Make It and Mend It

by Clare Flynn

Features over 30 inspiring projects, incorporating a range of crafts, DIY, cookery and gardening. Includes practical and money-saving ideas for making the most of each such as recycled plant pot holders in spring, building your own barbecue for summer, making jams and chutneys in autumn and knitting draught excluders for winter. Create your own cards, gifts, decorations and foods to celebrate Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day and other special occasions throughout the year.

Genres: Nonfiction

159 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 2012

About the author

Clare Flynn is the author of twety historical novels and a collection of short stories. She is the 2020 winner of the UK Selfies Adult Fiction prize for her best-selling novel The Pearl of Penang, was shortlisted for the RNA Industry Awards Indie Champion of the Year for 2021 and won the award in 2022.

Clare lives in Eastbourne. on the south coast of the UK. She is a fluent Italian speaker and loves spending time in Italy. In her spare time she likes to quilt, paint and travel often and widely as possible.

Clare Flynn is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an active member of The Romantic Novelists Association, The Historical Writers Association, The Alliance of Independent Authors and The Society of Authors. More information about her books can be found at www.clareflynn.co.uk

Reviews

[Vivien · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good ideas but not a lot.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book containing household hints and ways to recycle items into more productive uses around the home. Directions are concise and easy to follow, patterns are included, and the ideas are worth considering.

[Becky H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun ideas to:
* Make simple crafts
* Mend broken things around your home
* Tips on stuff to grow in your garden
* Patterns to sew projects that would make cute gifts
* and even a few recipes.