Update (October, 2017)

This article was posted about 12 months ago. Joost now has his new site (freesewing.org) up and running and is shutting down the MakeMyPattern site.

Not so very long ago, there was an old fashioned farm supplies business in my town. A place where you could buy anything from a pair of socks to a windmill.

But one day the bully boys in hardware moved into town with their big new store.

Cheerfulness is just as contagious as surliness.

Have you noticed that when you’re around grumpy, complaining people, it’s hard to stay cheerful? Their mood and attitude infects you and, if you’re not careful, you end up complaining and moaning too.

It’s a personal tradition of mine that, every year, a few weeks before Christmas, I read Charles Dickens’ little book “A Christmas Carol”. After reading it this year, I decided to share 3 things I learned about Christmas.

Sometimes it’s nice to put in a little bit of effort and make your holiday postcards more personal.

In this article I’ll show you a super easy way to do this in 3 simple steps: