Debbie's first book on making cushion covers was published by Search Press in December 2011 and went straight to number one in the Amazon bestseller charts. She has since published 11 other best-selling titles: Sew Useful, Sew Bunting, Half Yard Heaven, Half Yard Home, Half Yard Gifts, Sew Brilliant Bags, Half Yard Christmas, Half Yard Kids, Half Yard Gifts and Love to Sew Quilted Covers and Cosies and Love to Sew Sewing Room Accessories, with three other books in production at the moment. In 2015, Half Yard Christmas won the silver award for Best New Craft Book in the International Craft Awards. In 2016, Half Yard Gifts was highly commended in the Best Home Sewing Book category in the Homemaker Book Awards. Debbie hosts a sewing forum [www.shortcutstosewing.co.uk] with over 1800 members, where she answers their questions and introduces new sewers to each other. She has over 100 videos on You Tube [thimblelane channel] demonstrating sewing projects: the channel has over 100,000 subscribers and the total views now exceeds 10 million. Visit her new website: www.debbieshore.tv

Introduction 6 Sewing Essentials 8 Sewing know-how 12 Adding treats 15 Counting down 16 The Calendars 18 Triangle Pockets 18 12 Days of Christmas 22 Christmas Cottages 26 25 Steps to Christmas 30 Felt Pyramids 34 Twig Pouches 36 Lace Pocket Calendar 40 Pleated Pockets 44 Calendar Girl 48 Snowman Calendar 52 Quick Cones 56 Calendar Cubes 60 Advent Bunting 62 Treat Bags 66 Four-week Calendar 70 Santa Express 74 Snowball Calendar 80 Promise Tree 84 Canine Calendar 88 Hanging Mittens 92 Templates 95 Index 96