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Project by Stephanie Marsh This is a great project and can be easily replicated with any fabric. In this version the monochrome fabric tones with a lilac pompom trim is a very modern and chic take. You will need: 4 fat quarters 19” Square iron on wadding (optional) 2m pompom trim 18” co-ordinating Zip Contrast Thread Co-ordinating Thread 20” Cushion Pad Finished measurement for cushion cover is 18” square. ¼ inch seam allowance used unless stated. Instructions: 1. Cut the following: 6 x 5” square in black elephant fabric 6 x 5” squares in white elephant fabric 2 x 5” squares in black palm trees fabric 2 x 5” squares in white flower fabric 1 x 18.5” x 9.5” in black palm tree fabric 1 x 18.5” x 9.5” in white flower fabric 2. Lay out as below and sew together the squares to make the row them sew the rows together. Where possible press the seam allowances towards the darker fabric. 3. If using, press the wadding onto the wrong side. From the right side topstitch either side of all the seam in a contract thread. I used a variegated thread and the side of the sewing machine foot as a guide. 4. Take the pompom trim and stitch in place all around the edge of the patchwork front, lining up the raw edged. Where the trim starts and finishes overlap slightly and stitch slightly off the edge. Put to one side. 5. Take the 2 rectangle pieces and press under ¼“ on one of the long edges on each piece. Please the zip along each of these edges. Using a zipper foot stitch in place close the zipper teeth. 6. Take this and the patchwork front and place right sides together. Match corners, pin and stitch around all 4 sides. Remember to have the zip open a bit. 7. Turn right sides out and press well. Fill with cushion pad. To see more from Stephanie, visit her on Instagram @stephanie_j_marsh Made by Stephanie Marsh for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Gill Rich This cushion is really easy to make and it’s so effective. To make this, all you need are the following:- ● One jelly roll, I chose the Kyoto fabrics by Stuart Hillard available from Craft Cotton Co ● 0.5m backing fabric ● Co-ordinating thread ● One 18” cushion pad ● Ruler and tailors chalk or fabric marker pen ● Pins 1) To make, firstly choose 11 of the jelly roll strips. Fold in half lengthways and press flat. Cut in half. You will now have 22 strips for your cushion. 2) Out of your backing fabric, cut an 18” square. 3) Now, to make the cushion, take one of your strips and place it on the backing fabric lining up the long raw edges at the top. Pin in place. Sew along the long edge using a ¼” seam allowance. 4) You now need to draw placement lines across the backing fabric to mark where you need to place the remaining strips. Mark ¾” down from the top raw edge of the strip that you have just stitched down. Mark at intervals across the cushion lining and draw a line. This is now your placement line for the next strip. Stitch this in place as before. 5) Continue in this manner until all your strips are sewn in place. TIP: I placed all my strips on the cushion lining before stitching to ensure that I was happy with the overall effect. 6) Once all your strips are in place, press flat and turn your cushion front over. Trim all your strip ends so that they are flush with the edge of the cushion lining. 7) The next step is to make the envelope back. Cut two pieces of fabric 18” by 13”. Fold over ¼” on the long edge and press, fold over again and press. This will form your hem edge. Stitch to keep in place. Repeat for the other piece. 8) Take your cushion front and place it right side facing you. With the two smaller back pieces, place these with the hemmed edge in the middle but the raw edges lined up with the cushion front edges. Your hemmed edges will overlap in the middle. Pin all the way round with plenty of pins. 9) Stitch together with a half inch seam allowance. To finish off I overlock all the seams but if you don't have one, a zig zag stitch will be fine. Cut off the corners to ease the bulk when turning out. Turn your cushion right sides out, give it a good press and insert your cushion inner. Admire your handiwork! I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial. Please follow me on Instagram at @designbygill66 or Facebook at Design by Gill. Made by Gill Rich for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Daisy Lawn Create a chic arm caddy to keep remote controls and accessories tidy and in arms reach. You will need:- Fabric - William Morris collaboration with the V&A by Craft Cotton Co Wadding to fit Binding or use Backing Fabric as Binding also Sewing Machine Sewing Tools Instructions Press all fabric to be used. Cut into strips of 7 1⁄2” x 2 1⁄2” depending on the size you wish it to finish with....I used 84 strips. 