The Haberdashery Pattern Tidy : A new quilt pattern

The Haberdashery Pattern Tidy : A new quilt pattern

It’s been a while since I did a new quilt pattern, but I was really inspired with this one, because it is actually useful too. While I have been watching the Great British Sewing Bee on BBC tv, I was thinking how wonderful the studio haberdashery was and I thought about how I could use this happy image to make a quilt and then it struck me that it could be a ‘pattern tidy’ as well. I don’t know about you, but through all these months of lockdown, I have accumulated quite a few quilt patterns both printed and pdf’s and as always I am full of promise to make them all. Sound familiar? Well this way, you can have a charming quilt to hang on your wall and somewhere to keep them all - there is a pocket for the smaller printed patterns and one for pdf’s. What is more, you can customise it for your sewing room or craft space and use scraps from favourite fabric collections or themed prints and make it modern or vintage.

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Making the Triple Threat Briefcase by Sew Sweetness (or my explorer bag)

Making the Triple Threat Briefcase by Sew Sweetness (or my explorer bag)

Well…. I hardly know where to start or how to contain my excitement about this one! It’s a WOW project and superb pattern. Bag making is something I enjoy once or twice a year - sometimes for someone else as a gift and sometimes I am motivated by what might be just really useful for myself. This is definitely the latter - it isn’t going anywhere!

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