Spirit of christmas

“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are

You will need ■ Background fabric – 1¾yds ■ Fruit and vegetable fabrics* – a variety of colours and prints and sizes ■ Lining fabric – ⅔yd ■ Batting – 24in x 36in ■ Medium sew-in interfacing – ⅔yd ■ T

■ Paintbox Simply DK (100% acrylic, 100g/276m) 1 ball of each: Yarn A Racing Green (127) Yarn B Vanilla Cream (107) Yarn C Grass Green (129) Yarn D Rose Red (113) Yarn E Blood Orange (119) ■ A 4mm (US

No matter if you already have an oven glove, or you're using tea towels to remove hot trays from the oven (please be careful!), you will absolutely need to upgrade to a beautifully floral glove – hand

This summer, sew a slip-on skirt that'll fit your body so well you won't want to take it off! This Maxi Skirt pattern by Tammy Johal of Tammy Handmade has an elasticated waist for comfort and two leg

■ Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino (55% wool, 33% acrylic, 12% cashmere, 50g/125m) Yarn A Citrus (18) ■ Any lace weight yarn Yarn B used doubled for all sizes See table for yarn quantities and measurement