7 down x 6 across = 84 in total. Cut more for the pockets. Press the seams alternating to allow for nesting. Sew the long strips together at sides taking care to nest the side seams. Press. Because you have nested the seams, they will give a perfect fitting together on the right side. The back will be very neat too. This shows the fitted seams. Lay wrong side down on Wadding. Stitch in the Ditch. Make up a pocket by stripping and fold in half....press and attach to your caddy, sewing up the seams to give separate pocket areas. Pockets. Lay the completed piece wrong side down to backing fabric, use less of your main fabric use a plain piece of fabric, cut to 1 1/2"” edge all around. Press over to the edge of the main. Press over again and add starch to help gain a crisp binding. Sew the bound edge into place either using a straight stitch, decorative stitch I used a blanket stitch. This gives a pretty edge on the top. And a neat finish on the back. Finished By Daisy Lawn for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Angela Harkness I have made this mini quilt using the Search Press book “Twenty to Stitch: mini quilt blocks” by Carolyn Forster. It is one from the ‘Twenty to stitch’ series of books which I really like and retails at £4.99. I chose to use this book as inspiration for making a project using leftovers from a fat quarter pack of Craft Cotton Company “Abbey” fabrics as I think it is a lovely fabric range, and I wanted to utilise the leftovers and just to show what can be made with scraps and some added blender fabrics. I used my leftovers from the Abbey fat quarter bag project I did before Christmas and some blue blenders and basic white cotton and managed to get 16 mini quilt blocks. Here are a few of my scrappy mini blocks: The book is full of different patchwork blocks, perfect for any project. It includes handy piecing instructions and colour variations for each block. There is also a little reference section on either making the mini blocks into coasters or making a quilt.. To find out more about the book visit www.searchpress.com The little book is a great one to have on your shelf to dip into and get using up some of those scrappy leftovers! Made by Angela Harkness for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Helen Bowes My daughter has had another growth spurt and is currently eating me out of house and home. As a result of this the apron I made her when she was younger no longer fits, so it was time to make her a new one. When this gorgeous Alice and Wonderland fabric arrived on my door, I knew this was the fabric for her apron. This blog will take you through the steps to create your own apron for your budding cooks and chefs. Step 1: Gather Supplies · Sewing machine and thread · Iron and Ironing board · Fabrics · Cutting device – scissors/rotary cutter · Pins or clips · Mark maker – tailers chalk, heat dissolving pen · Tape measure Step 2: Measure your child. Measure your little one. You want to work out where the apron will sit on your child so you will roughly want to know the length from the neckline to the bottom of the apron and the circumference of your child. I used these measurements as a guide. The basic shape you are aiming for is a rectangle with the top two corners chopped off: Step 3: Cut and hem Cut your fabric. For my daughter’s apron I decided to use two fabrics. The main part of the apron was done using the Alice in Wonderland fabric and the top part in a complementary purple. Mark out a rectangle on your fabric that will go on the bottom and cut it out. For the top piece, fold your fabric in half and mark out a rectangle. To get the curve that goes around the arm, use a plate to draw around and give the basic shape. Once happy you can cut this fabric out too. Once happy with the size, hem around all the edges of the Alice in Wonderland fabric and the bottom edge of the purple. To create a neat edge, fold over by ½ inch and press and then fold over another ½ inch and press. Step 4: Attach bottom and top pieces. With the raw edges hemmed, you can now attach the top and bottom pieces together. Lay your fabric with the right side of your bottom piece facing you and the right side of your top piece facing away from you. Pin or clip into place and then sew along this seam using a ½ inch seam allowance. Step 5: Create a pocket: Having a kangaroo pocket is useful for storing all those bits of equipment you need for cooking and baking. Measure a square of complementary fabric that will fit comfortably on the bottom piece of your apron. Fold this piece in half and use a plate to create a rounded edge at the top and hem the edges as detailed earlier. I went on to embellish mine by cutting a