A collection of Half Yard sewing projects for wintertime style, designed by the award-winning and best-selling author Debbie Shore. Debbie has chosen 35 of her favourite winter designs from her much-loved Half Yard series, and added five brand-new projects for you to sink your needles into.

Being creative is a wonderful way of de-stressing and relaxing and the bonus is that you can end up with something useful, a sense of personal achievement, a gift for friends and family, and in some cases, it even starts a passion that you turn into a business, but most importantly it should be something you just enjoy doing with no expectations or criticism. Building up a library of books that you can dip into for inspiration is a wonderful way of involving all the family. Here are three of the latest inspirational books that we have discovered.

Now that the wetter and colder days are arriving it’s the perfect time to snuggle up and start creating!There are so many creative activities that all the family can take part in, many of which require very little investment. e.g. drawing, watercolour painting, air-dried clay, embroidery, making friendship bracelets, sewing projects, not to mention being creative with cooking, gardening, or re-designing our home.