Sew your next family tradition with our step-by-step guide to how to make a lined Christmas stocking. We’ve even included a free Christmas stocking pattern to get you started!
Author: Rebecca Reid
Rebecca Reid
Rebecca is founder of Amber Makes and has previously worked as Senior Technical Editor of Love Embroidery and Simply Sewing magazines. She works with sewing TV channels including Sewing Street, Yarn Lane and Sewing Quarter. She been stitching since she was a child and has worked on many craft magazines as well as running her own curtain-making business. She is known by her colleagues as a sewing oracle – you name it, she can sew it. She’s hugely knowledgeable about sewing techniques, fabrics and tools and is full of helpful advice for her fellow sewists, from the best place to buy curtain-making materials to which books and websites are handy for that sewing problem you’re stuck on.
Sew your feline friend a quilted hideaway that’s as cute as they are with Rebecca Reid’s DIY cat bed tutorial
Spruce up shelves and surfaces with these nifty 3D fabric letters!
Did you have a small stocking or a huge Santa sack for Christmas when you were a child? You can do better than a plain pillowcase, so Rebecca Reid is here with a fabulous free Santa sack sewing pattern for you to try! Make our free Christmas bunting sewing pattern 21 DIY Christmas stocking ideas Christmas embroidery motifs Our Santa sack sewing pattern features a fun appliqué star that looks fabulous when used with festive fabrics, but if you’ve got multiple Christmas sacks to make you could always appliqué your kids initials onto it instead for a more personalised make.…
You can learn 4 embroidery stitches with this easy embroidered pincushion design, which looks brilliant, too, designed by Rebecca Reid and Matilda Smith
Discover new embroidery stitches with our Stitch Library series of beginners embroidery guides. In this post, we’ll show you how to work whipped running stitch.
Set the mood for a party with these crafty coasters! These fun designs are a great way to accessorise your table for any celebration – whether it’s a birthday, a Christmas celebration or a New Year’s Eve party. Read on for Rebecca Reid’s free tutorial for how to make your own embroidered party coasters. Looking for more party projects? Check our our DIY New Year’s Eve party decorations, make your own DIY garden party decorations or sew some Happy Birthday bunting. Easy embroidered Christmas decorations Refashion a blanket into embroidered Christmas stockings 10 simple and small embroidery designs to stitch…
These quick-to-stitch softie Christmas decorations are an easy project for beginners and an easy make to whip up for experienced stitches looking for some home-made festive cheer!
Embrace the joy of embroidery and stitch yourself a beautiful floral pendant with this lovely tutorial by Rebecca Reid.
When Christmas time comes around it’s time to get that box of baubles out of the attic. But what do you do if you’ve got an incomplete set, or perhaps you’ve moved house and they no longer match your colour scheme, or maybe you just feel like something different? How to make a bauble wreath in 5 easy steps How to sew your own Christmas tree baubles 12 DIY Christmas window ideas to make your home shine Well, with this simple crafty tutorial by Rebecca Reid you can give them a colourful makeover using any old fabric scraps you have…