The Homemade Home was the subject of our most recent Bookmarks book review.

It brought to mind this pile of vintage craft booklets we picked up at Huddersfield Fleamarket recently.

They’re from the Leisure Craft series.

There seems to be about 40 titles in the set…

…covering a vast array of crafts & hobbies.

…from familiar subjects such as fabric printing, enamel work and collage…

…to more obscure topics such as coconut craft & pipe cleaner figures.

There’s been quite a resurgence in the upcycled, recycled, reworked & handmade in recent years…

…but we’re yet to see throngs of people queueing up for the local coconut craft classes!

The booklets are lovely actually…

…all dating from the late 60s & early 70s.

There are lists of materials and clearly illustrated methods & techniques.

The photographs of finished results are also fab…

…with a very distinctive period feel.

Our particular favourites are the Paper, Scissors & Paste and Batik booklets…

…oh, and that gorgeous little fabric booklet with the pram on it has to get a special mention!

So, no excuses now… time to get crafty!

P.S. Compendiums… compendia… we looked them up, both versions are usable however, our spell-checker doesn’t like the latter!