Please note our warehouse and customer service department will be closed from Monday 29th June until Monday 6th July 2020.

During this time we will not be able to process any orders. To ensure you receive your books before we close please send in your order no later than Thursday 25th June.


Adding item to the basket

× Item added

This item has been added to your basket.

Proceed to checkout
UK Flag Australian Flag

Search the site...

Look inside Click here for extra content on Bookmarked Hub Click here to join Debbie's
Half Yard Sewing Club
  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: BC Paperback
  • Publication: 20 June 2017
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781782214885
  • Carton Qty: 42
  • Size: 204x260 mm
  • Illustrations: 250
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $19.95
  • Series: Sew
Download jacket image

Sew Advent Calendars

$19.95

Count down to Christmas with 20 stylish designs to fill with festive treats by Debbie Shore


Edelweiss Buy Now
Book Description

Count down to Christmas with Debbie Shore. Sew unique, personalised advent calendars for your loved ones, and fill them with their favourite festive treats and handpicked goodies that they’ll really treasure. There are 20 designs included, from traditional flat-pocket calendars to hanging cones and festive pouches, for both adults and children alike, along with a treat-filled calendar for the family dog! The book contains all the techniques needed to make the calendars, and every project is shown clearly step-by-step, with helpful tips and advice throughout. Using Debbie’s friendly and easy-to-follow instructions, it’s time to get crafty and create a new festive family tradition!

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
Sewing Essentials 8
Sewing know-how 12
Adding treats 15
Counting down 16
The Calendars 18
Triangle Pockets 18
12 Days of Christmas 22
Christmas Cottages 26
25 Steps to Christmas 30
Felt Pyramids 34
Twig Pouches 36
Lace Pocket Calendar 40
Pleated Pockets 44
Calendar Girl 48
Snowman Calendar 52
Quick Cones 56
Calendar Cubes 60
Advent Bunting 62
Treat Bags 66
Four-week Calendar 70
Santa Express 74
Snowball Calendar 80
Promise Tree 84
Canine Calendar 88
Hanging Mittens 92
Templates 95
Index 96

About the Author

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

Also by this author:

This site uses cookies, if you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies. Click here to learn how to change your cookie settings.

Continue