Give your holiday season a personal touch with beautiful handmade Christmas decorations from the author of Celebrate with a Stitch.
This collection of Christmas wreath and garland projects makes the festive period even more special. Celebrated author and pattern designer Mandy Shaw shares her favorite Christmas sewing projects and shows us how to make beautiful Christmas decorations to bedeck our home at this special time of year. The projects feature Mandy’s favorite seasonal motifs, including snowmen, reindeer, holly, doves, and candy canes, along with Mandy’s super simple techniques for making eleven different garlands, wreaths, and Christmas cones.
All the motifs and wreaths can be mixed and matched to make endless seasonal variations for a totally unique Christmas project. These projects make the perfect presents for friends and family—or treat yourself and make one to decorate your own home this Christmas!
Mandy Shaw runs Dandelion Designs, a craft design and kit company. Her work has featured on BBC2’s Leisure Hour and she has written for Popular Patchwork and Fabrications magazines. Shaw also appeared on Kirstie Allsopp’s Homemade Home (Channel 4). She is also the author of Quilt Yourself Gorgeous. She lives in East Sussex.