Sew — Issue 103 — Xmas 2017

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SPEND AN AFTERNOON MAKING THIS
festive trio
Sometimes it feels good just to get started on a few Christmas projects,
so even if you’ve got just half an hour spare, we have you covered.
Here, our pals at Cricut have shared three easy ideas that would be
made even more fun with their new design and cut machine - the
Cricut Explore Air 2 - where you can choose from a library of designs,
resize them to your needs, and cut straight from your fabric.
across the width of the pocket,
tucking the ends inside. Topstitch
along each long side. Attach
embellishments and a small
bow to the ribbon band.
Sew a plush
evergreen
Cut all pieces as indicated in the
cutting guide. With right sides
together, sew around the edge of
two two fabric trees using a 5mm
seam allowance, leaving a 5cm gap
centrally at the bottom. Turn right
side out and stuff. Pin one end of
Make a
cutlery holder
1
Cut both pieces as indicated
in the cutting guide, then
embroider or iron vinyl
transfers to add a message at
the top of the red panel. With
the pieces right sides together,
sew around the edges, leaving a
small gap along one short edge.
Turn right sides out and sew the
gap closed.
2
Press the fabric, turning the
bottom up by 11cm to create
a green pocket. Pin ribbon
DREAM MACHINE
The new design and cut Cricut
Explore Air 2 machine allows you
to make almost anything with
your own unique designs.
It works with more than
50 materials, has built-in
Bluetooth and even a Cricut
Design Space iPad app!
£259, hobbycraft.co.uk
the non-interfaced trunk inside
the gap and sew it closed, catching
the felt. Sew a ribbon loop to the
top of the tree.
Stitch a felt tree
Place two felt tree shapes together
and use green embroidery thread
to work blanket stitch around the
edge. Use an iron to fuse the
remaining trunks centrally to the
bottom of the tree. Attach a ribbon
loop to the top as before. Draw
tinsel with a white fabric pen and
sew buttons as baubles.
Find a baby blanket and snowflake cushion how-to using the Cricut Explore Air 2 at sewmag.co.uk
Get started

• Cotton, plain red, patterned dark
  green and light green


• Felt, green, brown


• Lightweight interfacing


• Embroidery thread, green


• Ribbon, 3mm wide, 1.5cm wide


• Buttons


• Fabric pen, white

Size

Cutlery holder: 10cm x 21.5cm^

Felt tree: 11cm x 15cm^

Fabric tree: 10cm x 14cm

Cutting guide

Cutlery holder: cut one 13cm^

x 26cm panel each from red and

green fabric

Tree: cut two isosceles triangles

(11cm base, 13cm sides) each from

green felt and green fabric

Tree trunk: cut three 3cm x 3.5cm

rectangles from brown felt

Note: fuse lightweight interfacing

to all pieces except one trunk

piece.

1cm seam allowance used unless

otherwise stated

Add wadding

between the fabrics

to create a padded

version!