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5 ways to use buttons in your makes
It’s a well known fact that Bunyip loves buttons, this is why for 24 years we have stocked them, because we know how hard and annoying it can be to find good quality buttons at a fair price. This is a compiled list of all the best ways to use buttons for whatever you’re making,…
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Top 10 sewing essentials every home should own
1- Fabric scissors are the best way to cut your fabric efficiently, but make sure they stay sharp for years to come by only cutting fabric with them and absolutely do not let anyone put paper anywhere near them! 2- Needles are an obvious one here, but different types are needed for all different kind…
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Here at Bunyip we’re preparing for summer,
Check out our new fabrics! Help us polish off our spring cleaning by having a mooch around our fabrics in order to make room for our new collection both instore and online. With fabrics reduced across the show and website, and new materials coming in all the time, who knows what amazing value you’d find!…
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Bunyip Craft does Easter
March 2026 customer newsletter
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Project of the Month: Quilted Potholder
You will need:Materials: X1 Piece of fabric 60cm x 20cm X1 Piece of batting (If it’s a think batting then double up) X1 150cm piece of bias binding Tools and Equipment: Matching Thread to your bias binding, Pins, Needle, Fabric Scissors, Ruler, Pen / Tailors Chalk, optional embroidery thread for hand quilting. Iron and Ironing…
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10 Things I wish I Knew When I Started Sewing
I got my first sewing machine 13 years ago and, to be honest, I just muddled along. I had my fair share of ‘how on earth did I do that!?’ and ‘why can’t I do this!’ conversations with myself and learnt as I went. Recently I’ve tried more advanced sewing techniques and it got me…
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Top 10… Haberdashery Items
I sew so I use a lot of different haberdashery on a regular basis (that and I work in a haberdashery of course). Mattie asked me a while ago if I could do a blog post about my top ten items and it got me thinking… What makes something one of my favourites? It’s not…
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May Sewing Challenge – Stretchy Fabrics
Now that The Contemporary Craft Festival is over, I can finally get around to writing about my May Challenge (yes I’m aware that it’s now the middle of June!). I challenged myself to sew with stretch fabrics for this month as I’d never done it before and I actually really enjoyed it. I’ve always heard…
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February Sewing Challenge – Ergh… Sleeves
I have learnt one thing from my February challenge… I do NOT enjoy setting in sleeves. It’s hard and time consuming and I’m pretty sure I still haven’t cracked it (Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that). Sadly this won’t be a tutorial that you can follow to get the perfect sleeve but…
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January Sewing Challenge – Adjusting Patterns and making a toile
So often, in the past, I’ve dived straight in to a project only to finish it and find it doesn’t fit me properly. It does make perfect sense, we’re never all going to be the exact size of the pattern; there’ll always be the odd thing that needs a tweak. This month I wanted to…
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Thoughts I had Making a Kimono
Hello! You may have noticed (because we keep talking about it) that we’re really trying to up our making game in 2017 and my last blog post was all about making up Mattie’s Rob Ryan Clothkits skirt, which we thoroughly enjoyed. This week I decided to pop open one of the Kimono Clothkits paper patterns that…
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January Inspiration & Making
One of my favourite things about January, a month with a pretty bad rep, is that everything feels new and fresh. It’s a time for cleansing, reevaluating and figuring out where to start now, especially after being Christmas centric for about 3 months. Our Bunyip new years resolution for 2017 is to make more, not…
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How to: Bubble Collar Necklace
These awesome laser cut shapes make the perfect chunky collar necklace, simply because they’re so light! Ideal if you require constant drama in your jewellery but can’t deal with your neck aching at the end of a party (a consistent problem in my life….) We sell these plastic shapes in cream or black (sadly we’re…
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Exeter Cultural Partnership: Mattie’s Speech
Mattie was recently asked to give a talk at the Exeter Cultural Partnership conference in Exeter Cathedral, an event exploring the City’s cultural offering and the issues surrounding it. We thought we’d share with you her speech here, a very honest account of her personal experience of running an indie business for the last 14 years.…
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How to: Chunky Crystal Necklace
This awesome necklace design came into the world because of what I can only describe as a…slight excess….of certain colours in our crystal hexagon range (also know as: we have one million orange crystal hexagons dear lord let’s make something with them). Despite this creation of convenience, this is one of my favourite designs that…
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How to: Wave Necklace
Hello! This week’s DIY is this simple Wave Necklace, made from these ‘S Tubes’ that we sell in the shop. Their wiggly shape makes for a pretty necklace that looks more complicated than it is (e.g. our favourite kind of make…) For a 45cm necklace, you will need: 12 x 33mm copper S tubes…
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Piping Cord: A Journey
We’ve only recently started stocking piping cord in the shop, essentially because no one had asked for it until about a month ago. (Top tip: if you want us to stock something, just ask! We like knowing what we’re missing). I’ve fancied having a play with it ever since, and have been noticing more and…
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How to: Arrowhead Necklace
This is one of the most popular necklace designs we sell in the shop – and they’re so simple! Read on to find out how to piece one together…. You will need: 7 x metal arrowhead charms, 8 x 8mm jump rings, chain in a length of your choice (we go for 16″), flat nose…
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How to: Rain Drop Necklace
You might notice we love working with these tiny glass beads, and the blue/white/yellow combo is one of our favourites for the summer months. This tutorial uses similar tools and techniques to last week’s eyepin necklace, but this one we make with craft wire instead of ready made pins, as it bends a bit better…
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How to: DIY Eyepin Necklace
This jewellery design is yet another wonderfully versatile Bunyip piece – try to look past the beads and imagine this with anything lovely from your stash that could be looped together! As long as the bead fits on an eyepin you can whip one of these up – it could be 3 long lengths of…
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How to: Drop Earrings
Earring making is one of the most useful and gratifying forms of jewellery making, and once you’ve mastered the basic techniques you can whip up all sorts of beautiful designs mega quickly! Below you’ll find a tutorial to make some lovely & simple drop earrings, that require basic earring making skills (I’ll do my best…
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Be Our Valentine
Valentine’s Day It’s finally getting too near to deny it anymore. This Sunday. It’s happening. We’re not overly keen on the celebrations here at Bunyip, since we’re all working or away entertaining the extended family, so we’ve put together a collection of wonderful things you can make for yourself, or a loved one, or your…
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Exeter Trails
We can hardly believe Exeter Trails will be 3 years old this year! If you’re still not up to date with exactly what Exeter Trails is, here’s a brief overview. Exeter Trails was a project launched in July 2013, and centres around 5 maps which depict over 100 independent businesses from the local area. The…
