It's our Christmas Special! You can enjoy exclusive projects: by Debbie Shore and the design team, as well as guest designers Corinne Lapierre, Jenniffer Chiaverini and many more. These include:
- A gift card pouch
- Pompom stocking
- Winter quilt
- Mini felt reindeer
- Advent calendar
- Crochet elves
BONUS gift guide!
We're so excited to bring you a bonus Christmas gift guide with issue 7. Simply flick to the end of your ezine and you'll find an 8-page special showcasing our favourite books in different craft categories. We've worked together behind the scenes to pick what we know will make excellent gifts as well as treats for you. And make sure to keep your eyes peeled as you'll spot extra bonus projects, bigger discounts and giveaways nestled inside too!
Prizes and giveaways:
There's also the opportunity to win £235 worth of exciting prizes! Get your hands on a Bayeux Tapestry bundle and a craft school collection – you'll soon be an expert at knitting, crochet and machine sewing! There's even a £50 voucher to spend on your favourite craft books.
What's inside?
- Welcome from Debbie & Member Discounts – page 2
- Team Talk: featuring Melissa Nayler – page 3
- Member Makes – pages 4-5
- Chat with Caz – say hello to our brand new columnist – page 6
- Inspirational Reads – page 7
- Time to Win! – pages 8-9
- Threads of Life: one member tells us all about her sewing group – pages 10-11
- FREE book – get your hands on Sew Advent Calendars – page 12
- FREE download – grab your lettering freebie – page 13
- 450+ Presents to Sew – pages 14-15
- Guest Designer Project: Felt Reindeer from Sew Cute Toys – pages 16-17
- Member Perks: make sure you're getting all your freebies! – page 18
- Guest Designer Project: Amigurumi Elves from Adorable Amigurumi Christmas – pages 19-21
- Guest Designer Project: Applique Hoops from All-New Twenty To Make: Festive Felt Decorations – pages 22-23
- Guest Designer Project: Advent Calendar from A Year of Felt Decorations – page 24
- Guest Designer Project: Twilight Snow from Elm Creek Quilts Christmas – pages 25-27
- Guest Designer Project: Pompom Stocking from Sewing for Christmas – pages 28-29
- Project: Gift Card Pouch – page 30
- The Bag Edit – introducing our new monthly bag series! – page 31
- Debbie's Final Word – page 32
- Your BONUS Christmas gift guide! – pages 33 onwards
About Debbie Shore
Debbie Shore is a best-selling and award-winning author. She began her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly as an actress in various popular dramas and as a presenter on shopping channels. Debbie has developed her own range of fabrics, designed her own patterns, writes for several popular sewing magazines and has written over 30 books for Search Press with several more underway. Over 800,000 copies of her books have been sold worldwide. She is the winner of Craft Influencer of the Year 2020 in the Craft Business Awards, and Social Media Influencer of the Year 2019 in the British Sewing Awards.
Debbie has over 285,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, which has over 30 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing Club, a monthly subscription service based on the mega-selling Half Yard series, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award. For more details about the club visit
www.halfyardsewingclub.com.
Debbie lives in Lincolnshire, UK. Visit her website: www.debbieshoresewing.com
About Half Yard Sewing Club
About the Half Yard™ Sewing Club
Based on TV personality Debbie Shore's best-selling series of books, the Half Yard™ Sewing Club is an online subscription platform full of sewing projects to sink your needles into!
- Download up to 5 sewing projects each month, with full instructions, patterns, and informative videos.
- Join Debbie's live Q&As and learn her sewing room secrets.
- Create your own online notebook to keep track of your projects.
- Membership costs just £7.99 a month, or get a whole year's membership for just £80 - that's two whole months for free!
