Patchwork & Quilting UK – August 2019

PROJECT // noodle box reversible bag

48 British Patchwork & Quilting AUGUST 2019

CUTTING

1. From each multi-coloured print cut:
   two, 12" x 22" rectangles.


2. From each contrast print cut:
   two, 15½" squares.


3. From contrast cut:
   two, 5" strips – handles.


4. From fusible interfacing cut:
   four, 5" x WOF strips. Sub cut two
   strips into:
   five, 5" x 6" rectangles,
   eight, 3" squares.

PREPARATION

1a. Trace pattern pieces given full size on

Pattern Sheet onto tracing paper.

b. Cut out pieces carefully on lines.

2a. Place pattern pieces on top of wadding

and carefully draw around them, dia. 1.

b. You will need to cut two bag sections,

two shaped panels and one base rectangle.

c. Carefully cut out slits in bag sections and

round buttonholes in shaped panels.

BAG SECTIONS

1a. Position one bag section wadding

piece onto wrong side of one, 12" x 22"

multi-coloured rectangle.

b. Using slits in wadding piece as a guide,

position two, 5" x 6" interfacing rectangles

on wrong side of fabric and underneath

wadding piece.

c. Remove wadding piece and following

manufacturer’s instructions, fuse

interfacing rectangles to fabric.

2. Repeat with remaining interfacing
   rectangles and 12" x 22" rectangles, illust. 1a.
   3a. Place wadding piece back onto wrong
   side of one rectangle, ensuring interfacing
   is underneath slits.
   b. Tack layers together, illust. 1b.


3. Repeat with second matching rectangle
   and wadding piece.


4. With wadding side uppermost, stitch
   inside each slit as close to edge of wadding
   as possible. Do not stitch into wadding,
   illust. 2.


5. Mark centre of lower edges of wadding
   pieces and a point 1¾" to left of centre
   mark.
   7a. Place wadding/fabric sandwich wrong
   sides together with 12" x 22" rectangle cut
   from second multi-coloured print and pin
   layers, illust. 3a.
   b. Starting at mark 1¾" left of centre, stitch
   around outside edges stitching as close
   to edge of wadding as possible without
   stitching into wadding itself.
   c. Finish stitching 1" beyond lower right
   corner to leave a turning gap of approx. 8".
   8a. Trim excess fabric on three sides to
   leave ¼" seam allowance. Clip corners and
   curves.

illust. 1. Preparing bag section

a. Fuse interfacing pieces

b. Tack layers

dia. 1. Position pattern pieces on wadding

illust. 3. Stitch bag sections

a. Place fabric rectangles right sides together

b. Trim excess fabric and fold bottom seam allowance over wadding

illust. 2. Stitch around edges of slits