Half Yard# Vintage: Sew 23 gorgeous accessories from left-over pieces of fabric

by Debbie Shore

Overview

Sew 23 beautiful, vintage-style items that will bring a touch of elegance to your home and make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Create beautiful accessories including a lacy pillow cover, a bucket-style wash bag, a dressing table cover and cones for displaying posies of dried flowers; sew gorgeous projects perfect for an afternoon tea including a tea cosy, made-to-measure tray cover and a cake frill; and create accessories for a vintage Christmas with a stocking, advent calendar and wreath. Using half-yard pieces of fabric and Debbies friendly, easy-to-follow advice, vintage style has never looked better!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782214588
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	09/08/2017
Series:	Half Yard
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Debbie Shore started her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly on television both as an actress and selling products on a shopping channel. Debbie has also hosted live fashion shows with a major fashion store, produces her own range of instructional DVDs and writes for several popular sewing magazines. She is now a bestselling author and has written 12 books for Search Press, with several more underway. Debbie was voted Sewing Designer of the Year in the Immediate Media British Craft Awards 2017. She lives in Castle Bytham, Lincs. Visit her website at: debbieshore.co.uk

Table of Contents

Introduction 8
Sewing kit 10
Before you start 12
The projects 18
Pillow Cover 18
Posy Cone 20
Jar Wraps 22
Tray Mat 24
Bunting 28
Bucket Bag 30
Tissuebox Cover 34
Notebook Cover 38
Letter Holder 40
Floral Wreath 44
Dressing Table Mat 48
Glasses Case 52
Birdhouse Peg Bag 54
Hanging Hearts 58
Shabby Chic Advent Calendar 62
Doily Clutch Bag 66
Shabby Chic Christmas Stocking 70
Little Cottages 74
Tea Cosy 78
Vintage Cake Frill 82
Repair Kit 84
Pincushion pot 88
Shabby Chic Shoulder Bag 92
Templates 94
Index 96

Editorial Reviews

Booklist Review 12-1-2017
Many sewists have a ready supply of fabric in their stash, much of which is likely to be in cuts of less thana yard. This is often not enough to complete a commercial pattern and it can be challenging to find uses forthose smaller cuts and leftover bits, which seem to pile up and threaten to take over one’s sewing space.These nearly two dozen projects are a perfect solution, using half a yard or less of any particular fabric andmost requiring fewer than 10 steps to complete. Vintage (or new, if vintage supplies aren’t readilyavailable) lace, buttons, and other embellishments are used to create a traditional look. Perfect for gifts,these items tend toward the old-fashioned, including a tea cozy, bunting, posy cone (to hold your driedflowers or other small items), clothespin bag, and more. Introductory sections detail sewing tools andtechniques, though many home sewists will already know the methods used. Another entry in the reliableSearch Press craft series, with step-by-step instructions accompanied by color photographs.— Anne Heidemann

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