heart out of the Alice in Wonderland fabric (Queen of Hearts) and sewing this onto the pocket. Once happy, pin in place and sew around the edges bar the curved edge. Also do a line of top stitching down the centre of the pocket top to bottom to create two separate pockets. Step 6: Create Bias Binding and ties The edges of the top section of the apron need to be bound by bias tape. Depending on your fabric choice you can buy premade bias tape. I prefer to make my own now especially as I got a bias binding making kit for around £12 from eBay. To create your binding using a bias binding kit, decide which fabric you are going to use and then cut strips that are 2 inches wide. I decided to use the Alice in Wonderland fabric as my bias binding. Using the kit, feed the strip of fabric into the device, pull it through and even out the fabric and the press flat. If you do not have your own kit and want to make your own binding it is easy to do. Cut your fabric into 2-inch strips, fold in half lengthways and press. Open the fabric up again and fold one edge lengthways to meet the centre and press. Repeat for the other edge. Now fold the whole thing in half again and press. To create the ties you need to cut out 4 strips that are 4-inches wide and to the length you desire – mine were 4-inches by 24-inches for both the apron and neck ties. The neck ties do not need to be as long as the apron ties but the exact length depends on the size of your child. Step 7: Attach ties and bias binding. Place your bias binding around the top and side edges of your apron. Follow the natural curve you have created and use pins or clips to hold in place. To attach the apron and neck ties, turn your apron over so the wrong side is facing upwards. Decided where you want your ties to attach and lay them on so that they go in towards the centre of the apron rather than going out away from your apron. The neck ties will be in the same area as the bias binding so tuck it under the binding. Clip or pin into place before sewing the bias binding and ties into place. Once you have sewn the bias binding and apron ties into place, you now need to take your ties and double them back over themselves. It will make it bulky but this gets the ties into the right position. Then sew again into the ditch of your previous stitching. Step 8: Get baking Give the apron to the little person in your life and get baking. To see more from Helen, visit her on Instagram @phoenix_crafting Made by Helen Bowes for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Kimberley Hind in collaboration with Dunelm Finished size: 18” x 18” What you’ll need – 18” square Cushion pad Tropical bohemian fat quarter pack 2 pieces of backing fabric each measuring 18.5” x 12” Pompom trim - optional Tools used – 4.5" x 4.5" quilting square ruler Use ¼” seam allowance How to make – 1. Use the ruler to cut the 4.5” squares. I’ve cut 21 in total from 2 contrasting fabrics. 2. Start sewing the squares into strips, alternating the fabrics. Sew 2 squares right sides together. Open and press. 3. Continue until you have three strips of 5 squares and two trips of 3 squares. 4. Sew the strips right sides together with 1 row of three, 3 rows of five then 1 row of three again. 5. Rotate the panel 45 degrees so that the squares become diamonds. Cut this to the size of your cushion (remember to add a ½” seam allowance.) This is now the front of the cushion cover. 6. To make the envelope back, hem the bottom of one piece of backing fabric and the top of the other. To hem, fold the fabric back by ¼” and press. Fold again by ¼” and press, then sew to hem. 7. Place the two backing pieces over the right side of the cushion cover panel. The two hemmed edges should overlap in the centre. 8. Sew around the entire edge of the cushion. Cut the corners off the cushion, making sure not to snip through the stitches you’ve just made. 9. Turn the cushion cover right side and insert the cushion pad! You can use any left-over fabric to make coordinating cushions! I’ve added a few pompoms to the corners of the cushion too. To see more from Kim, visit her on Instagram @whatkimberleymakes and check out her blog www.whatkimberleymakes.com Made by Kimberley Hind for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Katie Done at The Fabric Squirrel During lockdown we are clinging on to anything to help bring joy and purpose into our lives. For many it has been crafts and sewing, some fitness, decorating and gardening. For my husband it has been the purchase of a 3D printer. So, I have been thinking of ways that I can make the most of it in my sewing room and have tried out a few quilting templates. We have tried a few different designs and shapes including this half hexagon. I saw a cheat hexi quilt