Sewing Tutorial….. Christmas tree pocket advent calendar Materials 0.65m Red felt 1 square White felt 3x Craft prints 0.25m each 0.7m Woven Christmas ribbon 0.6m Red ribbon 0.5m Bondaweb 65cm stiffener board (as used for blinds) or wooden dowling Machine embroidery threads Scissors Finished size 65cm x 85cm 1 Cut out fabrics • • • • • Cut out one piece of red felt 65cm x 85cm Cut out a strip of printed fabric10cm x 67cm Cut out 8 pieces of each printed fabric 10cm x 12cm Fold over the top of each piece 2cm and press Sew down using a zigzag stitch 2 Design • • • • Print out the PDF/Jpeg of the numbers or draw them out and turn over. Using a window or a light box so that you can see the design through, trace the numbers through onto bondaweb (paper side) so your design is in reverse Lay out your printed swatches in the pattern as shown on the finished picture Roughly cut out each number (not up to the line) Iron numbers 1, 6, 7, 12, 15, 18, 19 and 22 onto white felt and the rest onto red felt and cut out up to the lines 3 Applique • • Peel bondaweb paper backing off each number and place in the centre of each individual pocket (folded over section at the top) Iron on, using a little steam in your iron so that the felt firmly sticks to the fabric 4 Assemble calendar • • • • • • • • • Arrange your pockets in order and pin down leaving a few millimetres between each pocket and a little extra between pockets 7-9 to balance out tree shape Sew around the three raw edges of each pocket using a zigzag stitch Take the strip of printed fabric10cm x 67cm Fold in each side 1cm and sew a straight stitch Fold in half length ways and pin at top of advent calendar 1cm from top then sew down Take your red ribbon and cut 4 pieces 15cm each Fold each in half and pin at equal distances across the top of the advent calendar Using one of the beautiful woven ribbons available cut a piece 67cm and sew across the bottom seam of the printed fabric and 4 ribbon loops to hold in place, tucking in at either edge for a neat finish Take a piece of stiffener and thread through the top printed section to hold the calendar in place and hang up There you have it, a lovely advent calendar that you can hang up, fill with treats and use year after year!