shares more timely advice 84 In with the new Michael O’Connor talks new product development 88 How to succeed on the high street Dave Stallon from the Federation of Small Businesses reveals his top tips 105 Building a successful blog Sara Davies explains how to connect with your customers FOCUS ON 42 Tailor made Behind the scenes at Bernstein & Banleys 64 Little by little We chat to Roger Hart from Mouseloft 77 Weight watching Darren Rice on the story behind Pattern Weights 71 77