years ago and always wanted to give it a go so I thought this shape would be a great place to start. I was sent some new garden themed fabrics from The Craft Cotton Company to play with. They are a subtle colour pallet of yellow, green and grey and feature cute images of wellies, beehives, watering cans, hedgehogs and plant pots. My neighbours also have their own business and pre Covid we used to do our daily post runs together. Our chats now are confined to the garden fence and since she had a special birthday recently, I thought I would try out the new hexagon template in a bag to help carry some of her packages. YOU WILL NEED · Hexagon template · Fat quarter bundle · Half metre for lining · Rotary cutter and mat · Iron and ironing board · Wadding · 1m Bag strap · Sewing machine · Scissors METHOD 1. First cut your fabric. I have used my new template which you can purchase here if you want. I first cut 3" strips vertically and then used the template to make the hexagon shape. If you don't have a template you could create your own with some card. I would suggest creating a hexagon on something like Word that is 6" wide, print it, cut it in half and then transfer it to card. · White Beehives - 24 · White Wellies - 24 · Yellow - 10 · Green - 12 · Hedgehogs - 10 2. Layout your fabric for each side. I have laid it out in a way that means the hexagons will be complete on the seam. 3. Sew the vertical rows together. When you pair the pieces up, make sure you don't meet the corners, there needs to be a 1/4" gap. Use a 1/4" seam allowance. When they are sewn together, give them a good press. I press my seams open. 4. Then sew the columns together and trim the edges. 5. I have used Bosal Mid-Weight wadding to give the bag some strength. Pin the fabric to the wadding and quilt however you like. I have gone with diagonals through the centre of the hexagons. At this point I realised my dimensions didn't look quite right so I had two options - trim it or turn the top over. Since I didn't have any multidirectional fabric left for the lining I went with the trim it option. I trimmed 2" off so that the top hexagon was in half. 6. When you have done both sides, pin them right sides together around the sides and bottom edge and sew. I was recently asked to try out some Clover Fork Pins through UK Quilters United (if you were wondering what was different about the pins). You can read what I thought about them here. 7. To make the bottom square you need to fold the corners so that the side and the bottom edge meet. Measure 3" from the point and mark it with pins or a dissolvable pen. Sew across, back stitch at the start and finish. Trim off the excess. 8. I wasn't very smart when I cut my fabric so I didn't have any of the designs wide enough to line my bag. No worries though, I just pieced two of the fabrics together and I am actually pleased that I did. Each side needs to be 19" x 21". 9. I added a pocket to the inside by cutting a 12" x 6" piece of the hedgehog fabric. Press over the top edge by 1/4" twice and top stitch. Press over the remaining three edges by 1/4". Pin it the the centre of the lining, around 3" from the top and top stitch it in place. 10. Repeat steps 6 and 7 with your lining pieces but leave an opening around 3-4" wide on one of the sides to turn it out through. 11. I have used 34mm grey webbing for the straps. You could do the same or make your own straps in the fabric. The strap on each side is 50cm. Pin it one hexagon in from each side and top stitch in place. 12. Turn the lining the right way round and place it inside the main bag so that the right sides are together. Pin it with the side seams matching and then sew it all the way around the top edge. Backstitch over the straps to reinforce it. 13. Turn it out and give it a good press. Top stitch the top edge. Whip stitch the opening in the lining or use your machine (I used my machine). And there you have it! I love this hexagon style and I can't wait to make quilts and cushions the same way. To see more from Katie, visit her on Instagram @thefabricsquirrel Made by Katie Done for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Lesley Foster at Hook, Stitch, Sew This tie corner basket will keep your Easter eggs safe from rolling away this Easter. I just couldn’t resist adding some rabbit ears while using this Peter Rabbit themed fabric! Materials Peter Rabbit Flowers And Dreams fat quarter set by The Craft Cotton Company Paper Pencil Scissors Pins Thread Needle Batting Ruler Method 1- Draw a rabbit ear shape (17cm from base to ear point) onto a piece of paper and cut out to form your ear template. Next cut out 8 from the dark pink fat quarter and 8 from the white with rabbit detail fat quarter. 