Islamaymakes

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Shop Announcement:

****** Christmas 2024 *******

Ho ! Ho ! Ho!

Free gift wrapping on all my Christmas makes.
The last date for placing an orderfor the Circus Pot is Friday 29th November

Postal Arrangements
I will be posting my ‘Makes’ out to you Royal Mail 1st class within 2 days of purchase.
If you wish me to , I can send your gift directly to your recipient, fully gift wrapped at no extra cost.

*** Please note **** due to new government legislation to come into effect on the 13 December 2024, - EU’s General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)- I will no longer be posting to Northern Ireland after this date.

All of my makes are eco friendly and made to last from 100% wool felt and stuffed with washed wool fleece sourced from Yorkshire. I use DMC cotton thread to embroider folk patterns and stitches creating totally unique heirloom treasures.

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  • Christmas Elf Felt Hanging Decoration

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  • Father Christmas in a Blue Santa Suit

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  • Father Christmas in a Dark Plum Suit One of a Kind

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  •  Festive Felt Christmas Decoration Traditional Dala Horse

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  • Christmas Hanging Felt Embroidered Decoration Dala Horse

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  • Dala Horse Christmas Scandi Decoration

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  • Eco friendly Christmas Felt Hanging Decoration Reindeer

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  • Christmas Fairy Frost Princess Felt Decoration

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  • Sustainable Christmas Decoration Felt Jackalope Heirloom

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  • Christmas Decoration One of a Kind Toadstool Man

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  • Festive Felt Christmas Tree Ornament Snow Girl

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  • Christmas Eve Box Filler Felt Xmas Tree Decoration Snow Girl

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  •  Christmas Bear Decoration in a Fairisle Rust Coloured Jumper

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  • Christmas Bear in a Fair Isle Sweater

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  • Sustainable Christmas Decoration Felt Bear in a Fair Isle Jumper

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  • Felt Christmas Decoration Bear in a  red sweater

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  • Christmas Fairy House Tiny Cottage for the Tooth Fairy

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  • Felt Fairy Cottage Christmas Keepsake Embroidered Pot

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  • Tooth Fairy Christmas Cottage Miniature House Gift

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  • Christmas Gift for Ballet Dancer Felt Ballerina Storage Pot Fuzzy Felt OOAK

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  • PRE Order Heirloom Christmas Circus Fun Storage Pot

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  • Godparent Christmas Gift Idea for a Baby

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  • Baby Christmas Gift Gender Neutral Sustainable Heirloom Decoration

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  • Handmade Christmas Gift Idea Hanging Rabbit Decoration

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  • Gender Neutral Christmas Decoration for a Baby

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  •  Sustainable Heirloom Christmas Gift Babys First Christmas Free Postage

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  •  Christmas Decoration Fairytale Gingerbread House

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  • Hat for The Elf on the Shelf

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  •  New Felt Hat for The Elf on the shelf

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  • Christmas Felt Hat for The Elf on the Shelf

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  • House Warming Gift Idea Hanging Chicken Decoration

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  • Autumn Gift for a Squirrel Lover

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  • Handmade Felt Hanging Decoration Mushroom Man

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  •  Embroidered Felt Cottage House Nightlight for a Mushroom or Fairy lover

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  • Collectable Mushroon Man Felt Hanging Decoration

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  • Embroidered Felt Fairy House Cottage Storage Pot

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  • Baby Gift Wool Felt and Liberty print Fawn Bear Hanging Decoration

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  • Gender Neutral Gift for a baby

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  • OOAK Mystical Full Moon Eco Friendly Hanging Decoration

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  • Fantasy Bird Hanging Decoration

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  • Hanging  Decoration Folk Art Bird

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  • Unusual Home Gift - Quirky Parrot

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  • Gift for a Tea Drinker Hanging Heart

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  • Pale Pink Felt Heart Hanging Decoration

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  • Hand Embroidered Felt Heart with Tea Pot

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  • Tea Lover Heart Gift

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  • Embroidered Felt Heart Hanging Decoration

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  • OOAK Dragon Felt Hanging Decoration

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  •  Purple Felt Hanging Heart

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  • Felt Hanging Decoration - Gift for a baby

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  • Handmade Felt Baby Girl Gift

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  • Baby Shower Bunny Decoration Gift

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  • Christening Gift for a baby girl Handmade

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  • Godparent Gift Idea for a Christening

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  • Felt Rabbit Gift Idea for New Baby

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  • Tea Pot Heart for a Tea Drinker

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About Islamaymakes

Islamaymakes

Collectable Heirlooms

When I was 10 I made a ball from felt hexagons to which I had appliqued and embroidered figures and patterns. It won me first prize in the local craft show and from then on I was hooked on making all things felt.
I chose the name of my shop because May was the family name of my Scottish grandmother who taught me embroidery and Isla because I liked the name. Swap them around and add 'makes' to get Islamaymakes.

When my daughter was born I made various decorations for her nursery including a felt mobile which is still treasured today. My daughter is now 34.

I make my range of felt decorations in my home craft room which the family call ‘The Egg’. I’ve got a large stash of fabulous coloured wool felt and a boxful of Liberty Tana Lawn prints which I guard like a dragon on its gold! I just love the bright colours of the prints and the jewel colours of the felt. Using 100% wool felt, I mostly make animals such as rabbits, bears, cats, Dala horses and elephants. I ‘clothe’ some in Liberty print and others I hand embroider patterns onto them.
I begin each ‘make’ by drawing out my own pattern. No kits – just what I picture inside my head. Next I decide on felt colour and root out threads that match or compliment, then I decide whether I’ll use Tana Lawn or not. The figure is then carefully cut out and slowly ‘brought into life’. Because I pay attention to detail and neatness, it can take a few days to complete one of the larger ‘makes’.
The Liberty Tana Lawn is made in Italy and is 100% cotton. Over the years I’ve managed to build up quite a collection of Betsy , Betsy Rose, Georgina and many other prints which are perfect of my products. I use Bondaweb to fuse the lawn onto the felt which makes the products easier to work with.
While I use sustainable wool and cotton products for all of my makes. I use washed wool fleece to stuff my makes
I carefully wrap each of my makes in tissue paper, add an Islamay sticker and card. Then it goes in a paper bag into the envelope. I send my ‘makes’ by Royal Mail Tracked large letter.

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