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From banana bread bakers to sourdough makers, Sophia Palmer’s project would be a heart-warming present for the passionate cook in your life. The set includes a fabric cover for a notebook to record favourite recipes, plus a greeting card and gift tag, all made with a combination of free motion appliqué, embroidery and simple sewing techniques. If you’re the avid baker, why not add your name to the cute tags and pass some baked gifts onto your friends?
Make a recipe book cover
Download, print and cut out the templates at sewmag.co.uk. These measurements are based on an A5 notebook with a depth of 5mm. Cut a rectangle, 24cm x 50cm from main fabric, plus another for the lining, 24cm x 31cm. Press iron-on interfacing, 24cm x 31cm, centrally onto the back of the largest rectangle, with an equal amount of un-interfaced fabric at each end.
Using the templates, trace the motifs onto fusible webbing, glue side up. Iron each piece onto the back of your chosen fabric scraps, then cut out carefully. Where the interfacing is attached onto the cover, mark out roughly on the right side of the fabric with pins where the front would be.
Peel off the paper backs from the motifs and arrange onto the front. Use a machine to free machine embroider the shapes in place with matching thread colours. Add the details onto each item. Trace ‘My Recipes’ on tearaway stabiliser, pin in place and free motion embroider over the wording with contrasting thread. Rip the stabiliser away, then press.
Overlock each short end of the large rectangle pieces. On the large embroidered piece, fold in each end, wrong sides together, by 9cm and press, checking the fit on your notebook. Fold them both again, back onto each other so they’re pressed to the o
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