If you’re green fingered then you’ll know the trials of kneeling by the flower beds in your garden for hour upon hour, and how sore it is on the knees!…
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How To Make: A dress
With sewing solutions and expert tips from our dressmaking expert, learning how to make a dress is so simple. Follow our video guides every step of the way as you…
How To Make: A hot-water bottle cover
For cold winter days make a cover for your hot-water bottle, then snuggle up You will need * 60 x 32cm pink floral fabric * 50 x 22cm blue floral…
How to make personalised mugs
Looking to get crafty one a quiet afternoon? Painted teacups, saucers or mugs make the perfect gift for friends and family If the thought of jostling for space in crowded…
Vintage bag pattern from 1988: A trio of styles
Whether you need a home for your shoes, make-up or smart phone, go retro with a vintage bag pattern Shoe bag *1 patterned cotton fat quarter * One 50cm square…
How To Make: A paper rosette garland
Transform your home or bring a sense of celebration to any occasion by experimenting with colourful paper Do you have a special occasion coming up or are you simply looking…
Christmas wrapping ideas
Using brown paper as the basis, you can create wonderful wrappings with just a few ribbons, twine, jingle bells and foliage You will need: * Brown paper * 12in pack…
Vintage Make: Apron pattern from 1978
Stitch floral and dotty printed fabric together to make a frilly vintage apron from 1978 – perfect for cooking that special family dinner To make a dainty pinny with this…
How to make Christmas cards
Handcraft these beautiful Christmas cards for your loved ones by using some felt, coloured card and a little imagination To make Christmas cards you will need: Card blanks Felt in…
How To Make: Mr and Mrs Gingerbread decorations for Christmas
Give your Christmas tree some extra spice with these easy-to-sew gingerbread decorations To make Mr & Mrs Gingerbread decorations you will need: * 22.8 x 30.5cm sheet of gold felt…
Gift wrapping ideas to try this Christmas
Here are three ideas for these lovely themes. Best buttons 1 Wrap your present and decorate one end of the parcel with a couple of strips of ribbon and affix…
A classic Christmas stocking template to sew
Sew this simple project in two contrasting fabrics. Finished size: 31 x 24cm You will need 1cm-squared graph paper and pencil, or access to a photocopier to enlarge template Two…
Creative ways to wrap Christmas presents
Decorate your gifts with a few original flourishes and really impress your family and friends. Take Three Things… Stack little gifts into a ribbon-tied pile to maximise their appeal. We…
Handmade cards for Christmas
These cards will look very special in anyone’s home. Collage Christmas Tree You will need ● 13 x 18cm brown card blank ● A selection of different patterned papers ●…
How To Make: A Christmas Advent calendar
You’ll be able to bring these Christmas Advent calendars out year after year to fill with festive goodies and a proverb or joke. You will need ● 7 small…
How To Make: Hair accessories for a special Christmas gift
Homemade hair accessories are lovely gift idea for a little girl. Quick and easy to make, they can be used as sophisticated Christmas tree decorations too. If you’re looking for…
Homemade gifts to make this Christmas
These are gifts that your loved ones will treasure forever. Velvet scarf This silk velvet scarf takes minutes to make, but adds instant glamour to the plainest of outfits. Use…
How To Make: A festive Christmas Santa gift
Little Santas These adorable Christmas Santa decorations are made from kitchen- and toilet-roll tubes and coloured felt. Children will enjoy making them as much as receiving them. Finished sizes: (approx.)…
How to make a quilt binding
To create the Woman’s Weekly strip patchwork quilt, you will need to bind the edges and open seams with strips of binding. Bias binding can be shop bought in varying…
How to patchwork
As a great starter project, our Woman’s Weekly strip patchwork tablemat is made from alternate blocks of green and blue with a pink and red backing fabric (all by by…