Half Yard (TM) Kids: Sew 20 Colourful Toys and Accessories from Left-Over Pieces of Fabric

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The latest title from sewing guru Debbie Shore has arrived - and it's her most fun yet! Packed with 20 colourful, inventive projects, it contains something for children of all ages. It contains a fold-away easel for a budding artist, a magnetic fishing game for an intrepid naturalist, and a colourful backpack for the young explorer. Why not make some spooky Halloween bunting to get ready for trick-or-treating, make a pirate cuddle pillow for a swashbuckling bedroom, or line up some funky monkey skittles for a game or two? The book contains all the guidance a beginner sewer will need - containing useful tools and techniques sections at the beginning, and plenty of tips throughout - while its fresh, exciting designs will also inspire experienced sewers.

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 magazine and has written over 20 books for Search Press with several more underway. 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 215,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, which has over 28 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing Club, a monthly subscription service based on the megaselling Half Yard (TM) series, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award. For more details about the club visit www.halfyardsewingclub.com. Debbie lives in Lincolnshire. Visit her website www.debbieshoresewing.com.

Most folks who sew end up with a wealth of scraps left over and are often looking for small projects so those scraps don't go to waste. Most of the projects in this book use the ubiquitous 100-percent-cotton fabric preferred by quilters, but a few use wool felt. The techniques are for the most part standard and not overly complicated, but there are brief instructions for a handful of the most common. The projects range from practical and useful to purely fun. Unlike some books of projects for children, these are not too heavily stylized and leave plenty of room for interpretation and embellishment to suit any individual child's taste. Included are a craft easel, drawing folder, Halloween bunting, hot-water bottle, ball, witch's hat, kite wall hanging, coin purse, a few creatures, two games, several bags, and more. Each set of instructions is illustrated with crisp photographs, though the instructions themselves are brief. Those with some sewing experience will find them sufficient, but a beginner may wish for more detail. -- Anne Heidemann * Booklist Online * The next Half Yard sewing title from best-selling author Debbie Shore packed with 20 fun colourful, crafty projects to make kids for all ages. Each project requires only half a yard of fabric, and the book also contains templates, as well as helpful guidance on getting started * Hot brands, Cool Places * Half Yard Kids is a really charming book, suitable for both people who can sew or want to learn. The book contains bright beautiful pictures and fun ideas for every one to try. The projects are lovely and none of them are too complicated. I am even going to get my grandson to pick one and have a go with me as a family project. Enjoy and surprise your family when they see what you can do with this great book. * Jackie Tee * This is the second book in this superb series that I have got now. It certainly lives up to expectations and beyond! The suggestions are different to many similar books I've seen, beautifully presented and brightly illustrated. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. I have finished one project and am eager to begin another. The price is very reasonable. I can personally highly recommend this delightful book * Lesley Best * Love this book beautiful pictures good projects. My sewing club love the book * Monika Graham * This is a lovely new book from Debbie Shaw, The instructions are really easy to follow, each instruction is shown with a picture so even if you dont quite understand the written information the picture makes it clearer, I love all the projects and think the first one I make will be the pillow pal. * Sue McAndrew * Great book as you'd expect from Debbie Shore.. I've added this to my collection of her other books!! Plenty to keep me busy making things for my little ones! * Jenny Broughton * August 2016 The lateste title from sewing guru Debbie Shore has arrived and we think it's one of her most fun yet! Including 20 colourful inventive projects, it contains something for kids of all ages from a craft easel fopr a budding artist, to a magnetic fishing game for the intrepid naturalist, and a colourful backpack for young explorers. Why not make some sppoky Halloween bunting to get ready for trick or treating, stitch a pirate cuddle pillow for a swashbuckling bedroom, or line up some funky monkey skittles for a game or two? This inspiring book contains all the guidance you will need including useful tools and techniques secrions at the beginning together with tips throughout. * Sew * I am a huge fan of Debbie Shore. And this book has surpassed her previous books. The book is jam packed with 20 colourful toys and accessories. This is one book that will be used time and again for gifts for children. The projects are such fun and with Debbie's hints and tips you will find them so much easier. From the start you will find projects you really want to make. To be honest I might even make a few for myself. The craft easel is brilliant and would be ideal for any age. The bright colours are ideal for children and make each of the projects ones that they will want. They will make brilliant gifts. They are things that would be used time and again. My son is getting a little older now he is going to be ten. However there are still projects in the book that he wants me to make for him. My first project out of the book is apparently a pyjama eater. There are some projects for girls and for boys and there are quite a few that are unisex. Debbie's books are brilliant. The instructions are always clear and they have fantastic pictures to help you on your way. This book is worth every penny! Brilliant as usual. Debbie is outstanding. * Crochet Addict UK * TV sewing star Debbie presents her latest title in the series, brimming with fun items to sew for kids of all ages, using small quantities of fabric. With her eye for colour and simple but effective designs, Debbie demonstrates twenty projects ranging from a back-pack, caddy and art folders to storage ideas and games. As always, good colour photographs, detailed step-by-step instructions and Debbie's hints and tips will make you eager to start sewing for the kids in your life. Good value for money. * East Kent Embroiderers Guild * I'm always looking for projects to use up some of my stash, and anything that I cam make for nephews, nieces, and grandchildren has to be good. This book has some great ideas - at first I wasn't so sure how many of them I'd make, but the more I looked through the book, the more opportunities presented themselves. I love the idea of the pillow pal (think this could work well when a child doesn't want to talk to you, but will talk to you through the pillow pall), the skittles - and the pyjama eater. The instructions are clear, with helpful photos to exemplify a point, and the 'shopping list' (What you need) at the start of each project is very helpful. The book has a crisp fresh look, with clear layout. Personally, I'd have liked to have seen a few more templates included (such as the pentagon shape), but this is a small thing - and whilst some prefer to work from templates, there are very clear instructions on how to use household items to make most of the required shapes, and this also allows for creativity and make the items individual. * Christine Hutchins * Find 20 projects that kids will love and you will love to make. Use your leftover pieces of fabric to create fun, lovable and useful items for kids. The projects are inventive, a bag that is a portable doll's house, a monster door tidy, monkey bowls as in ten-pin bowling, an art easel and more.Every project is brilliant. You will never stop sewing because friend's with their kids will be queuing at the door asking for one too. All the techniques are clearly shown and instructions are easy to follow with clear photos. * Karen Platt * June 2016 Debbie Shore started her career as a childrens TV presenter and with this latest title, she has gone back to her roots, creating 20 colourful sewing projects for kids of all ages. We think this book has to be her most fun book to date, packed with games to make - the monkey skittles are adorable activities to do - an easel for drawingy and kits to fly; bags for school and play and fun accessories for their rooms, including a pyjama eater! The book contains a useful tools and techniques section and plenty of tips throughout. * Love to Make * Another fantastic release from our very own Debbie Shore, this title offers plenty of tips and techniques for the novice crafter. Your little one will have plenty of reasons to keep stitching, as they will be treated to projects such as a fold-away easel and funky monkey skittles. * Sew Magazine *