DIY advent calendar

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Are you itching to do some holiday sewing? This advent calendar is a quick-ish sew if you want to whip up a fun Christmas item now! Get some stash busting done too.

Tools needed:

• rotary cutter or scissors
• ruler
• 1/4 yard of a few different fabrics or scraps
• 1/2-3/4 yard of sturdy solid fabric for the front and back. (duckcloth, canvas, denim, etc.)
• Matching thread
• Iron on numbers, cutting machine with HTV vinyl, or template for sewing them on, if you don't embroider them. 
• All the sewing notions and a machine
• A piece of 1/2" wooden dowling and twine for hanging. 

Machine embroidered numbers on the pockets

I machine embroidered the days on each pocket

I chose Christmas fabrics similar in color, grabbed them and started cutting. I liked the size of my phone, so I used it as a pattern. Find something around the house that is the size you want, and use that as a pattern template.

​My phone measures 6.5" by 3". I added 1 inch to the width and length for seam allowances to make rectangles. Fold them in half RTT (right sides together) and stitch with a 1/2" seam. Sew the sides only. Leave the bottom open, clip corners, turn out, and press flat. 

**If you decide to sew or embroider the numbers on, do this before sewing the pocket together. If you use vinyl or iron-on numbers, you can add the numbers after the pockets are sewn and turned.

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