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Make yourself a fabric wrap

 

I was watching a YouTube video by Annie Claxton yesterday morning as I ate my bowl of breakfast porridge.  I like a slow-start in the mornings.  No rushing around, just a gentle introduction to the day.  Annie was using up material from a Bazaar scrap pack, and that set me off thinking I'd make a similar fabric wrap from a piece of Indian patchwork I'd got squirrelled away.  So I ignored my extensive 'To Do' list and hastily put this together.  
This is the back of the wrap.  It's an upcycled piece, so it's had a previous life and is slightly tatty here and there.  That made me decide to not treat this crafty 'make' as one I needed to agonise about.  I'd put it together speedily and not worry about aiming for perfection.  I lined the pink Indian patchwork with a cotton print, and added fabric twine for a fastening.  
This is the inside.  The two pockets are made from Bazaar scraps too, while there are two pages of pink felt for needles to be pushed into.  I made a pincushion from a circle of needlepoint, turning the raw edges of the canvas under and filling it with a modest amount of polyester wadding.  Adding the pin cushion puckered up the lining around it, so I sewed several lines of running stitch circles to distract the eye from the puckering.  
The fabric wrap's roomy enough to fit lots inside, including my needlepoint needle case, and even a rotary cutter.  
Because the wrap's not perfect it'll be ideal for rolling up and stuffing inside a bag, for when I'm out & about, wanting to take my sewing with me.  I won't mind if it gets more scuffed and needs a few running repairs.  
If you want to watch Annie's video, find it via this link.     

Thanks for stopping by, and you're welcome to leave a comment and let me know what you think.  
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