2- Take one pink and one white ear and place right sides together, sew around the edges leaving the bottom edge unsewn. Turn out the right way. Repeat with the remaining ears pieces. 3- Take the white with flower detail fat quarter and cut out 8 strips 5x30cm. Take two of the strips, place right sides together and sew down around the edges leaving the bottom edge unsewn. Turn out the right way. 4- Take the light pink, yellow fat quarters and batting and cut so they measure 46x46cm. 5- Place the batting down and then the yellow 46x46cm square down on top right side facing up, take the strips and place one 9cm from the edge of the square, repeat using the remaining strips. Place the pink 46x46cm square right side facing down on top and pin to secure. 6- Sew around the edges leaving a 10cm gap for turning. Turn out the right way and slip stitch the gap to close. 7- Sew a line around 10cm from the top edge of the square to form the base section of the basket. 8- Take one of the ears fold up the raw bottom edge and place 14cm from the edge of the square, with the bottom edge of the ear along the sewn line, sew around to secure. Repeat with the remaining ears. 9- Tie the corner ties to form the basket. To see more from Lesley, visit her on Instagram @hookstitchsew Made by Lesley Foster for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Katie Done at The Fabric Squirrel I had some fabric left over from making the bag so I had a think about a little project I could do for Mother's Day. I have wanted to do a hoop project for a while after including them in the advent boxes last year. I always do some kind of hand or footprint card for Mother's Day so I thought I would try a fabric version. It is also nice to sit and do a bit of hand embroidery in the evening. YOU WILL NEED · Fabric · Paper and pencil · Embroidery hoop · Embroidery threads and needle METHOD 1. First things first, you need your handprints. George was easy, I just drew around his hand. Alfie, not so much. Apparently drawing around a 11-month-old baby's hand is not possible, so I got the paint out. When I had both templates and the paint had dried, I cut them out. I then traced them onto BondaWeb. 2. Cut the BondaWeb out roughly, not too close to the lines. Place the shiny side onto the reverse of your fabric and iron into place, follow the instructions for the product you are using but generally starting on a low temperature with no steam is your best bet. 3. Now cut out the handprints and peel away the paper. 4. Cut out the fabric you want to use in your hoop a couple of inches bigger than the hoop. Place the hoop over the fabric and arrange your handprints until you are happy with them. You can use a dissolvable pen to help make sure you iron them into place correctly. When you are happy with the position, iron them into place. This is where I have done two different options. First option - take your hoop to the sofa and do some hand stitching while you watch TV. I have done a running stitch around the hands and added some stitches to the details in the background like French knots. Second option - put your fabric into the hoop the wrong way. Use a free motion foot to stitch around the hands. I have gone around them 3 times which makes any wobbly bits more forgiving. For the letters, I have used a dissolvable pen to write it first. The trick with free motion is to stitch quite fast but move the material steadily and consistently. Finishing - I have always finished the back of my hoops with a long running stitch around the edges and then pull the threads tight. Then I saw someone on Instagram using a glue gun. Game changer! Here are my finished hoops. Mine and my husband’s Dad's birthdays are in March, around the same time as Mother's Day, so little projects like this are great parent gift ideas for March. To see more from Katie, visit her on Instagram @thefabricsquirrel Made by Katie Done for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Paula Milner at The Crafty Lass Create a lovely Bunny style cushion with floppy ears and a pompom tail, a perfect Spring decoration. You Will Need Fabric Thread Wool (Optional) Craft Essentials Sewing Machine Fabric Scissors Paper and Pencil Paper Scissors Pins Tape Measure Iron and Ironing Board Pompom Maker (Optional) Glue gun (Optional) How to Make 1. MAIN CUSHION - CUT Select and press your fabrics. Cut out a 50cm x 50cm square for your cushion front. You will also need two rectangles 50cm x 38cm x for your cushion backs to fit a 50cm square cushion. 