Unique and personal, handmade gifts are the presents everyone loves to get. There’s something more special about a gift that reflects your personality, time, energy, and love. Even when time and energy are scarce, Simple Gifts to Stitch shows you how to craft a one-of-a-kind gift in a single afternoon.

Sewing star Jocelyn Worrall relies on simple, intuitive techniques that provide elegant results for beginners and experts alike. She’ll show you how to create unique gifts—from sophisticated to funky—by taking a fresh approach to working with fabrics as diverse as linen, oilcloth, and even rickrack. The variety of projects in Simple Gifts to Stitch allows you to tailor each gift to your time frame and tastes, with ideas for every occasion:

• For birthdays, holidays, and other special occasions, you’ll find special creations such as a fanciful botanical tiara or an elegant beaded silk wrap, as well as ideas for stitching your own gift wrap.
• For housewarming gifts or host gifts, Jocelyn offers a variety of easily made necessities for the home, including a striped duvet cover, sculptural place mats, and—for the perfect hostess—a modern apron.
• For babies and children, Jocelyn shows you how to stitch up gifts for every age, from cute terrycloth toys to a fleece imp hat with matching mittens.

Some of the projects are super simple while others are a little more challenging, but you’ll want to make all of them more than once. Plus, Jocelyn has a wealth of inspirational ideas and expert advice, so your finished product is guaranteed to look like it took longer than just one afternoon to make.

With Simple Gifts to Stitch, you’ll never be left wondering where to find a meaningful gift—you’ll make it yourself!

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“Whether you can sew or not, the beautifully simple projects in this book inspire us to sit down at a sewing machine. The book is timely in its encouragement for us all to be creative. I am very enthusiastic about the fact that more people are taking up the art of sewing, and I urge everyone to look with pleasure at these lovely patterns.”
--Martha Stewart

“Jocelyn Worrall is such a clever artist! Her take on the wonderful world of crafts is inspiring, fun, and highly practical. All in all, an easy joy!”
--Todd Oldham

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Jocelyn Worrall has worked as a textile designer, costume designer, and stylist.

She is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for her work in costume design, and she holds a BFA in textile design from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Jocelyn appeared as the “Craft Lady of Steel” on the Style Network's television show Craft Corner Death Match, and she has developed craft projects for the Martha Stewart Living television show.

She is married to Jon Hokanson, a gaffer and cinematographer, and has a son, Silas.

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