Materials Permenant markers Surgical Spirit (from the chemist) Jam Jars Plain Fabric Elastic Band Syringe Method Put your fabric over the jam jar and secure with the elastic band. Using your pen draw a pattern on the fabric. Circles work best, but any pattern will do. Leave a gap between the lines for the colour […]
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A while ago I was asked if I would post a video from Clarks about the six steps to shoe fitting, to which I responded honestly that we hadn’t actually been to a Clarks shop in more than two years due to a very bad experience with Mini and that we used the local independent
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