YOU WILL NEED
✿ 40 x 50cm floral fabric
✿ 50 x 55cm blue fabric
✿ 20 x 80cm orange fabric
✿ 40 x 100cm lining fabric
✿ 50 x 100cm non-fusible foam
✿ 160cm of 6mm thick piping cord
✿ Binding tape maker
✿ Sewing machine
✿ Piping foot
✿ Matching thread
✿ Scissors
✿ Pins
✿ Hand-sewing needle (optional)
✿ Templates enlarged by 300%
Time to make: 8 hours
Stockists: Style-VIL 10 L15 non-fusible foam for bags, £11 per metre, ladysewandsew.co.uk. Voyage Kew Mandarin, Bomeo Mandarin and Kerela Delft fabric, £3.25 per fat quarter, fabrichq. co.uk. Timeless treasures sketch quilting fabric, £14.99 per metre, minervacrafts.com.
Note: Use 1cm seams throughout, press open unless otherwise stated.
CUTTING OUT
✿ For the bag: From the floral fabric and foam, cut two bag centres on the fold using the enlarged template. From the blue fabric and foam, cut two bag sides on the fold using the enlarged template.
✿ For the handles: From the blue fabric, cut four strips measuring 5 x 55cm. From the foam, cut two strips measuring 5 x 55cm.
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