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Description: You might've thought that sewing was out of your reach. You might've liked the idea of sewing but never knew how.

We have a fun FREE app that will teach you how. Learn how to sew a Santa hat with your hands, right before your eyes. You'll have a great time and it'll be easy. You'll wish that you learnt this ages ago.

Handmade with love and care from the snowy forests of Finland, this lovely little app gives you a custom pattern, based on your own measurements. It'll be a perfect fit for your head, or your favorite reindeer's head. We try our best to be helpful, with illustrations for each step. The best part is that you don't even need any sewing experience. It's perfect for kids as well as adults.

In the spirit of goodwill during this holiday season, we'd like to give you our Santa Hat Sewing app for free.

No ads, no upgrades to an in-app purchase to get extra functionality. Everything you need in all wrapped up with love and we also promise to keep it that way.

Listen to what some of our fans have said"u201a

Geekmom.com (related to WIRED.com's Geekdad):

"Never again will sewing be intimidating to you. Children can do this. Adults can do this. Families can do this together. Your kids will enjoy *this* math lesson. They'll learn sewing skills, material science, math and geometry, and get the satisfaction of creating something fun and silly all on their own."

Lorraine Akemann, Moms With Apps:

"Any app that puts me in motion with my family is a great find. My daughters were using a measuring tape charting their pattern on graph paper. Almost an hour of fun with a very small percentage staring at a screen (except to reference it for instructions). Santa Hat Sewing showcases what apps can do to help families find fun activities to do together."

From the adorable (says Geekmom.com) handmade doll makers behind
Felicity from Thin Air at sendfelicity.com:

"Here's an app that makes you do something with your hands or your kids' hands, BESIDES tapping on the glass or shaking it around. Huh! And then to top it off, you'll still have a ridiculously good time. Mobile sewing is now more than stitching in a vehicle. WARNING: This app will teach you sewing without you realizing how easy it is. And you or your children will look silly and happy in the mirror, with a frivolous Santa Hat adorning your eyebrows. We told you so. It's your fault if you try it out."

Our obligatory feature list:

* Easy to use (I think we mentioned that already)

* With dozens of illustrations and clear instructions, sewing a Santa hat is easier than ever and fun! You first measure the head circumference of the intended target (I mean fashion model). That means you wrap a tape measure around their head and read out the size. The app then shows you a nifty grid pattern that you can change to make it work best for you. Because we have friends who are imperial or metric, you can choose inches or centimeters with decimals or fractions.

* The app will guide you every step of the way whether you're drawing, or cutting the patterns or sewing the hat. It even works like a handy checklist that helps you mark the current step you are working on, just by tapping that step's number.

Sewing is fun. Really - you'll like it. This app will make your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into something not like a phone but a patient teacher guiding your first brave sewing steps.

OK - we have to tell the truth. For children, the Santa Hat Sewing app will also teach some practical math disguised with measurements, transferring patterns on a cartesian grid, and checking for straight angles. Shhhh - don't tell the kids and they'll never realize. What did you expect from a developer who also makes a range of math apps, happily used by kids and teachers in schools across the world?