Macramé for the Modern Home

Isabella Strambio is a self-taught macramé and natural dye artist. She is half Italian and half Japanese and she grew up by the sea in Italy. At 18, she moved to the UK to learn English and study Interior Design.  Isabella has always been attracted to design, hand-made products, natural materials and textures, and her passions are reflected in her work. She is also a big advocate of using recycled materials for her macramé work and food scraps for her natural dyeing. She started her blog www.isabellastrambio.com, to document her personal journey to learn 12 new crafts in 12 months. In 2017, she took the leap and quit her career as an Interior Designer to work full-time on her small creative business. She has been featured in the Sunday Telegraph, the UK TV series Kirstie's Handmade Christmas and regularly writes macramé tutorials for magazines like Mollie Makes, In the Moment, Hobbycraft and Origin. In 2019, her Natural Dyed Japanese Apron was one of the finalists for the Etsy Design Award. She runs workshops, events and teambuilding classes in London and across the UK. She also teaches macramé and natural dyeing online for people that cannot attend her workshops.

Introduction 6

How to use this book 8

Tools 10

Materials 12

Looking after your body 13

Knots 14

Patterns 22

Macramé tips 28

Dyeing equipment & ingredients 34

Natural dyeing techniques 36



Macramé on the wall

Wreath 42

Bunting 48

Wall hanging 52

Diamond wall hanging 58

Curtain 64



Macramé to hang

Plant hanger 72

Wall plant hanger 76

Mirror hanger 80

Bedside table 86



Macramé for indoors & outdoors

Table runner 92

Tealight cover 98

Lampshade 104



Macramé to decorate

Pillow cover 108

Curtain tieback 114

Rug 118

Tassels 124



Acknowledgements 128