Sew a Story:
The Nutcracker offers a warm invitation into a world of holiday wonder, where readers don’t just enjoy a story that they can stitch it into reality. Perfect for families, educators, and creative makers, this book is filled with joyful projects that use fabric, thread, and imagination to turn the beloved Christmas tale into a handmade heirloom tradition.
With patterns for a Nutcracker-themed quilt, soft felt dolls such as Clara and the Mouse King, whimsical story-filled stockings, and simple yet enchanting fabric projects, every chapter is rooted in storytelling and guided by detailed instructions. Projects are accessible for beginners, with optional layers of complexity for experienced quilters and sewists. Techniques include machine piecing, doll making, raw-edge applique and hand embroidery. Also included are downloadable early years activities and developmental prompts designed to make the experience inclusive for young children.
Author Jennifer Long
An experienced quilt and doll designer, illustrator, fabric designer and founder of Sew a Story, combines her expertise in early childhood education and fabric to offer projects that are not only beautiful, they are meaningful, memorable, and made to be shared.
The Nutcracker Book
The Nutcracker Book by Jennifer Long of Sew A Story is a story-rich sewing book inspired by the timeless holiday ballet. Designed to blend fabric, imagination, and play, this book invites you to stitch meaningful projects that become part of a child’s world, one story at a time.
Perfect for quilters, crafters, and creative families, it brings together heirloom-style sewing and creative play through handmade toys. Whether you sew simply for instant fun or add embroidery, sparkle paste, and special embellishments, each project leaves room for imagination to dance.
Product Details:
• Physical sewing book
• Written by Jennifer Long of Sew A Story
• Published by David and Charles
• Coordinates with the Nutcracker Tradition fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs
• Ships October 2026
The Nutcracker Book Kits
The above kits include The Nutcracker Book and they are on Pre-Order. Expected to ship October 2026
Discover the story of the Nutcracker this Holiday Season inside Sew A Story's first book!
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Fabric Requirements