Mandy's Magical Christmas. Mandy Shaw

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      Contents

       Gingerbread House

       Gingerbread Men

       Christmas Wreath

       Special Garland

       Present Tags

       Embroidered Lampshade

       Robin Appliqué Lampshade

       Mini Tree Bunting

       Christmas Pennant

       Robin Decorations

       Working the Stitches

       General Techniques

       Templates

       About the Author

       Thanks

       Suppliers

      a touch of magic!

      I absolutely love the build-up to Christmas, where I get to sew beautiful decorations to transform my home and gorgeous gifts for the people I love. This collection of gloriously Christmassy projects brings together the festive makes from my three books, Stitch with Love, Stitch at Home and Celebrate with a Stitch into a handy edition that you can whip out when you just feel the need for some festive sewing fun!

      There are ten projects to choose from, including decorations, wreaths, bunting, tags and more and plenty of redwork stitching – my all-time favourite technique – which just works so perfectly for Christmas projects.

      I’ve included a comprehensive guide to all the hand embroidery stitches you’ll need, as well as all the templates at full-size, so there’s nothing stopping you just tracing from the page and getting started today!

      I hope you enjoy this collection and cherish the process of making your own magical Christmas.

      Mandy xxx

      Projects

Gingerbread House

      The best bit about making this little gingerbread house is the decorating. You could go really mad with all the lovely festive buttons and ribbons you can buy. However, I have chosen a more subtle snow-and-ice inspired cream ric-rac braid and pearl button heart motif.

      You will need

       46cm × 30.5cm (18in × 12in) thick interfacing

       46cm × 30.5cm (18in × 12in) thin cotton wadding

       50cm (20in) of 106cm (42in) wide brown cotton fabric

       25.5cm (10in) square fusible webbing

       Red small dot, pink stripe and cream fabric offcuts

       132cm (52in) cream narrow ric-rac

       40.5cm (16in) cream wide ric-rac

       18cm × 20cm (7in × 8in) cream felt

       One skein cream embroidery thread

       Fabric adhesive or tacking thread

       Eight 1.3cm (1⁄2in) pearl buttons

       35 6mm (1⁄4in) pearl buttons

       Wooden kebab stick

       Drinking straw

       Two wooden beads*

      Note: * choose beads to fit the end of the kebab stick.

      Finished size: 15.5cm × 13cm × 15.5cm (6in × 5in × 6in) excluding chimney

      Fast2Fuse – a thick, iron-on interfacing that is very easy to sew through – will save you time (see Suppliers).

      Cut and prepare the house parts

      1. From the interfacing and cotton wadding, cut the following: one base 15.5cm × 13cm (6in × 5in); two sides 15.5cm × 7.5cm (6in × 3in); and two roofs 10cm × 18cm (4in × 7in). Using the gable end template (see Templates), also cut two gable ends.

      2. Glue the wadding to the interfacing with a light spray of fabric adhesive (see General Techniques). Alternatively, tack (baste) the layers together at step 4 below.

      3. Fold the brown fabric in half. Lay the interfacing/wadding pieces on top, leaving a 5cm (2in) gap in between. Cut out the pieces 2.5cm (1in) bigger all around to give you two sets of brown fabrics pieces for each house part. Put one set aside.

      4. Using spray fabric adhesive, glue the other set of brown fabric pieces to the wadding side of each house part, centring the pieces in the middle of the fabric. Alternatively, СКАЧАТЬ