Make the most of a patchwork-printed fabric to create
a hexie-effect home for all your EPP pieces!BY MINKI KIM
Hexagon pouch
You will need
MATERIALS
Q Text print fabric: two (2)
8½in x 3in rectangles
Q Hexagon print fabric: one
(1) 8½in x 12in rectangle
Q Lining fabric: one (1)
8½in x 16in rectangle
Q Fusible batting: one (1)
8in x 16in rectangle
Q Lace-edged zip: 8½in
Q Leather strip: ½in x 1½inFINISHED SIZE
Q 8in x 6½in x 2in approx.NOTES
QSeam allowances are ¼in,
unless otherwise noted.
QRST = right sides together.
QWOF = width of fabric.
QWST = wrong sides together.
QMinki made her pouch sturdier
by using ByAnnie’s Soft and
Stable™ stabiliser as batting.MAKING THE OUTER POUCH
1
Take the hexagon print rectangle. Mark
a ¼in seam line along one short side,
following the outline of the hexagons (Fig 1).
2
Trim along the marked line and clip the
points that will fold in. Turn under the seam
allowance and press. Repeat at the other
short end. Apply a line of double-sided fusible
tape along the inner edge of both seam lines.
3
Take one text print rectangle and place
it right side up. Place the hexagon print
piece from step 2 on top, right side up and
overlapping one of the fusible tape edges
with the text print. Repeat with the remaining
text print rectangle and the other fusible tape
01 0203 04edge to make a 8½in x 16in unit. When you
are happy with the positioning, fuse the
hexagon print piece in place and then hand
stitch to secure to make one outer pouch.4
Take the 8in x 16in batting rectangle and
place centrally on the wrong side of the
outer pouch – the top and bottom edges
should match up and there should be ¼in
excess outer pouch on each long edge.
Fuse in place.5
Quilt the hexagon print by following the
printed lines on the fabric. Minki also hand
quilted just outside the zigzag edges of the
hexagon print using red embroidery
thread (Fig 2).