A couple of weeks ago, we were due to go on a mini-break as Mr F was playing cricket in Wales, and I needed a hand sewing project to take me. Using this beautiful bundle of fabrics from the Blue Sky collection by Laundry Basket Quilts (purchased a few years ago from Cross Patch) were just right for the project I'd got planned. The Bits and Bobs Sewing Folder, designed by the Australian designer Gail Pan, was purchased last year from Poppy Patch, and it didn't take long to trace the stitchery design onto a low volume fabric from the collection. The hand embroidery was stitched with 2 strands of a deep blue DMC embroidery thread...
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...once the hand embroidery for both the sewing folder and the small pouch was completed, the fabric was pressed and trimmed to size. The sewing folder was pieced together in a srappy arrangement due to the size of the fabrics in the bundle of fat eighths. Ric rac was added and embellished with colonial knots. Layered onto wadding, I machine quilted around the stitchery panel, and added some vintage buttons...
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...the front of the stitchery folder has been hand quilted using ecru coloured DMC perle thread. I made my own template by folding a strip of freezer paper concertina-fashion, and cut out the shape of a simple curve. Folding out the paper, and pressing it onto the fabric with a warm iron, I was able to use the curved edge as a guide. The freezer was simply peeled off and placed along the bottom edge of the fabric for the lower curve. The folder is fastened with fabric ties which have been topstitched along both long edges and inserted into both sideseams...
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...inside the folder there are a selection of fabric and clear vinyl pockets, which are ideal for storing sewing paraphernalia...
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...the small sewing pouch has been pieced together in a scrappy fashion, and has been both machine and hand quilted. The back of the sewing pouch has a clear vinyl zippered pocket...
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...a neat binding covers all the raw edges - this has been machined in place on the back of the pouch, folded over and hand stitched to the front...
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...and here's the finished project. True to it's name, it's perfect for storing lots of sewing bits and bobs.
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