A Christmas gift from me to you for all your support this year! I've made a pattern hack so you can turn some of my existing sewing patterns into a gingerbread doll. Read on to find out more

The pattern hack shows you how to turn my bunny, bear, cat or dog sewing patterns into an adorable gingerbread man (or lady)! It's a quick and easy doll to make and would make a fun decoration or gift for Christmas. The pattern hack includes templates to draw the face and instructions for sewing ric-rac and buttons on the body

The gingerbread man has the same size body as the other animals in my doll sewing patterns, so it can wear any of their clothes

Mine is wearing the shorts and bow tie from the bunny sewing pattern and the hat and waistcoat/vest from the winter essentials pattern 

You can download the gingerbread doll pattern hack from my customer Facebook group. Go to the homepage of the group and look in the FILES section to find it. Everyone who orders my doll sewing patterns is invited to join the group. It is a friendly and supportive community where you can watch video demonstrations, find lots of extra resources to support your doll-making journey, ask questions and see dolls made by people all over the world. We would love to see you there! 

Make a gingerbread doll for the Christmas sew-along

The Christmas sew-along is running from now until the 22 December. To join in share a photo of a Christmas-themed doll made using my sewing patterns. I'll be sharing everyone's photos in my Instagram stories and when the sew-along is finished my daughter Seren will be choosing some of her favourites to feature on my website. She'll also be choosing one person to win a free sewing pattern! 

You can share your photos by tagging me in a photo on Instagram, emailing it to patterns@studioseren.com or sharing it in the customer Facebook group

Lots of love and happy sewing!

Emma x