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Whizzing around town, catching a myriad of double decker buses and rushing from one train to the next can often induce a state of mild panic as you wonder,“where did I put my Oyster Card?”. However, with Lucinda Ganderton’s travel set you’ll never have to face this fear again; the zip up purse and keyring will keep your loose change safe, and the ticket pouch will be a snug container for your Oyster Card.
Stitch a purse
Trace the ‘Life’s a Journey’ motif onto the centre of a 15cm square of fabric, or write your own phrase using a sharp pencil. With a single strand of dark blue embroidery thread, back stitch over the letters and sew French knots for the dots. Trim the fabric down to 5cm x 8cm and cut a similar rectangle from another plain fabric.
Cut patterned fabric measuring 3.5cm x 5cm and stitch the other two rectangles to the long edges. Press the seams open. From patterned fabric, cut 10cm x 15cm for the front and 13cm x 15cm for the back. Sew the patchwork strip to the bottom long edge of the front and press the seam open.
Cut two 15cm x 17cm pieces of wadding and tack the front and back rectangles centrally to them, with right sides up. Starting at the top, work parallel lines of machine stitching 1cm apart, through all the layers, leaving the patchwork unsewn. Trim, and stitch the side and
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