2. EARS – PATTERN & CUT Take a piece of paper and draw a bunny ear template. The easiest way to do this is to fold the paper in half, draw an ‘arc’ shape for one half on an ear, cut out and then unfold. This ensures your ear is equal in measurements on both sides. Pin on to your fabric and cut out - you will need 4 x these shapes to make 2 ears. 3. SEW – EARS Place 2 of your ear pieces right sides together and pin. Using a 0.5cm seam allowance, sew all the way around the edges leaving a gap at the bottom to turn out. Secure your threads, turn out the right way and press. Repeat with your 2nd ear. 4. SEW – BACKS Take one of your cushion back pieces and fold one of the long edges over and sew in a straight line stitch to create a seam edge. Repeat with the second cushion back piece. 5. SEW – CONSTRUCT Lay your main cushion piece down and place your bunny ears into position on top. Lay your cushion backs on top with right sides together. Pin everything into position before sewing all the way around the edge. Turn out the right way, and press. 6. POMPOM TAIL (Optional) If you would like, you could also make a wool pompom tail and gluegun into position on the back. Et voila! A bunny cushion… Enjoy! The Crafty Lass® www.thecraftylass.com @thecraftylass Made by Paula Milner for the Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Helen Bowes Do you want to make your own Easter bag this year rather than buying more plastic from the shops? This lovely little bag will be perfect for those Easter Egg hunts. Step 1: Gather Materials For this make you will need the following: · Lining Fabric (rabbit) - 1 strip 7 inches by 20 5/8th inches 1 circle 7 inches diameter · Fabric A (small squares) – 4 inches by 20 5/8th inches strip 7-inch diameter circle 2 strips 10 ½ inches by 1 ½ inches · Fabric B (rabbit) – 6 x petal pieces 3 3/8th inch length by 4 inches width, rounded corners Extra for pull tabs. · Fabric C (plain pink) – 3 ¾ inch by 20 5/8th inch strip · Fusible fleece or wadding – 1 circle 6 ¼ inch diameter. 6 ¼ inch by 19 7/8th inch strip · Lace or sequin strip - 20 5/8th inches · Light weight fusible interfacing – 2 strips 10 ½ inches by 1 1/2 inches · Ribbon – 2 pieces 30 inches long · Bodkin or safety pin · Mark making pencil, pen, tailers chalk. · Iron and Ironing board · Cutting mat, scissors, rotary cutter · Ruler and compass · Sewing machine and thread · Fabric glue Step 2: Create lining For the lining I used the same fabric as I did for fabric B which is this lovely rabbit pattern. Cut your pieces out as detailed above. Lay the length of fabric down pattern up and fold in half so the two short ends meet and the right sides of fabric as facing each other. Draw a mark at the short end 1 ½ inches down from the top and up from the bottom. Sew a seam from the top to the mark and from the bottom to its mark using a 3/8th inch seam allowance. You should now have short tube with a 4-inch opening along the short side seam. Next mark your tube into quarter. Your seam forms on mark and you can mark the opposite edge. Fold the material in half again and mark the next two points on either side of the fold line. You want to do the same for your circle base and mark that into quarters by folding it twice. Now pin your tube onto your base circle. Match up each of your quarter marks with the right sides of fabric facing each other. Gradually go round the circle lining up the edges and pinning into place. Once pinned, sew the base to the tube using a 3/8th inch seam allowance. Clip the edge of the circle up to the stitch line. Now the lining is complete you can put it to one side until we need it again. Step 3: Make the bag base. Cut a circle out of fabric A and a circle from your fusible fleece. Following manufacturers guidelines iron your fleece onto the wrong side of your fabric circle. If you don’t have any fusible fleece don’t worry, you can use a fabric glue pen to stick your wadding to your fabric. The wadding or fleece circle will be smaller than your fabric circle. Mark the fabric circle with cross hatched lines – this fabric lends itself to quilting due to the repeating pattern. I sewed diagonally along the pattern to create the quilted effect. Step 4: Make the sides of the bag. Cut out two strips of fabric, one from fabric A and one from a piece of plain fabric that compliments your others. Place right sides together and sew along one long edge with a 3/8th inch seam allowance. Once complete, press the seam flat. With this fabric pressed flat you can now bond another piece of fusible fleece or glue some wadding on. Centre it so that it doesn’t come to any of the 4 edges and you have a little border of fabric around it. Once this is bonded turn the fabric over, so the right sides are facing you. Using lace or sequin or other trim, place this over the seam and stitch in place. Step 5: Sew the petals. Using your petal template cut out 12 petals. For this project, the image of the rabbit was the perfect size to fill the petals. Place two pieces right sides together and sew