Half Yard Heaven - 10 Year Anniversary Edition - by Debbie Shore (Paperback)

About the Book

"Original edition published in 2013"--Title page verso.

Book Synopsis

Celebrate 10 years of Half Yard Heaven with this special, revised, anniversary edition.

Ideal for beginners and beyond, this heavenly book is a must-have for every sewist!

The revised anniversary edition of the classic, contains 26 colorful fun, easy-to-follow projects, including

• a pincushion and sewing machine cover for organizing your sewing space
• an apron and oven gloves for a practical, customized kitchen
• bags, slippers, a tea cozy and even a doorstop.

These wonderful projects make great gifts... if you can bear to give them away!

7 of the original projects have been reimagined and reworked by Debbie, and the book contains a useful techniques section at the start, along with friendly advice and practical tips throughout.

Since publication of the original edition in 2014, which has now sold over 100,000 copies, Debbie has published a further 30 popular sewing titles selling over 750,000 copies, won countless sewing awards and set up an award-winning online sewing club, and has over 270,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel.

"This revised classic offers a great way for new sewists to learn basic skills from doing easy, giftable projects that don't require major commitments of time or resources." LIBRARY JOURNAL

Review Quotes

LIBRARY JOURNAL

Readers who loved the first edition of this title will certainly enjoy this special anniversary edition as well. Award-winning Shore (Sew Gnomes) offers 26 projects, seven of which she's reimagined from the original book. The "Useful Things" section tells readers what they'll need, and it defines terms that may be new to some crafters. With clear and nicely illustrated directions, the book shows readers how to use leftover fabric--scraps that are a half-yard at the largest but also could be much smaller--to create projects that are wide-ranging, helpful to beginners, and attractive enough to appeal to experienced sewists. For example, the pattern for a nice pouch that can be used to store various accessories teaches readers how to insert zippers; a project for slippers introduces readers to sewing with fleece, a popular fabric that often presents a challenge to novices; a pattern for a tissue box involves quilting techniques; and several designs show how to apply binding. All could easily be completed in an afternoon.
VERDICT This revised classic offers a great way for new sewists to learn basic skills from doing easy, giftable projects that don't require major commitments of time or resources.

About the Author

Debbie Shore is a best-selling and award-winning author. She began her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly as an actress in various popular dramas and as a TV presenter. Debbie has developed her own range of fabrics, designed her own patterns, writes for several popular sewing magazines and has written over 25 books for Search Press with several more underway, of which she has sold 750,000 copies worldwide. She is the winner of Craft Influencer of the Year 2020 in the Craft Business Awards and Social Media Influencer of the Year 2019 in the British Sewing Awards.

Debbie has over 270,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, which has over 30 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing Club, a monthly subscription service based on the mega-selling Half Yard(TM) series, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award. For more details about the club visit www.halfyardsewingclub.com.