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SEW TOYS FOR THE KIDS!

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FRESH FABRIC IDEAS

EASY-TO-SEW

PROJECTS FOR BEGINNERS

FOR YOUR HOME

32 FULL-SIZE TEMPLATES!

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make a bag - it's so simple!

MAKE TO WEAR

INSIDE: Camera strap ■ Fancy dress ■ Baby gifts ■ Embroidery ■ Luggage tags ■ Bow ties

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10 MAKES fo the home

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contents for the home 10 Girl’s bedroom accessories 15 Set of kitchen pot holders 17 Kid’s painting apron 19 Pom pom shelf bunting 21 Pastel bow cushions 23 Multi-pocket scissor keep 25 Hot water bottle cover 27 Pennant quote banner 29 Fabric-covered clock face

gift ideas 34 Useful commuter gifts 38 Fun pinwheel decorations 39 Pretty floral pencil case 41 Quilted camera strap 43 Plushie penguin toys 45 Lips clutch bag 47 Set of luggage tags 49 Shark stationery stash 51 Embroidered monkey toy 54 Mustard snap clutch bag 57 Breezy kite mobile

wardrobe updates 60 Floral collar and shirt update 63 Fold-over clutch bag 65 Leather passport holder 67 Stylish infinity scarf 69 Geek-chic bow ties 71 Monochrome grab bag 73 Smart sunglasses case 75 Elasticated headbands 77 Classic bento bag 79 Floral headband

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special occasions 82 Monochrome Christmas set 86 Dress-up butterfly wings 89 Kid’s glitzy fairy wands 91 Soft flannel baby rattles 93 Babygrow and dummy strap 95 Any-occasion gift bags 97 Festive fabric paperchains 99 Summer baby bonnet 101 Tiny booties for newborns 103 Deccorative seasonal hoop

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LITTLE EXTRAS 6 Introduction to fat quarters 8 Sewing Quarter TV 30 Top of the shops 32 Designer profile: Sammy Claridge 58 Designer profile: Jennie jones 80 Designer profile: Rebecca Reid 105 Beginner’s sewing guide 109 Full-size templates 130 Subscribe to Simply Sewing 131 Stay in touch!

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feminine touch Update girly spaces with Rebecca Reid’s book covers and accessory trays that you can organise until your heart’s content!

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let’s paint!

Let your little artists get creative (without worrying about spillages) thanks to Jennie Jones’ quick-to-sew apron.

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Display your favourite fabrics on the front of a handmade clock.

Here’s a clever idea for showing off your favourite fat quarters of fabric! Create a timepiece that’s personalised to you with a fabric-covered clock face. Choose a fabric print that will make you smile however slow or fast the minutes tick by. Or, pick a design to match with the rest of your home furnishings. Needcraft clock kits contain everything you need to make your own (except for the fabric and a battery) and even includes a choice of white or black hands. What’s best − no sewing!

Get your kit at www.needcraft.co.uk

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SHARK TALE Jennie Jones’ buddy from the blue will keep your children’s stationery stash safe and sound behind its zip teeth.

meet the designer

a perfect fit

fnd Rebecca’s baby rattles on page 91

Self-confessed fabric addict Rebecca Reid shares why buying fat quarters has always been her guilty pleasure.

“I’M A BIT OF A FABRIC HOARDER BUT ALWAYS feel a little guilty when I buy metres of fabric with no real plan in mind other than ‘that would make a lovely skirt!’ So, I tend to indulge buying fat quarters instead as they’re a smaller guilty pleasure. They don’t sit on my shelves unused for long! I love looking through my stash to see what I can use next.

I bought a bundle of monochrome fabrics (Modern Background Paper by Zen Chic for Moda) just because I loved them! They feature text, diagrams, maths symbols and linear patterns as well as my favourite newsprint.

I had no idea what to use them for but I’m always attracted to fabrics with text. I kept them for a few months then picked one of the newspaper prints to add pockets to the front of 80 WWW.SIMPLYSEWINGMAG.COM

a plain denim pinafore − it’s given it a little bit of personality! Each of the fabrics feature very small details so when I was choosing some fabric to make a cushion for Simply Sewing to show how to work English paper piecing, I knew they would be perfect.

I pinned the little paper hexagons to each piece, centring them on just the part of the fabric I wanted to show. Then I tacked the fabric round the shapes and stitched them all together in place (see results above).

The beauty of fat quarters is that they are often sold in bundles and all the fabrics go together, so you know that whatever you choose they’ll all coordinate beautifully.”

Rebecca is the Technical Editor for Simply Sewing, www.simplysewingmag.com

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let’s fly!

Feed the little one’s imaginations with Sammy Claridge’s pretty butterfly wings decorated with appliquéd fabric scraps.

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The team behind Simply Sewing magazine bring you 52 fantastic projects to make from fat quarters of fabric. Find full-size templates to stitch homewares, gifts, accessories, wearables, toys and more.

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