Woman’s Weekly UK – 06 August 2019

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EASY

PEASY

YOUWILL NEED

✿ 35 x 45cmcreamcottonfabric

✿ 51 x 106cmtickingstripefabric

✿ 51 x 70cmbluecottonfabric

✿ 10 x 50cmBondaweb

✿ 50 x 55cmheat-proofbatting

✿Matchingsewingthread

✿230cmof25mmwidecotton

bindingtape

✿Pins

✿Scissors

✿Quilter’sruler

✿Cuttingmat

✿Rotarycutter

Timetomake:5 hours

Stockists:Tickingstripecotton

canvasinpaleblue,£10.99perm,

canvasfabricincream,£11.99per

BANDEDTEATOWEL

1

Cuta 51x 59.5cmrectangle

fromthebluecottonanda

14.5x 51cmstripfrom

theblueticking

fabric.Pinandsew

thepiecestogether

alongoneofthe

51cmsideswitha

1.5cm seam allowance. Press

the seams open and overlock or

zigzag stitch the raw edges.

2

Turn all the sides under

by 1.5cm and then another

1.5cm. Press, pin and

topstitch in place close to

the folded edge.

FISHTEATOWEL

1

Fromthetickingfabric,cut

outa 51x 71cmrectangle.

Turnallthesidesunderby1.5cm

andthenanother1.5cm.Press,

pinandtopstitchinplaceclose

tothefoldededge.

2

Cutouta stripofcream

fabricandBondaweb

measuring 10 x 36cm.Fusethe

Bondawebtothereverseofthe

creamfabricfollowingthe

manufacturer’sinstructions.

3

Enlargethefishtemplate

sothatit measures

11.5cm from nose to tail. Trace

around the design three times

on the paper of the Bondaweb

and cut out the shapes.

4

Peel the paper from the

fish shapes, fuse to the

bottom of the tea towel and

sew in place with a zigzag

stitch around the edge in

blue thread.

Sewthese

fish-themed

teatowelsand

potholdersto

bringthe

coastaltrend

into

your

home.

Fishtemplate

Kitchen COLLECTI ON

FEATURE: ESME CLEMO. PHOTOGRAPHY: BARRY MARSDEN

m, heavy woven cotton fabric in

baby blue, £8.99 per m, 25mm

wide cotton webbing binding tape

in natural, 59p per m, all

minervacrafts.com. Bondaweb,

£3.50 per m, Thermolam

batting, £5.50 per m,

ladysewandsew.co.uk.

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