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This super-colourful project from Corinne Bradd not only gives you the chance to practice your embroidery and make something fun for the kids, but turn your hand to something a little more artistic, too! Combining fabric markers with needlework gives a vibrant finish that your little ones will love to show off.
Make a Bag
Take a 20cm x 50cm piece of printed cotton and iron a rectangle of fusible interfacing to the wrong side. Pin a second 20cm x 50cm printed cotton shape to the first with right sides facing, then sew around all four edges with a 1cm seam allowance, leaving a 10cm gap in the middle of one short side. Turn through and press.
Fold in the raw edge of the 10cm gap then press with an iron before neatly oversewing the gap closed. Fold the short end of the fabric up by 17cm, then fold over the other end of the remaining material to create a flap and press. Pin and oversew both sides of the lower section of the bag with small stitches.
Create a Shoulder Strap
Cut the contrasting fabric into three 4cm wide strips. Sew the strips together to make one long pieces of fabric, then fold this in half lengthways and press. Open out, fold the ra
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