Christmas crafting

With Christmas just around the corner, there is still time to make a couple of last minute handmade gifts to adorn a tree or for presents. Making handmade Christmas gifts is also a fun activity to do as a family. We’ve picked some of our favourite sewing patterns from across the brands to give you inspiration for a handmade Christmas this year.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday, with hopefully a bit of time for sewing, and all the best for 2019.

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Gifts and stockings

McCalls M7304 Christmas collection 

This Christmas collection of patterns has lots of crafting and gift options for Christmas including this cute Santa and pouches for gift cards or chocolate treats.  There are also some fun stocking patterns and festive buckets to store all the snacks!

McCalls M7523 Christmas stockings 

If you are looking for a more grown up stocking then these are perfect, with patterns to make four different styles. You can personalise these with appliqué letters and the fabric options are endless! How lovely would it be to come down on Christmas morning to these.

McCalls M7063 Christmas stockings 

These stockings are great for children, where you can add fun snowman designs unique to each child. Go one step further and appliqué their initials. It’s a great opportunity to practice your hand stitching skills. These will be treasured for years to come.

McCalls M2991 Christmas stockings

If you are looking to make stockings with children, these designs using colourful felt are perfect. There are twelve different pieces so you can mix and match to make unique designs that children can give to their friends and relatives. It’s also a great opportunity to use other crafting items you have in stock at home to customise these stockings with pom pom trims, buttons, bells and ribbons.

Tree decorations

McCalls M3777 Christmas decorations

If you are looking for a really quick make to add a handmade touch to your Christmas tree this year then why not try making your own fabric decorations. It’s a great way to use up fabric scraps too. These also make lovely items to adorn the top of Christmas presents, which the recipient can then add to their tree afterwards.

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See all the new sewing patterns from Simplicity New Look and The McCalls Pattern Company collections here. We can’t wait to see what you make, don’t forget to share your makes on social media with us using the hashtag #simplicitybyme #mccallsbyme, each month there are prizes!