Beginner's Guide to Quilting - UK (2020-02)

Keep your tools and notions (or must-have make-up!)

safe and sound in a handy quilted wrap

BY JESSICA ENTWISTLE

Make-up roll

You will need

MATERIALS

Q Main fabric: 14in x 20in

QContrast fabric: 18in x22in

QBatting: 10in x 14in

NOTES

Q Use a 1cm (^3 / 8 in) seam allowance

FABRICS USED

Q All fabrics are from the Les Petits

collection by Amy Sinibaldi for Art

Gallery Fabrics.

Q Main fabric: Petits Stipples in Rose.

Q Lining fabric: Petits Strokes in Rose.

CUTTING OUT

1

From the main fabric cut:
Q One (1) 9^7 /^8 in x 13¾in outside piece.
Q One (1) 9^7 / 8 in x 13¾in pocket piece.

2

From the contrast fabric cut:
Q One (1) 9^7 / 8 in x 13¾in lining piece.
Q Two (2) 1^5 / 8 in x 21^5 / 8 in ties.
Q Three 1^5 /^8 in x 19¾in binding strips.

ASSEMBLING THE LAYERS

3

Place the outside fabric right side down,
with the batting then the lining right side
up on top to create a sandwich (Fig 1).

4

Sew the three layers together all the way
around the edges, using a ¼in seam
allowance to hold them together.

ADDING THE POCKET

5

Fold the pocket piece in half lengthways
with wrong sides together. Press. Pin the
pocket to the bottom of the lining side of the
fabric sandwich with the folded edge at the
top and raw edges aligned. Stitch into place
down the sides and along the lower edge
using a ¼in seam allowance. Using an erasable

fabric marker, draw a vertical line 1¼in

in from each short edge, from the top of the

lining to the bottom of the pocket. Draw more

vertical lines at the points you want your

make-up brushes to be stored. Sew along the

lines to create the individual pockets (Fig 2).

ADDING THE TIES

6

Take one tie and fold the long edges

wrong sides together into the centre and

press. Unfold then fold the raw edges so they

meet at the centre crease. Fold in half again to

encase the raw edges and press.

7

Topstitch down the length to hold the tie

together. Tie a knot at one end. Repeat to

make the other tie. Pin then sew the two ties

on top of each other centrally along the right

short edge of the roll, with the ties facing

inwards along the roll exterior (Fig 3).

BINDING THE EDGE

8

Sew the short edge of the binding strips

right sides together to create one long

strip. Place the strip right sides together along

the bottom edge of the pocket, matching raw

edges, with the short end at the centre of the

bottom edge. Starting 2in in from the raw

short edge, sew the strip in place, stopping

(^3) / 8 in from the pocket’s short edge.
9
To mitre the corners, fold the strip up at an
angle where the stitching ends. Keeping
the top edge straight, fold the strip back
down along the next side of the fabric layers.
Pin into place. Start sewing the second side
from the top edge, sewing over the folded
corner. (Read more about this on page 69).
10
Continue sewing the strip to the fabric
layers all the way around in this way until
you reach the start of your sewn-on binding,
but leave a 2in unsewn edge. Join the two raw
strip ends together and trim so they fit. Sew
into place (Fig 4).
11
Turn the strip over to the outer side then
fold and press the other long edge under.
Slip stitch in place to bind and enclose the raw
edges to finish.
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