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- Cotton fabrics, plain,
patterned^ - Felt, red, white, green
-^ Iron-on interfacing - Bias binding, spotty
- Embroidery thread, black,
white - Toy stuffing
- Wire clothes hanger
-^ Acid-free glue
5mm seam allowance used,^
unless otherwise specified
with festive makes
1
HOUR
Sew a mini
stocking
Size: 9.5cm x 14.5cm1
Download and print the
stocking template at
sewmag.co.uk/templates.
Use it to cut one sock shape
from patterned fabric and
another from red felt. Pin the
two together and tack around
the edges, leaving the top open.
Trim a scallop shape along one
edge of a 5cm x 8cm strip of
white felt and glue it to the top
edge of the fabric piece.2
Starting at the top right-
hand corner, fold under one
end of spotty bias binding56(^) sewmag.co.uk
Make your home a
Scandi wonderland
The red and white Scandi theme gives a
contemporary festive burst and is well-suited to
most interiors for a temporary Christmas revamp.
Here, you’ll find a number of speedy projects that
will help transform your home into a grotto in just
one afternoon – even Santa would be impressed,
and he’s a speedy guy! These makes will also put any
oddments of fabric in your stash to good use, taking
them from scrap to showstopper in record time.
and tack it around the side of
the stocking, folding it in half as
you go. Make little pleats in the
binding to neatly fit around the
instep, toe and heel. Sew all
around, then slip stitch the
folded edges to the front and
back of the stocking.
3
Trim the binding, leaving
an 8cm tail. Sew the seams
together to make a
hanging loop, then fold the end
over the front and stitch it to
the stocking. Cut two holly
leaves from green felt and
three berries from red,
then stitch securely over
the raw end of the binding.
Stitch festive
mice Size: 10.5cm x 15cm
1
Download and print the
templates at sewmag.co.uk
/templates. Use them to cut
two heads, two bodies and two
ears from fabric, then back the
ears with interfacing.
2
Snip 1cm up into the middle
of each ear as indicated on
the template. Hold both
sides of this notch and cross over
slightly to make the ear 3D. Lay
the ears right sides facing up on
top of the short end of the body.
Sew in place. Pin the wider end
of the head to the short end of
the body, right sides together.
Stitch across, then press.
Repeat this for the underside
of the mouse.
sew
free template
download
sewmag.co.uk
/templates
Designer: Carolyn Letten
Designer: Cheryl Owen