Once the hand embroidery and applique for The 1618 Cottage Bag was completed, I was ready to construct the bag. The lining was attached to a piece of wadding - the pattern suggest "bag batting" and the only structured wadding I had was ByAnnie Soft and Stable, which was a bit too thick for this project. After an unsuccessful attempt to put the bag together, I unpicked a few seams and re-did it using Pellon H630, which is a felted polyester wadding, and worked much better. I made the pocket strip by reinforcing the fabric strip with a piece of lightweight interfacing, folded the pocket strip in half lengthways, topstitched along the upper edge and layered it up on top of the wadding and lining. Dividing lines were stitched through all layers to form small pockets, which can be used for string needles and threads etc. The front of the bag was attached, then the zipper was machined to the main body of the bag...
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...the bag base was quilted, and attached to the main body of the bag. Clover Wonder Clips are perfect for holding the thick layers together, and I hand basted the components together before machine stitching - the binding was folded over to cover the raw edges and hand stiched to the base of the bag. The lid was attached in the same manner as the base...
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...the final touch was adding a decorative zipper pull. I used some scraps of leftover fabrics from the bag to make the tiny Suffolk Puffs, and used a few vintage buttons from my button tin. The instructions for this aren't included with this pattern, but are with another one of Lynette's designs, called Badger Cottage...
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...the internal pockets are really useful for storing needles and threads, and although it's quite a small bag - it's approx 6.5" x 7" - there's lots of room inside for my other sewing bits and bobs too, and as you can see I've already filled it with everything I need for my next hand sewing project - which, surprise surprise, is another "Lynette-project" that has been on my to-do list for ages.
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