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Say goodbye to carrying a heavy toolbox around. Now you can make a stylish belt and have easy access to exactly what you need as you do odd jobs. You could keep a variation of tools in this must-have accessory, or use it for make-up brushes or gardening gadgets. We’ve used Bonnie Christine’s Winged collection for Art Gallery Fabrics in contrasting coral and green, but you could change the colours to whatever you fancy.
Make a tool belt
1 Cut two rectangles from coral fabric and a piece of medium/heavy weight iron on interfacing, each measuring 25cm x 56cm. Iron the interfacing onto the back of one of the coral rectangles. Cut 17cm x 56cm of bird print.
2 Hem the top long edge of the bird print rectangle by turning it over by 1cm, pinning as you go. Machine stitch and press. Turn the bottom edge under by 1cm and pin, then pin the whole rectangle onto the non interfaced coral piece, 5cm up from the bottom edge. Sew along the bottom edge of the contrasting rectangle. This will form the pocket.
3 Cut 5cm x 56cm of bird print fabric. Turn each of the long edges over by 1cm and press. Fold the whole strip in half lengthways and press again. This is the bottom edging strip.
4 Place the rectangle with the pocket on top of the other interfaced rectangle, wrong sides together, then pin the bottom edging strip along the base of the two rectangles to overlap on both sides.
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