Have you ever been in the middle of a sewing or knitty venture only to find you've lost your thread or yarn, your fabric's gone AWOL and the pattern you were working from has decided to disappear? If so, why not keep everything together in this handy project bag? Made from a patchwork of pretty prints, it will make a great gift too.
Stitch a project bag
Cut a selection of rectangles from printed cotton; they can be any height but must be 10cm wide. Arrange them into four rows measuring 75cm long. Sew the top and bottom edges together, right sides facing, with a 6mm seam allowance. Press all of the seams towards the last patch and check each row is equal.
Trim six 3.5cm x 45cm strips from red patterned fabric. Stitch them together in pairs along the short ends and press the seams open. Sew each strip to the right edges of three patchwork lengths, then join these pieces together, before adding the final patchwork strip to the end.