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What better way to encourage the man in your life this spring than with this gardening set? He'll be sprinting out into the garden with a sign for the shed, a seed pocket and a plant marker pouch in hand. All made using fabric appliqué and machine embroidery, the rustic detailing provides a manly touch.
Stitch a sign
Cut 14.5cm x 25cm from brown checked fabric and an oval shape, with a height of 12.5cm and a width of 21.5cm, in plain cream cotton. Back the oval with interfacing, place it in the middle of the brown fabric, machine stitch it down, then randomly sew around it several times. Iron on the reverse.
Cut a watering can, bee and spade (or similar) from printed fabric, leaving a narrow border around each. Cut three pieces of yellow printed fabric, arrange them using our picture as a guide, then stitch them down. Place the watering can, bee and spade motifs, using an acid free glue stick to keep them in place. Stitch around them using black thread. Sew yellow stripes and white wings onto the bee. Iron on the reverse.
Using black and grey thread, stitch ‘Man Shed’ or your chosen phrase across the middle, going over it three times. Cut two seedling leaves from green fabric, place at the beginning and end of the words, then stitch around them in black thread.
For the back of the sign, cut a 14.5cm x 25cm rectangle from beige fabric and cut a piece of wadding to the same size. Lay the front right side up, place the backing piece on top of it, followed by the wadding. Pin them together. Cut 32cm of black and white striped ribbon, and place the loop inside the sign so the raw ends stick out at the top, 6cm in from each side.
Stitch
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