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them in place, attaching the button

loop at the same time. Set the soft

sides of the tapes aside for the bottom

of the fabric basket and pincushion.

15

Before continuing, check to

see if your print fabric has

a directional design and if it does,

determine which end will have the

tile inside and which end will fold

up to form the accessory pockets:

you’ll want the design to be facing

the right way on the pockets. Refer

to Diagram 3.

16

Repeat Step 13 to pin batting

to the print rectangle. Match

the print and solid pocket rectangles

with batting, right sides together, and

sew around the side and bottom edges,

leaving the top edge open at the

batting end. Trim some of the batting

from the seam allowances at the sides.

17

Turn the pocket right side out

and press. Topstitch along the

bottom edge (which will become the top

edge of the accessory pocket in Step 19).

18

Measure up 9^11 ⁄ 4 in from the

bottom seam and stitch a

horizontal line across through all layers

to contain the tile. See Diagram 2.

Accessory pocket

19

Measure 3^1 ⁄ 2 in up from the bottom

seam and mark the fold line. Fold

the bottom part up over the solid fabric

so the print fabric is showing and pin the

pocket in place. Stitch the side edges

securely, continuing up to the tile

pocket stitching line from Step 18.

20

Divide the wide pocket into a

number of individual pockets

with vertical stitching lines as desired.

Anette has a wider pocket at the left

under where the thread catcher will sit

and three narrow pockets to its right

for easy access to smaller tools. See

Diagram 4. Machine stitch the pocket

divisions, reversing at the top edge.

21

Insert the tile in the top of

the pocket between the two

batting layers, fold the top edges

inwards and ladder stitch them

closed neatly.

THREAD CATCHER

Outer bag

22

If your fabric has a directional

print, first mark the top long

edge of the rectangle. Fold the 7^3 ⁄ 4

x 16in print fabric rectangle in half,

right sides together and short edges

matching, and pin the edges together

to form a tube. Start stitching the

seam 1^1 ⁄ 2 in in down from the top edge

to provide an opening to insert the

boning later.

23

Trim the seam allowance to

(^1) ⁄ 4 in for the open section and
Step 14
Diagram 3
Diagram 4
Thread catcher
Diagram 5
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