around the two sides and bottom with a 3/8th inch seam allowance. Once sewn make knicks into the fabric up to the stitch line but not over. Turn your petal the right way round and press flat. Repeat this until you have 6 petals that are double sided. Find the centre point of your basket side and place 3 petals on either side of this point with the tops of the petals lining up with the top of the fabric and spaced out evenly along the length of the piece. Don’t go over the seam allowance at the sides. Once happy with placement, baste into place. Step 6: Add the casing. Following manufacturers guidelines attach the fusible interfacing to the wrong side of your fabric strips. To create a neat end turn the short side of your fabric over by ¼ inch so the wrong sides as facing each other. Stitch 1/8th inch from the edge. Complete on all 4 short ends. Then fold your fabric in half wrong sides facing and press. Place the casing so that the long open send matches along the top of the side piece. It should cover the top of three petals and the short ends should be open and are separate in the middle. Pin in place and, once happy, stitch the casing on using a 1/8th inch seam. Step 7: Assemble the basket. Fold your outside of the bag in half with right sides facing. Sew together at the meeting raw edge using a 3/8th seam allowance. Your wadding/fleece should meet at this seam. Take care not to catch any of the ribbon casing or petals in the seam. Using the same technique as you did for the lining, sew the base onto the outer bag tube. Trim away any excess seam allowance and create notches that go as far as the stitching. This is will make it sit better when fully assembled. Turn the bag the right way round and place it inside the lining with right sides facing. Line the two side seams up, so they match and then pin around the top of the bag. Ensure the petals are included and the ribbon casing (ensure this is facing downwards). Once happy with your alignment, baste through all the layers - lining, casing, petals, bag fabric, using the smallest seam allowance you can at this stage. Now it is all secure you can sew your seam 1/8th inch below your baste stitching. Using the hole that you left in the lining, pull the bag through the hole and the right way round. Check the fit by pushing the lining back into the bag. Once happy, pull the lining back out again and blind stitch the opening closed. Cut two lengths of ribbon 30 inches long and attach one end to a safety pin. Feed the safety pin through the casings, starting at the side seam. If struggling, use a crochet hook fed through the casing to pull the safety pin through. If you have a bodkin, use this. With the ribbon pulled all the way round, tie the two ends in a knot and trim any excess off. Repeat with your second piece of ribbon but starting on the opposite side. You can choice to leave it like this or decorate the ends. I opted to decorate the ends and hide the knots using the rabbits from the fabric in the same way we did the petals. Made by Helen Bowes for The Craft Cotton Company 2021

Project by Stephanie Marsh You will need: 2 x packs fat quarters (1 plain, 1 striped) Bondaweb Tape (roughly 3m) Co-ordinating Thread Small White Pompoms Templates - download here Instructions: 1. Using the plain colour fat quarters unit out 6 triangles 20cm deep by 20cm in each of the colours. 2. Print off the rabbit template, above, or use one of your own, you can find many on Pinterest. You may have to resize a bit, it should fit comfortably in the centre of the triangle, remembering to take into consideration that there is a seam allowance or about 3/4cm. 3. Take your rabbit template and trace onto the bondaweb 15 times. Cut out roughly. 4. Iron these onto the wrong side of the striped fat quarters, 3 from each colour. 5. Cut them all out, along the drawn lines. 6. Using a pin score the back of the rabbits to peel off the backing papers, place on the right side of the triangles (3 from each of the plain colours). 7. Using a close zig zag or a decorative stitch on your sewing machine stitch around the outside of the rabbit to hold the fabric in place. 8. Take the plain other triangle right side to right side with the triangles you have stitched the rabbit to and stitch around, approx. ¾ cm, the two long edges. Trim the bottom corner off the triangle, close to the stitch line. Turn right sides out and press. 9. Trim across the top of the triangle so they are all the same depth. 10. Hand stitch the pompoms on for the bunny’s tails. 11. Machine stitch the flags onto the tape, leaving a 3cm gap between each. Your bunny bunting is now complete! To see more from Stephanie, visit her on Instagram @stephanie_j_marsh Made by Stephanie Marsh for The Craft Cotton Company 2021